10/03/2023
Invitation to an international on-line briefing entitled: Rights, not Charity: A Human Rights Perspective on Corporate-backed Charitable Food Aid.
We are witnessing the rise of a permanent state of food emergency around the world, one that is being addressed through the false promise of solidarity through corporatized food charity. This briefing will illustrate the impact of the normalization of charity as a symptom of the corporate capture of global governance. We will discuss the need and opportunity for those on the front lines to come together to collectively build strategies that address food insecurity at its roots in international fora, in our own countries’ governments, and within our own local communities.
Date: October 4th, 9:00AM - 11:00AM EST.
Facilitated by: Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Brief presented by: Kayleigh Garthwaite, University of Birmingham and Alison Cohen, National Right to Food Community of Practice
Inputs shared by:
Graham Riches, author of Food Bank Nations
Dee Woods, IFAN (Independent Food Aid Network) and the Landworkers Alliance UK/LVC
Josh Lohnes, West Virginia University WVU Center for Resilient Communities
Sefu Sanni from the World March of Women, Kenya
Ahmad Marthin Hadiwinata, FIAN Indonesia
Link to register: https://wvu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rcOupqzkqGtw_kAT8SipZdqbpHad0auxf
Co-hosted by the Global Solidarity Alliance for Food, Health and Social Justice and the Global Network on the Right to Food and Nutrition.
Translation will be provided to English, Spanish and French.
