Women and Agriculture
In Africa, agriculture is the backbone of most economies. It employs nearly two-thirds of the population and accounts for an average one-third of the GDP. Women play a particularly important role, as they grow nearly 90% of the food on the continent and usually invest whatever income they earn on their families' health and education.
But despite the critical role that women play, they still face enormous challenges. They have very limited access to land, credit, even training. So now is the time to make sure women farmers have the tools thath they need. Click here to read more about this issue.
Briefing Center
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Unheard Voices: Why Women Can't Wait
Concern Worldwide reveals that Despite the fact that women produce the majority of food in developing countries, they make up at least 60% of the world's hungry people. MORE
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Women and Agriculture: Growing More Than Just Food
Women Thrive Worldwide explore how many development programs and services do not adequately invest in women's agricultural productivity. MORE
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Fertile Ground: How governments and donors can halve hunger by supporting small farmers
Action Aid looks at how empowering local farmers to produce more food for local markets is the bedrock of global food security.
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News & Analysis from the ONE BLOG
Women: Catalysts of sub-Saharan growth and development
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Maria Mchele Mwasonge, mother and 'tree of life'
Cooper Munroe, co-founder of The Motherhood blog, shares the story of Maria Mchele Mwasonge, an enterprising mom from Tanzania who found a way to support her family through sweet potatoes. It’s a profound honor to be a part of ONE's Mom Advisory Committee and to recognize Mother’s ... More
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Proofs: Wala smiles
In a very remote village set on a steep hillside in Zomba district, Save the Children, under the US Feed the Future Initiative, is working with communities to improve their well-being and livelihoods through improved nutrition, sanitation and access to savings and credit. The acronym for the program is WALA ... More
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Women can feed the world
Female farmers in the Uwamwima Growers Association in ZanzibarWomen can feed the world. This was the simple message of this year’s International Women’s Action Day Breakfast, organized by Women Thrive Worldwide, an organization that advocates for the empowerment of women through US foreign aid programs. You might be ... More
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It's girls night out and you're invited!
Looking to perk up your Tuesday night? Look no further –- we’re having a Twitter party, and you’re invited. ONE is teaming up with Mom It Forward, a worldwide network dedicated to enhancing the lives of women, their families and the communities in which they live, on Tuesday, March ... More
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Women and girls: the keys to achieving all eight MDGs
With less than two weeks until world leaders converge in New York City for the U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we are anxious to see how countries are planning to achieve them. Melanne Verveer, ambassador-at-large for Global Women’s Issues at the State Department, spoke yesterday ... More
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