International Women’s Day 2024

This International Women’s Day, 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. 

We recognise the multifaceted barriers that impede women’s progress. Across our programs, we address challenges such as low completion rates for girls in education, limited access to economic resources, limited representation in government and high rates of early marriages and violence against women. 

How You Can Invest In Women?

Our programs build and strengthen leadership skills, advocate for active citizenship and mobilise communities to raise awareness on crucial issues. Join us in creating an environment that supports the holistic development of women.

At The Hunger Project, we believe that investing in women is not just a strategic choice but an imperative. Together, we can create sustainable change and mobilise women to overcome challenges, realising their full potential as leaders and contributors to their communities.

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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)  

Each of these challenges demands a tailored approach, and we are committed to implementing programs that address these fundamental challenges. Mobilised 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. 

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.  

Strengthening Women’s Leadership.

Across all our programs, we work with women to develop their leadership. For example, in India, we invest in building and strengthening leadership skills and capacities of elected women and encouraging active citizenship amongst adolescent girls. Our initiatives focus on mobilising, organising, educating and raising awareness on the whole.

Achieving Self-Reliance.

Empowered women are catalysts for transformative change in their communities. Across our programs in Africa, our Epicenter Strategy collaborates with empowered communities to take the reins of their own development. Through integrated and holistic approaches, we achieve synergy among programs in health, education, water and sanitation, adult literacy, nutrition, improved farming, food security and microfinance.

Proper nutrition plays a critical role in building healthier communities that can step into their full potential. Across Africa, South Asia and Latin America, we train community leaders with strategies to combat maternal and child malnutrition through supplementing micronutrients. What’s more we also provide trainings on sustainable farming practices – Our partners learn techniques to sustainably improve crop yields, providing entire communities with increased access to food AND the knowledge necessary to diversify crops and create nutritional diets. 

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Invest in women today.

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