Gender and Youth

Judith Munini spent over 30 years farming rain-fed crops in drought-prone Makueni County, Kenya, struggling with water scarcity, pests and unreliable income. With support from the Acting Now project, she adopted solar-powered drip irrigation, organic composting and dryland fruit farming. Today she runs a commercial tree nursery with over 20,000 seedlings and has trained more than 200 farmers.

Café Brisas, a coffee brand from western Honduras led by women coffee farmers, is gaining ground with international buyers. Its recent success at two major trade fairs shows how the brand is building a reputation for quality in competitive markets.

Across Southern Africa, gender inequality and social exclusion shape daily realities, determining who eats, who leads and who survives. Solidaridad’s Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) work addresses these structural barriers head-on, with the conviction that systems can only be truly resilient when everyone has a seat at the table.