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On June 28th 2022, Dr. Jenna Hennebry presents at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on gendering the Global Compact for Migration after COVID. In the webinar, Dr. Hennebry reflects on the capacity of the UN Network on Migration and the commitments of states and stakeholder to respond to the realities of gender inequality that have been […]

On May 17th 2022, HCP partners Dr. Sam Owuor from University of Nairobi and Dr. Cherie Enns from University of the Fraser Valley, Dr. Elizabeth Oyango, PhD candidates Jeremy Wagner and Zack Ahmed present their research on innovative approaches to migration and food security in urban Kenya. The webinar is the 3rd of the MiFOOD

Hungry Cities Partnership holds the Inception Workshop online on Precarity, Exclusion and Migrant Food Insecurity in Cities of the Global South on April 20 and 21, 2022. The workshop features presentations of research projects in partner countries that address the theme of WorkStream 1 of the MiFOOD project. The workshop allows the HCP community to

HCP Partner Marie Ruel from IFPRI Speaks at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on Measuring Food Security in the Time of COVID-19 on April 14, 2022. The presentation provides a brief overview of available indicators to measure different dimensions of food security and for different purposes, focusing on population level measurement. The webinar could be watched

HCP’s Cameron McCordic and Bruce Frayne co-author a paper with Siera Vercillo entitled “Considering gender differences in measuring household food insecurity in northern Ghana“. The paper published in the journal Development in Practice compares estimates of household food insecurity between men and women living within the same household to assess whether there is a gender

Dr. Marie Ruel from IFPRI will speak at the MiFOOD Webinar Series No. 3 about “Measuring Food Security in the Time of COVID-19“. The webinar will provide a brief overview of available indicators to measure different dimensions of food security and for different purposes, focusing on population level measurement.

HCP’s Zack Ahmed is featured in CityNews Kitchener and CBC Radio about community vaccine clinic project. The project managed by Zack Ahmed was to provide accurate information about vaccination to community members so they could make an informed choice. Through the project, six information sessions and two vaccine clinics were offered in a space that

On March 31 2022, HCP partner Godfrey Tawodzera speaks at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on poverty and food security among Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa in the age of COVID-19. Building on recent surveys, the talk examined the food security of Zimbabwean migrants in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Study findings show that, though most migrated

HCP’s Gareth Haysom participates in webinar on The Role of the Informal Trader in Food Safety, Sustainabilityand Security in South Africa organized by the South African Informal Traders Association (SAITA). Recording of the webinar could be watched here