Overview

GAIN joins the global community to demand equal rights and the justice required to enforce them. While the global context highlights a staggering 286-year gap to close legal protection for women, GAIN’s campaign focuses on dismantling structural barriers within food systems. By aligning the UN’s focus on "Rights and Justice" with our mandate to "Invest in Nutrition," we advocate for a world where a nourished woman is recognized as the bedrock of a thriving nation.

Access. Agency. Development

Change happens where women can access nutritious food, exercise leadership in their communities, and contribute to lasting development.
Access. Agency. Development. are the three pillars guiding how we turn rights and justice into real impact across food systems.

Accessibility

Physical and economic access to nutritious food and markets.
Investing in access, information, infrastructure, and financial services directly improves household nutrition. GAIN upholds women’s rights to access nutritious food through its projects from vegetables in Uganda, Kenya, and Benin, to milk and animal-source foods in Ethiopia and Mozambique.

Agency

Cultivating women’s agency and leadership authority within food systems.
Investing in nutrition means investing in and amplifying women’s voices. GAIN strengthens women-led agriculture and businesses, supports girls’ nutrition and education, and amplifies women’s voices in policy and decision-making.

Development

Nutrition as a foundational element for national and economic growth.
Investing in women’s nutrition is a high-yield investment in GDP and poverty reduction. GAIN influences policies, strategies, and gender-responsive practices, ensuring women’s contributions are recognized and structural barriers addressed.