Speaker: Sofía Monsalve, Secretary General of FIAN International
The 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) was a watershed moment in drawing attention to corporate influence over public food governance. Many civil society organizations, social movements and food system scholars were deeply troubled by what they considered to be the corporate capture of global food governance that could undermine the public good, as well as the rights of people and communities to engage with food systems decision-making - and decision-makers - on their own terms. Based on a new briefing note by IPES-Food, this talk will examine the implications of the growing influence of food and agribusiness corporations on the international governance of food systems, and proposed measures to address it.
Sofía Monsalve Suárez is the Secretary General of FIAN International, an international human rights organization working for the right to food and nutrition. Before becoming Secretary General in 2016, she coordinated FIAN’s program on land and natural resources for more than 15 years. This work included field research visits and fact-finding missions; as well as close collaboration with grassroots food producer organizations. She has extensive advocacy experience in the UN human rights system, FAO and the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS). Recently she joined the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food).
The talk will be followed by an online Q&A session.
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