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MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole featured in IMRC podcast on fintech and remittances
MiFOOD Network hosts policy forum in Cape Town to advance inclusive food security governance for migrants and refugees
MiFOOD hosts Nairobi conference presenting findings from the Women Feeding Cities project on gendered entrepreneurship and the urban informal food ecosystem
MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole featured in IMRC podcast on fintech and remittances
MiFOOD Network hosts policy forum in Cape Town to advance inclusive food security governance for migrants and refugees
LATEST MiFOOD PAPERS
Gendered Migration, Food Insecurity, and Nepali Women Migrant Workers in the United Arab Emirates
This paper investigates the intersections of gender, food insecurity, and transnational labour using a qualitative study of Nepali women migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Drawing on multi-sited fieldwork conducted between May and November 2025, the analysis applies feminist food justice and intersectional frameworks to highlight how hunger, nourishment, and everyday food practices of these women are shaped…
Migration and Meatification: Ghana’s Urban Protein Economy
Africa is experiencing a rapid urban transformation that is fundamentally reconfiguring urban food environments, value chains, and consumption behaviour. At the heart of this shift is the meatification of urban diets, characterized by increased consumption of animal-source proteins. This paper examines the dynamics of Ghana’s urban protein economy, focusing on the critical yet invisible role of West African migrants in…
COVID-19, Food (In)security and Migrant Wellbeing: A Comparative Study of Ecuador, South Africa, and Canada
This paper examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security among migrants and refugees in three cities across the Global North and South: Kitchener-Waterloo, Quito, and Cape Town. Drawing on household survey data, complemented by qualitative insights and policy analysis, it adopts a comparative mixed-methods approach to analyse how pandemic-related disruptions intersected with pre-existing inequalities in labour insertion,…
LATEST MiFOOD PAPERS
Gendered Migration, Food Insecurity, and Nepali Women Migrant Workers in the United Arab Emirates
This paper investigates the intersections of gender, food insecurity, and transnational labour using a qualitative study of Nepali women migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Drawing on multi-sited fieldwork conducted between May and November 2025, the analysis applies feminist food justice and intersectional frameworks to highlight how hunger, nourishment, and everyday food practices of these women are shaped…
Migration and Meatification: Ghana’s Urban Protein Economy
Africa is experiencing a rapid urban transformation that is fundamentally reconfiguring urban food environments, value chains, and consumption behaviour. At the heart of this shift is the meatification of urban diets, characterized by increased consumption of animal-source proteins. This paper examines the dynamics of Ghana’s urban protein economy, focusing on the critical yet invisible role of West African migrants in…