Three Reasons Why You Should Care About Food Security Policy
Gender Equity, Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Empowering women and girls is critical to achieving secure, sustainable and equitable global food systems. Feed the Future promotes evidence-based and data-driven approaches to advancing gender equity, equality and women’s empowerment. We challenge discriminatory gender norms, policies and practices. We intentionally engage with men and boys as partners to empower women and girls in their different roles on and off the farm.
How a Coffee Farmers Group Empowered One Guatemalan Woman to Lead
When she was a little girl, María Juan Tomas often helped her father with the family’s coffee farm in Guatemala. One day, she thought, she’d… Read more
Guatemala
How Locally Sourced Fish Powder Drives Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition in Zambia
In Zambia, Lake Kariba is at the heart of a thriving fishing community, yielding throngs of tiny nutrient-rich fish often caught by women. But in… Read more
Stories
Optimizing food assistance programs: Nutrition-sensitive approach lowers anemia prevalence in Burundi
Women Helping Women: A Community Joins Hands to Overcome Hardship in Kenya
Communities Rise Above Hunger and Poverty in Unlikely Areas of the World
Pests Are No Match for New Eggplant in Bangladesh
Teaching Better Nutrition Through Cooking in Ghana
How Peace Corps Volunteers are Helping to Feed the Future
A Decade of Progress to #EndHunger: Stories Spotlight
Bringing Beans Back to the Plate in Guatemala
Malawi’s Food Processors Make Progress on Nutrition
Optimizing food assistance programs: Improving child growth in Burundi
Women in Ghana Learn The Power Of Moringa
