Invest in women and accelerate progress toward a world without hunger.
It’s time to transform the systems of inequity that are keeping women under-resourced and over-burdened.
Mobilized women are a driving force behind thriving and resilient communities. But, around the world, women are systematically denied access to education, healthcare and finance. This discrimination creates a cycle of hunger, poverty and gender inequality.
Child and maternal health remains a prevalent issue. Despite efforts, food insecurity disproportionately affects women and people living in rural areas (SOFI 2023). South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are home to 68 percent of adolescent girls and women who are underweight and 60 percent of adolescent girls and women with anemia (UNICEF 2023)
Across our programs, we address the multifaceted barriers that impede women’s progress. We firmly believe that supporting women to be key change agents—in their communities and beyond—is essential to breaking the cycle of gender inequality and creating a world without hunger. An investment in women is an investment in a more inclusive society where everyone can thrive.
How We Invest in Women.
Fostering thriving communities begins with our first program pillar—Start With Women. Our emphasis on women stems from the belief that empowered women are change agents in their families and communities. Our work elevates and supports women globally to thrive in the following areas:
To effect change in the global systems keeping hunger in place, we need to embrace radical, gender-responsive, transformative approaches. We need to increase investment in gender-conscious interventions and change legal and policy frameworks at both local and national levels. Without these long-term systems changes that leverage the unique abilities and perspectives of those living in hunger and poverty, the gender inequality gap will continue to widen, leaving women — and our entire planet — in vulnerable positions during future global crises.
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Top Image (Top Left to Bottom Right): Uganda (2019), India (2022), Mexico (2023), Burkina Faso (2023), Ghana (2023), Ethiopia (2019), Mozambique (2022), Mozambique (2022), Ethiopia (2019), Mexico (2019), Bangladesh (2022), Burkina Faso (2022), Bangladesh (2021), Uganda (2022), India (2020), Mexico (2023), India (2022), Mozambique (2022), Bangladesh (2021), Ghana (2019), Malawi (2022), Mexico (2023), India (2022), Ghana (2019). Photos for The Hunger Project
