To End Hunger, Empower Women
March 20, 2019
“The gender disparity of hunger is unacceptable.” WFP USA’s CEO Rick Leach explains how empowering women is the solution to ending hunger worldwide.
WFP News
Topic: Women
Six Women Leading the Fight Against Hunger
March 7, 2019
From nursing and tending chickens to farming and feeding 18 million school kids. Meet six women from Guatemala to Yemen who are fighting to end extreme poverty and hunger.
Feeding a Nation’s Future: The Transformative Power of School Feeding Programs
January 15, 2019
Children form the future human capital of a nation, and school feeding programs provide a key support in building the foundations.
‘I discovered a new world’ when I became a Storyteller
April 11, 2018
3 women, 3 very different stories, 1 training program—giving vulnerable young people a voice.
Championing Women and Girls Around the World
March 8, 2018
On International Women’s Day, World Food Program USA is proud to announce our recipients of the Spring 2018 Catherine Bertini Trust Fund awards—Starfish and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction.
Empowering Refugee Women for Food Security and Nutrition
January 16, 2018
Giving Rohingya women control of food assistance cash entitlements helps them enhance their social role and feed their families better
One Woman’s Fight for Gender Equality
March 8, 2017
Kawinzi Muiu, who grew up studying African writers like Chinua Achebe alongside stanzas from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, learned the importance of education and equal opportunities from her mother.
Christina Aguilera: When My Children Grow Up, Hunger Will Be History
May 8, 2015
“I’ve seen first hand the need. The sense of desperation in a mother’s eyes as she holds her hungry child,” says Aguilera. “The meals that these children get might be the only food they eat all day.”
Improving Nutrition is Essential to Ending Global Hunger
April 21, 2015
For young children, good nutrition enables the body to grow and develop to its full potential. Studies show that well-nourished children are more likely to succeed in the classroom and earn higher wages as adults than their malnourished peers.
From the Field: Building A School From Scratch in Tanzania
September 22, 2014
As part of The Catherine Bertini Trust Fund for Girls’ Education, WFP USA is supporting the organization’s Kitenga Village Project in Tanzania. The heart of the project is the Kitenga School for Girls, which is slated to open in January 2015.
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