Ensuring Food Security Remains a High-Level Priority
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
Science Envoy Travels to Bangladesh
Peace Corps Returns to Nepal
Helping Guatemala Cultivate a Better Future
U.S. Government $250 Million Feed the Future Program Marks First Year of Success
Heifer Sheep Handoff Jump-Starts USAID Project in Senegal
WFP Executive Director Assumes Role At World Economic Forum
Food Security: Two Year Fast Facts on the U.S. Government's Work in Haiti
Ambassador Kirk Travels to Tanzania
Remarks by Assistant Secretary Marisa Lago to the Partnership to End Hunger and Poverty in Africa’s Annual Forum
OPIC Board Approves Nearly $500 Million for Five Renewable Resources Investment Funds
U.S. African Development Foundation Feed the Future Grants Foster Job Growth and Food Security in Senegal
