Emma SiliPrandi
Center for Food Research, NEPA

Emma SiliPrandi addresses rural poverty agriculture and food security, touching on the situation of women in the agricultural and food security sectors, both through UN agencies and in Brazil. She says that women in agriculture are not visible in domestic life, do not have decision-making power within the family unit, and cannot spend their own earned money. Moreover, rural women lack the civil professional documents necessary to access public policy. She speaks of her experiences in Brazil advocating for the recognition of women farmers as having rights. Women’s NGOs were included in this process and resulted in a higher respect for women as leaders of their communities.