Unleashed Women began in 1998, when The Hunger Project organised the training of 30 women leaders in Bangladesh. During the four-day workshop, these marginalised and illiterate women bravely shared their hopes, dreams, fears and obstacles with one another and by the end of the training each woman had created a vision for her future, committed to achieving it and had an action plan to make it possible.

Fast forward to today and these workshops have trained over half a million women in leadership!

Rather than making small contributions at the periphery, The Hunger Project works at the heart of the problem by building self-reliance at the grassroots level, empowering women as key change agents, and forging effective partnerships with the local government.

With a thriving membership base, Unleashed Women is committed to funding the leadership training of women living in rural communities; empowering them with confidence and knowledge, unleashing their courage and creativity to prevent child marriage and to improve the health and welfare of their communities and enabling them to start small businesses and to become financially independent.

Our incredible Unleashed Women not only make a regular monthly investment which goes towards supporting our projects around the world but they are also our biggest supporters and fundraisers. The collective aim of our community is that by 2027, we will be investing £250,000 a year in supporting women in our programme countries, via a network of engaged, purpose-driven UK-based Unleashed Women.

By supporting our members' fundraising, you are investing in communities and helping them realise their own future, free from hunger and poverty. Together, we make change happen.

£25 could support a volunteer leader in South Asia to attend a leadership development training event. During these training events, volunteer leaders called Animators learn how to strengthen civil society, laying the groundwork for communities to thrive and coordinating efforts on the ground.

£50 could educate 10 mothers so that they can feed their babies and prevent malnutrition.

£100 could provide business and leadership training for a female entrepreneur living in a rural village in Malawi, allowing her to start an income generating social enterprise.

£300 could provide training and coaching for an elected female representative in India, allowing her to create more effective change in the communities which she serves.