As part of the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) programme to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, this year’s annual Lasdun Lecture is being delivered by Prof Nitya Rao, Director of the Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development based at UEA, on the topic of ‘Accelerating Action Towards Gender Justice for Climate and Food’. Prof Rao will focus on exploring if gender could be the key to solving and unlocking the climate crisis, global hunger and obesity.
She will talk about how gender plays out through all aspects of the food we produce, access, buy and eat, shaping everyday life. As a professor in gender and development, she will bring deep experience and understanding of farmer livelihoods in the context of climate variability, economic precarity and social inequality. Driven by a commitment to social and gender justice, Prof Rao’s work has a strong focus on the impact that change and innovation can have on improving well-being of people, especially ensuring food and nutrition security.
This event is open to the public. You can book your place to attend here in-person or online.
It will be held at The Enterprise Centre Lecture Theatre, UEA
