Animation: Empowering women in Africa – A crucial step to achieving food security

Girls and young women represent a crucial invisible labour force in the developing world. They play a key role as producers of food, managers of natural resources, income earners, and main caregivers of their families and communities. Nevertheless, gender-based discrimination denies rural women and girls equitable access to productive resources and opportunities. In this animation we explain why empowering women in Africa is a crucial step to achieving food security.