Catherine Hill has worked for over 25 years on gender equality, diversity, and social inclusion issues in climate adaptation, agriculture, and food security. She is currently the Gender Equality Advisor to the Global Affairs Canada project, Climate Action Africa which focuses on climate governance, adaptation, mitigation, and women’s climate leadership. For more than 20 years, Catherine has applied her gender equality experience on climate change, adaptation planning, agrobiodiversity, food security, livestock, and HIV and AIDS to strengthen the agriculture sector. Her background includes supporting policy, programming, research, and capacity initiatives with governments, the UN, the CGIAR and civil society across all regions. As a policy researcher, she supported UN commissions on science and technology (UNCSTD) and plant genetic resources (CGRFA), as well as the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Rural Women. Catherine is a Founding Member of WOCAN: Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management. LinkedIn
