“Investing in women is also a key pillar of the President’s Feed the Future Initiative, which was developed under Secretary Clinton’s leadership. It is a $3.5 billion commitment to strengthen the world’s food supply, so farmers can support their families and food can be available more broadly. It focuses on sustainably reducing hunger through greater >> Read more
News: Remarks by Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator, USAID, to InterAction Forum 2010,
U.S. Agency for International Development, June 2 “In our major food security initiative, we are deeply prioritizing investing in women farmers. We are looking at several decades of history where development efforts have essential prioritized providing services to men. And we're asking our partners to hire female extension workers to collect gender-disaggregated data and to >> Read more
Event (DC): “A Changing Landscape for Women Farmers; Gender and the Administration’s Feed the Future Initiative”
Wednesday, June 9 8:30--‐9:30 a.m. Rayburn 2325 Science& Technology HearingRoom Featuring Chairwomen Rosa DeLauro(D-CT) and NitaLowey (D-NY) Please RSVP to kzhang@womenthrive.org