AsiaDHRRA participated in the 7th Southeast Asia Multi-Stakeholder Forum “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and Eradicating Poverty in Times of Multiple Crises,” organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on 6-8 November 2023, via hybrid modality, Bangkok, Thailand.

Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA Secretary-General, presented the Role of CSOs in Supporting and Advocating Food Security and Nutrition in Session 3: SDG 2 – Digital Innovations to Achieve Equitable & Sustainable Progress towards Food Security and Nutrition in Southeast Asia.  She highlighted the importance of digital infrastructure in agriculture, and the chances of success should incorporate with livelihood/economic projects and interventions that produce tangible effects on the quality of life of rural residents.  She also emphasized the importance of recognizing, protecting, and promoting the farmers’ endogenous capacities, local needs, rights, and indigenous and traditional knowledge systems.