The Center for Gender Economics in Africa (CGE Africa) recently completed the Strengthening Women’s Voices for Food Security in Nigeria project, an advocacy and alliance-building initiative focused on amplifying women’s leadership in addressing Nigeria’s food insecurity crisis. The project engaged women farmers, women-led civil society organizations, policymakers, and the media to document women’s lived experiences, highlight women-led adaptation and agroecological solutions, and promote gender-responsive food security policies.
Through regional participatory hearings, media engagement, and a National Women’s Summit on Food Insecurity, CGE Africa strengthened partnerships, raised public awareness, and advanced a feminist policy agenda that centers women as key actors in building inclusive, resilient, and sustainable food systems.
This Project’s Objectives:
- To amplify women’s voices and lived experiences in Nigeria’s food security and food systems discourse.
- To promote gender-responsive, climate-resilient, and agroecological solutions to food insecurity.
- To strengthen sustained advocacy and institutional accountability for women’s food security rights.