“Women are key actors across agrifood systems and key contributors to agricultural and rural development,” said Qu in his address to the inaugural High-Level Dialogue, which was brought together by the food Coalition on 27 May 2022.

The main objective of the event is to discuss the ways to:

- ensure a stronger gender lens in food systems transformation;

- promote and support gender equality in access to all productive resources;

- apply a gender lens to the effects of conflicts on food insecurity;

- ensure that women are central in food security solutions.