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Women are the Key.
Gender does not simply mean male or female, it refers to the different roles that society assigns to women and men.
The Hunger Project understands the inequalities that arise from the different roles of women and men - the unequal power relations between them, and the consequences in people’s lives, health and well-being.
In 1997, a UNICEF study triggered the recognition that gender was not only a major factor in hunger - it was a primary root cause. The paper demonstrated that the only reason child malnutrition rates in South Asia were twice as high as those in sub-Saharan Africa is that these women were much more subjugated. Gender equality is fundamental to ending hunger and far stronger interventions for gender equality were needed. The need for gender equality is overwhelming and it drives The Hunger Project’s core focus on education and empowering women.
The Hunger Project’s strategy relies on the courage, determination and leadership of women who have previously had no voice and no rights, often enduring a life of severe malnutrition and violence. Ending this will achieve breakthroughs in ending hunger.
The Hunger Project's ‘women are the key’ logo represents our
focus on empowering women. The logo is a simple representation of a key and the
woman symbol – women are the key.
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There are many ways in which you can assist The Hunger Project Australia, contributing your time and skills.
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