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Katie, founder of Colibri Connect, is an avid linguist and researcher who specialises in the human right to food. Her passion for language justice, ecology and human rights takes her on many journeys in the world of struggles for food sovereignty and sustainability. Here are some links to Katie’s recent endeavours:

• A Movement of Interpreters within Movements in South Asia
• Training for Solidarity Interpreters in Nepal
• The “Nepalisation” of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests
• Insight Box on Struggles for Access to Natural Resources in Nepal
• Agroecology for Resilience against Climate Change
• Katie leading a training for interpreters in Nepal

Previous talks by Katie on interpreting:

• “Liaison Interpreting and Interpreting at SocialFora” (Encuentro de Traductores e Interpretes de Málaga (ETIM) 2011 / Meeting of translators and interpreters of Malaga)
• “El Arte de Interpretar” / “The Art of Interpreting”  (Jornadas Aeti de interpretacion y traduccion en la Univesidad de Malaga 2015 Traduces o Interpretas?/ AETI meeting of interpretation and translation students at University of Malaga Do you translate or interpret?)
• “Challenge by Choice  – creating your own opportunities and measuring risk” (Mediterranean Editors and Translators meeting MET15 2015)

Previous presentations by Katie on the right to food and ecology (food sovereignty):

• Struggles for Tenure of Natural Resources in Nepal’s National Parks (Page 555) (AESOP Annual Congress 2018 Making Space for Hope)
• Food Sovereignty in Nepal: A Citizen’s Right to an Alternative Development from Below? (Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations Conference on Development from Below 2018)

If you’d like to read Katie’s blog about doing PhD research on the right to food and access to land, rivers and forests in Nepal, please click here:

https://colibriconnect-blog.tumblr.com/

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