MiFood
The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of the Canadian government-funded MiFood project and to present the findings of the first year of the study. The event will feature the opening of the FotoVoz Exhibition: Migration and Food Insecurity: Resilient Narratives and Post-Pandemic Memory. Partner organizations working with migrants and food security issues will be presented, a brief presentation of the results of the first year of the MiFood Quito Project will be made and a few linkage projects planned for next year will be explained, to promote the move to joint action in the next 5 years of the project. The Rector, the Canadian ambassador, heads of mission of 3 UN organizations: WFP, IOM, UNHCR, local organizations, local universities, local producers, vice mayoress and several secretaries of the Municipality of Quito will be present.
Public: Open to the general public
Date: February 23, 2023
Time: 10:30 am
Venue: Center of Contemporary Art (Montevideo and Luis Dávila s/n (Former Military Hospital)
Schedule
MiFood Quito Agenda
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
10:30 |
Registration |
11:00 |
Event OpeningDiego Quiroga - Rector of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito |
11:20 |
TABLE 1: Migration and food (in)security project in QuitoCheryl Martens - Director Institute for Advanced Studies in Inequalities, USFQ |
11:40 |
Panel 2: Achievements and Challenges around Food Security and MigrationSantiago Dávila - Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Officer |
12:20 |
Inauguration of the FotoVoz exhibitionSiri Daniela - Representative of Trans Migrant Women, TLGBIQ+ and Human Mobility activist, Coordinator of FotoVoz groups. |
Closing
| Activity | Description |
|---|---|
Cocktail |
FUDELA - USFQ |
Learn more about the project in the following link:
