Women play a vital role in providing food security in all societies, and with Mother’s Day coming up on May 13th, the World Food Program USA (WFP USA) is hosting a webcast, “Mothers Rule the World” to “discuss the critical role mothers play in improving household food security and the nutritional wellbeing of their children.”

The webcast will take place on Thursday, May 10th at 10:00 AM EST and will feature Isatou Jallow, the UN World Food Programme’s chief of women, children and gender policy and Rick Leach, World Food Program USA’s president and CEO.

“This interactive webcast will allow you to ask questions about how gender issues affect the fight against global hunger. Isatou will describe WFP’s efforts to put food and other resources in the hands of women to improve their lives and how WFP’s Gender Innovation Fund is making a difference. Rick will talk about WFP USA’s commitment to promoting women’s empowerment as a key to improving food security for all.”

Register for the webcast to hear these experts and to ask questions of the speakers “about how gender issues affect the fight against global hunger.”

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