Food banks are community-based organizations that address food security at the local level. Food banks recover surplus food and redirect that food to those facing hunger.

Food banks are powered by women and are uniquely equipped to serve the needs of women and girls facing hunger.

From farmers to mothers to chefs to community leaders,

WOMEN ARE

HUNGER CHANGEMAKERS

Across the developing world

WOMEN MAKE UP

43%

of the
agriculture
labor force

As mothers,

Women influence

the nutrition and health

of their children and families.

Yet, of the 821 million

UNDERNOURISHED

people in the world

60%

ARE
WOMEN
& GIRLS

food banking empowers women
to lead, nourish & enact change

The mission of The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) is to
alleviate global hunger by developing food banks in communities where
they are needed and by supporting food banks where they exist.

  • More than

    9

    million
    people

    in 30 countries
    are served by food
    banks in GFN.

  • 60%

    of food banking
    organizations
    served by GFN
    are led by women.

  • 55%

    of people served
    by GFN member
    food banks are
    women & girls.

  • 25%

    of food banks served by GFN offer meals to children facing hunger at school.

Food banks and their partnership
with women and girls are key
to achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals

Empowering women in leadership roles through food banking and increasing the food security of women and girls will play a pivotal role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals such as no poverty, zero hunger, quality education and gender equality.

  • NO POVERTY

    Women and girls, as income
    earners, put their money to good
    use. They are shown to reinvest
    90% back into their families.

  • ZERO HUNGER

    Women and girls are
    disproportionately affected
    by hunger.     Yet, as mothers and household decision-makers,
    women help determine the nutritional status of their children.     Women and girls, as leaders,
    advocate for hunger and
    food security change     in
    their communities.

  • Quality Education

    School feeding is a proven
    mechanism for improving school
    attendance for girls, increasing their
    chances of living a more productive
    and healthier life.     Educating women and girls in developing countries yielded
    a 43% reduction in hunger.

  • gender equality

    Women, when given the same
    resources as men, are a driving
    force against hunger,
    malnutrition and poverty.

  • RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION
    AND PRODUCTION

    About one-third of food produced
    for human consumption
    worldwide is wasted or lost.     If
    even one-fourth of this wasted
    food were redirected, 870 million
    hungry people could be fed.
    Women play important roles to
    ensure food is not wasted     because
    of their roles in agrifood value
    chains and as managers of natural
    resources such as land and water.

MEET THE WOMEN

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS HUNGER CHANGEMAKERS