Research

In 2006, Concern Ethiopia began using a behaviour change approach called community conversations as part of our HIV prevention programmes in a rural area.

When Concern Worldwide UK launched its Unheard Voices campaign in late 2007, the focus was on highlighting the needs of marginal farmers. The majority of these are women, so we shifted our attention to their specific needs.

Women farmers grow, buy, sell, cook food and feed their children. They produce 60 – 80% of food in most developing countries.

Women hold the key to tackling hunger and malnutrition. Their needs are often not recognised or understood.