Protection, Gender and Inclusion Strategy 2026-2032

Vision
All Action Against Hunger interventions protect people from harm, promote equality, and advance inclusion across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus (NEXUS). Action Against Hunger demonstrates that safety, equality, and dignity are not optional add-ons but core dimensions of effective work to fight hunger and malnutrition.

Strategic Goal
To embed protection, gender equality, inclusion, and accountability as core dimensions of Action Against Hunger’s programming, systems, and culture, ensuring that all interventions are safe, equitable, inclusive, and effective in addressing the structural drivers of hunger and malnutrition. combat hunger and malnutrition.

Key Areas of Work:

1. Enable systemic change through institutional integration of Protection, Gender & Inclusion (PGI) and CHS standards.
2. Build partnerships and strengthen local leadership through equitable collaboration and power sharing.
3. Deliver impactful, safe, and inclusive programming across all sectors and interventions.
4. Strengthen organisational culture, competencies, and accountability for PGI.
5. Generate evidence, foster learning, and influence policy and practice.

Enablers of Success:
– Strong leadership commitment
– Sustainable and dedicated resources
– Skilled and accountable workforce
– Equitable partnerships and localisation
– Robust monitoring, learning, and accountability systems
– Organisational culture of inclusion, safety, and dignity
– Evidence generation, innovation, and advocacy

Impact
Action Against Hunger programmes consistently protect people from harm, reduce gender and social inequalities, remove barriers to inclusion, strengthen equitable and resilient systems, and contribute to lasting progress against hunger and malnutrition.