Contents of the 1999 Launching Brochure

"Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance."

— Kofi Annan,
UN Secretary-General
  1. Basic Facts
  2. Her future is Africa’s future.
    The key to the economic, social and political future of all of Africa is to invest in the economic empowerment of Africa’s women food farmers.
  3. Agriculture: foundation for progress.
    To date, Africa has failed to invest in agriculture and food security — critical building blocks for development.
  4. Food farming in Africa today
    Women grow, process, transport and market virtually all of Africa’s food, while meeting most of Africa’s other basic needs.
  5. Women Meet Africa's Survival Needs.
    The work that women do in the fields is only one facet of a wide array of daily responsibilities. Women's daily workload can be double that of men's. They spend an extraordinary amount of time on low-productivity tasks, all of which are essential for family maintenance and survival. Girls are often kept out of school to help meet these burdens.
  6. Obstacles women face
    Despite their tremendous responsibilities, women face obstacles at the household, local, national and global levels. They have been bypassed by development.
  7. Bypassed By Development
    The degree to which African women food farmers – the key producers in Africa – have been bypassed and ignored in the declarations, strategies and programs created by Africa and the international community to address Africa's perennial food challenge is shocking.
  8. A Day In Her Life
    Women in Africa work twice as much as men — rising before dawn, and working until they are the last to go to sleep at night. What will Africa look like, when through simple, affordable interventions, the power of 100 million African women is unleashed?
  9. A Call To Action
    What will Africa look like, when through simple, affordable interventions, the power of 100 million African women is unleashed?
  10. African Woman Food Farmer Initiative.
    The Hunger Project has launched an initiative to catalyze the changes required to economically empower African women food farmers.
  11. Underwriting investors
    This initiative has been made possible by committed individuals who stand in solidarity with the women of Africa.
  12. References: Key statistics