Women as active agents of change in agricultural value chains
Save the date in your calendars for the SLU Global symposium "Women as active agents of change in agricultural value chains", highlighting the UN International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026.
Date: 12 June 2026
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Venue: Ulls hus, sal W
Organiser: SLU Global
Location: Online, Uppsala
In relation to the UN:s Internationel Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF 2026), SLU Global invites to an open symposium with the title Woman as active agents of change in agricultural value chains. The purpose is to highlight current research on the topic, as well as to spark dialogue with policy makers and farmers. You are all most welcome!
Preliminary programme
Confirmed speakers
It’s a women’s thing? Narratives in ethical trade campaigns.
Lena Partzsch, professor, Freie Universität, Berlin
The invisible hands of the ocean: How women’s work keeps the world’s fish trade afloat.
Alin Kadfak, researcher, Department of Urban and Rural Development, SLU
Title to be decided.
Francisco X Aguilar Cabezas, professor, Department of Forest Economics
More information will come.