India

Governing Council

Ms Kanika SatyanandFormer Executive Director, SRUTI: Society for Rural and Tribal InitiativeKanika Satyanand initiated the process of supporting grassroots initiatives in rural, urban and tribal areas through fellowship programs. Kanika believes in the power of individual action...

Partners

The process of training elected women representatives in their local dialects and staying the course with them through ongoing support is implemented in partnership with about 55 local partner non-governmental organizations (NGOs).AndhraMahila MargadarshiAssamNorth East Social...

Orissa

Districts where we work:Kalahandi, Gajapati, Anugul, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Khurdha, Rayagada, NuapadaBlocks where we work:Chhendipada, Kaniha, Talacher, Kishore Nagar, Banarpal, Palalahada, Angul, Athmallik, Kankadahad, Hindol, Bhuban, Kamakhyangar,Gondia, Odapada, Dhenkanal Sadar...

Research Reports

The Hunger Project-India is committed to learning and to sharing what it learns. On this section of our website, we will share the research reports being carried out in conjunction with our work. Madhya Pradesh: A Report on the Implementation of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Four...

States of India

The Hunger Project in detailContact information of our state offices.BiharKarnatakaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraOrissaRajasthanTamil NaduUttarkhand

State Offices

National Office:The Hunger ProjectShaheed Bhawan 18/1 Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, Qutub Institutional Area New Delhi 110067 Phone: 011 - 4168 8847 - 51 Fax: 011 - 4168 8852 Regional Offices:BiharThe Hunger ProjectMehman Sarai, First Floor(Behind Imarat Rizvi), Bank RoadPatna - 800...

Highlights of the 2006 Award Ceremony

Africa's First Elected Woman President Receives Africa Prize for Leadership President Sirleaf, Joan Holmes, and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai. On October 21, 2006, H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia and the first woman elected president of an...

Chronic Hunger and the Status of Women in India

Carol S. Coonrod, June 1998Introductory QuotesYou can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women. - Jawaharlal NehruHowever much a mother may love her children, it is all but impossible for her to provide high-quality child care if she herself is poor...

Block-level Workshops (Orissa, India)

Several awareness camps and community sensitization workshops were held at the village and panchayat levels to inform people about the need to integrate a gender component into governance. These were in addition to the block-level workshops held in the run up to the WLWs. Name...

Women's Leadership Workshops (Orissa, India)

The Women's Leadership Workshop's of The Hunger Project are capacity building workshops. The workshop seeks to instill and facilitate:An understanding of each woman's identity as a political leader;A shift from a mindset of "I cannot" to "I can;"Critically analyzing social...

Empowering women and men to end their own hunger

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