In 2023, Afghanistan is one of the hardest places in the world to be a woman. This project will deliver urgent and lifesaving assistance, such as emergency cash, food parcels and animal feed to women. It will also focus on rebuilding their livelihoods through working with rural women so they have the skills, resources and confidence needed to cultivate their own food and to enable them to harness their untapped potential.
Over 18 months on from the Taliban takeover of 2021, the humanitarian need across Afghanistan is desperate, with 28 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The curtailment of the rights of females across Afghanistan has severely hampered communities' ability to rebuild. With women now unable to receive an education or to earn an income for their families, female-headed households are now one of Afghanistan's most vulnerable groups, requiring tailored and multi-dimensional support.
Delivering urgent and lifesaving assistance, such as emergency cash, food parcels and animal feed, is a vital first step in helping women rebuild their lives. We also work with rural women so they have the skills and resources to cultivate their own food. From establishing home nurseries to developing dairy processing skills, we're enabling women to harness their untapped potential to feed their children, whilst alleviating pressure on overstretched male family members.
Despite the limits placed on their basic freedoms, Afghan women hold the potential and determination to get their families through difficult times. Our own experience shows that when women can access the support they need, societies become more inclusive, prosperous, and strong. By recognising the transformative impact enabling women to grow and produce food can have, we can improve food security in local communities for decades to come and keep women-led solutions at the core of what we do.
