This Week: Hear from U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and the German minister of agriculture on food security

Food+ Summit returns Wednesday, Dec. 2 [Read this email in your browser]( [FP-This-Week-tighter] Welcome to FP This Week. Our events programming resumes after the Thanksgiving holiday with the [Food+ Summit]( a two-day event that will convene world leaders and experts on the front lines of food policy, agriculture, and industry to identify solutions for establishing a food-secure future. We hope you enjoyed last week’s lineup of FP Virtual Dialogues. We invite you to catch up on any conversations you may have missed [here](. Thank you for reading. --------------------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS [FP Virtual Summit: Food+]( FP’s flagship summit on the future of food returns in a virtual format. While the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the dire threats to food and nutrition security around the world, it has also turned a spotlight to the opportunities and solutions emerging to combat these challenges—the focus of Foreign Policy’s Food+ Summit, a two-day gathering on the intersection of food policy, business, and agriculture. Building from the key conversations initiated at [last fall’s inaugural event]( Food+ will convene world leaders, industry experts, and stakeholders to spotlight actions to combat hunger, support access to healthy nutrition, and promote a more sustainable global food supply. Speakers include: - U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; - Julia Klöckner, Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection for Germany; - Abby Maxman, President and CEO of Oxfam America; - Radha Muthiah, President and CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank; - Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of Crop Trust; - Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE USA; - Jim Mulhern, CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation; - Massimo Bottura, Italian restaurateur and celebrity chef; - Ertharin Cousin, Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University; - Charles Owubah, CEO of Action Against Hunger; - And more. [Register Now]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [FP Virtual Dialogue: Fighting a Shadow Pandemic]( Friday, Dec. 4 | 11 a.m. EST Our next virtual dialogue is focused on the urgent issue of combating violence against women across the African continent. The disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women around the world have been widely documented. Among them is the rise in violence against women that has proliferated as a “shadow pandemic” during this crisis, a worrisome increase in domestic abuse, cyberbullying, rape, and sexual harassment—a prevalent problem in South Africa, which has long struggled with deep-rooted issues of oppression, abuse, and violence against women. Looking at South Africa’s case, Foreign Policy, in partnership with Brand South Africa, will bring together women trailblazers, including Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi, who have campaigned to raise awareness about this shadow pandemic and advocated for more gender-equal measures across policy, law enforcement, and civil society to help eradicate gender-based violence. [Secure Your Spot]( --------------------------------------------------------------- STORIES OF NOTE [Switzerland Is Choosing Austerity Over Life]( Why Switzerland became one of the world's worst coronavirus hotspots, according to FP contributor Joseph de Weck. Switzerland has overtaken Belgium and is on pace to surpass the Czech Republic as Europe’s top COVID-19 hot spot. Infections are roughly triple the per capita count in Sweden or the United States and double the European Union average. And this is not due to extensive testing. Switzerland is on par with the United States and average in Europe with regard to test prevalence. The country’s test-positivity rate stands at a whopping 27.9 percent, compared with 8.5 percent in Sweden and 8.3 percent in the United States. According to the World Health Organization, a test-positivity rate above 5 percent signals the virus is out of control. What went amiss in the Alpine country widely famous for its spotless streets and widely recognized for its safety, reliability, and good governance? In one sense, the answer is simple: The Swiss government has resisted taking the necessary restrictive measures to contain the virus. The reasons for that resistance, however, are rather more complicated, because the Swiss have long cloaked the ideological motives informing public policy in purely pragmatic language. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Partner With Us Interested in learning more about FP Analytics’ cutting-edge research services, hosting your own FP Virtual Dialogue event, or building a podcast with FP Studios? Would you like to enable Foreign Policy access organization-wide to maximize your savings? 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