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On March 8, 2014, The Hunger Project joined billions of people in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) to honor women around the world and to rise up to advocate, as a global community, for equality, prosperity and the empowerment of all women. The 2014 theme for International Women’s Day was: Equality for women is progress for all. Here are some highlights from the inspiring celebrations among The Hunger Project’s global community.

The Hunger Project-Ethiopia focused 2014’s International Women’s Day on gender equality in savings and credit as part of the UN’s theme of “equality for women is progress for all.” The day was celebrated with an inauguration of Fetan Lewet, the Machakel Epicenter Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO).

After a large gully became a safety issue and livelihood threat for 25 households in a sub-village of Machakel Epicenter in Ethiopia, The Hunger Project joined with the District Agricultural Office and local farmers to address the issue in partnership.

At The Hunger Project we believe it is important to remember our primary audience for program Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) data is still the communities where we work. Learn more from the reflections of Emmanuel Avevor and Francis Osei-Mensah, Hunger Project M&E Officers in Ghana, who led Results Dissemination Workshops of a recent Outcome Evaluation Pilot Study to community partners.

Join The Hunger Project in celebrating International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8, 2014. The 2014 theme for International Women’s Day is: Equality for women is progress for all. See what the facts about gender discrimination worldwide show and how to get involved in this movement.