GAIN Celebrates International Women’s Day 2026

Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls

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IWD Opinion Pieces

Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL women and girls.

When women are nourished, families thrive. When women lead, food systems grow stronger.

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ACCESS

Access to safe, affordable, nutritious food is a foundational human right.

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AGENCY

Investing in nutrition means investing in and amplifying women's voices.

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Development

Investing in women’s nutrition is a high-yield investment in GDP and poverty reduction.

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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.

Voices Powering Change

Across communities and countries, women are shaping stronger, healthier food systems through leadership, innovation, and lived experience. These stories show what happens when rights move beyond words and into action.

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GAINers at International Women’s Day 2026

This International Women’s Day, GAIN colleagues from around the world share what investing in women and girls means to them. In just one minute, their voices reflect the energy, ideas, and commitment driving our work to build healthier and more equitable food systems.

Explore GAIN Opinion Pieces for International Women’s Day 2026

In these opinion pieces, GAIN experts and partners share perspectives on the barriers women and girls face in nutrition and food systems and the bold ideas needed to change them. From policy insights to lived experience, these voices challenge us to think deeper about equity, opportunity, and the role we all play in building healthier futures.

Justice For Women Should Start With Nutrition – GAIN Nigeria Country Director- Nigeria

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Op-Ed: Female market vendors could fix Benin nutrition- Benin

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Featured Blog

Breaking Barriers in the Field: How Good Nature Agro (GNA) is Boosting Women’s Leadership in Agricultural Extension

Authors: Polly Mwongera, Roberta Bove, Kellan Hays, Sophia Davis Vijayan, Asya Troychansky

Good Nature Agro (GNA), a Zambia-based enterprise with presence in Malawi and South Africa, produces high-quality groundnut and bean seeds and commodities, distributed across Southern and Central Africa, including Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Namibia. Founded in 2014, GNA has supported over 20,000 smallholder farmers this season with seeds, training and market access to improve incomes and livelihoods.

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