Powering the right to food through capacity development - New right to food e-learning course

How do we ensure that the right to food becomes a reality for all? One key action we can undertake is developing the capacities of those who make it happen—from government officials and policymakers to international and national institutions, civil society, academia, and donors.

Join us for this interactive online event to explore how capacity development drives real progress on the right to food. We will also introduce FAO’s new e-learning course on the fundamentals of the right to food—a practical, accessible resource for anyone who wants to learn how to contribute to making this right a reality.

Why attend?
Curious how the right to food connects to your work? Discover FAO’s unique, practical, and fully updated e-learning course—a dynamic tool designed to equip you with the essentials of the right to food and how to bring it into action.

Whether you work for an international organization (like FAO, WFP, IFAD), a government institution, an NGO, or the private sector, this course is designed for you. You don’t need to be a legal expert or a human rights specialist—just bring your role in agrifood systems, and leave with the knowledge, values, and skills to help make the right to food a reality.

Agenda

Moderator: Claire Mason, Right to Food Advisor, Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Discussion topic and presenter

Welcome and introduction, Lauren Phillips, Deputy Director, ESP, FAO

Keynote: The state of the Right to Food today, Therese Arnesen, Human rights officer, Right to Food Mandate, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section, OHCHR

Presentation of the e-learning- Right to Food Fundamentals, Ana Suarez Dussan, Human rights and right to food specialist, Right to Food team, FAO

Round table discussion:  Emma Orejudo Prieto de los Mozos, Deputy Director of Ecological Transition, Water, and the Fight Against Hunger,  Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID) Representative Sarah Brand, Research Associate, German Institute for Human Rights    Glory Lueong, Officer for Access to and Control Over Natural Resources at FIAN International.

Q&A

Closing remarks, Juan Echanove, Right to Food team leader, FAO

 

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