The soy microbusiness model has helped lift many rural women and their families out of poverty while improving nutrition and food security in their communities. Through our partners Malnutrition Matters, our Plants-4-Hunger program supports multiple soy-based micro-enterprises for women in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. We also support our partners Plenty Intl's Soy Nutrition Program which helps women create soymilk and soyfoods for children and families who live in the Guatemala City Landfill.
The majority of the world's poor are women. 2.4 billion women are not given equal economic opportunity and 178 countries uphold legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation. In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for equal work. Gender inequality costs women in developing countries $9 trillion a year, a sum which would improve their wellbeing, their families' and communities', and boost the global economy as a whole.
Working in Africa, the Americas and Asia, our partners economically empower women through provision of soy processing equipment and training to produce affordable, nutrient-dense food in communities with high rates of malnutrition and poverty. The small and large scale Soy Kits combined with entrepreneurial mentorship help women and women's cooperatives generate sustained income and improved nutrition by turning locally grown soybeans into milk, flour, tofu, yogurt, baked goods, and other foods.
For 20 years, our partners have provided thousands of small and large scale soy processing units to rural women and women's cooperatives. Their case studies and monitoring consistently show improved income, nutrition and wellbeing for women, their families, and communities, as well as the creation of new jobs. Globally, countries with higher levels of gender equality also have a proportional reduction in poverty and income inequality overall.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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