About The Hunger Project India in E-6/7, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi

The Hunger Project (THP) is a global, non-profit, strategic organisation committed to the sustainable end of world hunger.

The Hunger Project in India derives its mandate from the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act (1992) which recognises the importance of women’s role in politics & decision making. THP India started working with Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) at the local self-governance level in 2002. In the last 15 years, THP India’s strategies have aimed at politically empowering women in Gram Panchayats (GPs). THP has seen that these trained Elected Women Representatives take a multidimensional approach to address social, economic and gender inequalities in their villages.

Through its work, the organisation also promotes, protects and upholds the rights of women under various International Conventions and Policies such as the CEDAW (UN Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979), the Mexico Plan of Action (1975); the Nairobi Forward Looking Strategies (1985); the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).

With these directives, THP believes that the active participation of women in political and decision-making processes of local governance will help bring economic and social development to the villages of India.

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