SPRING Staff Pledge for Gender Parity on International Women's Day 2016

Women are at the heart of our work to improve nutrition. In this collection of photos, SPRING staff from around the world are celebrating International Women's Day 2016 (IWD 2016) and pledging to take action as champions of gender parity.

Read more about SPRING's involvement in IWD 2016 here.

"For IWD ’16, I pledge to involve more women in SBCC programming"

"For IWD ’16, I promise to ensure safe working environment for women employees"

"For IWD ’16, I promise to elect women candidates as MPs in Ghana’s parliament"

"For IWD ’16, I employ to treat women with respect"

"For IWD ’16, we commit to meet 50% women in WASH programs"

"Strengthening household democracy and partnership with men to enhance children and women nutritional status"

"La santé des enfants et des femmes en âge de procréer doit être l’affaire de tout le ménage"

"L’autonomisation économique des femmes est un facteur clé dans la réponse pour l’accès aux soins de santé et la lute contra la malnutrition"

"Strengthening household democracy and having men as partners to enhance children and women nutritional status"

"For IWD ’16, I pledge to promote the health and nutrition status of all adolescent girls, women and children. Equality in health means: access to good health services for all, regardless the gender, sex, and age; availability and access to affordable nutritious food for the Ugandan women, men, and children. Conservation of our environment; observe hygiene; access safe, clean water; improve sanitation"

"For IWD ’16, I pledge to reduce domestic violence; provide mosquito nets to breastfeeding mothers"

"For IWD ’16, I pledge to visit women in prison, especially the mothers"

"For IWD ’16, I pledge to improve women’s knowledge about nutrition and maternal health"

"For IWD ’16, I pledge to reduce girl child hunger and undernutrition"

“For IWD ’16, I pledge to advocate for children, adolescents, women, men, and other vulnerable groups with the same: access, services, and resources for health, nutrition, and food security. Equality in health means: everyone gets the same access to health care services in order to have healthy lives, which is fair and just. Equality, however, doesn’t take into consideration the social, economic, and cultural status of an individual”

"For IWD '16, I pledge to push for salaries I deserve!"

"Equality in health means more female doctors"

"Equality in health means equal opportunities for all people"

"For IWD '16, I pledge to vote for a president that values reproductive rights"

"Equality in health means equal access and equal responsibility"

"Equality in health means women have a voice"

"Equality in health means women in decision making"

"Equality in health means spending farming income on nutritious food for the whole family"

"Equality in health means women can drive the public health agenda"

"Equality in health means pregnant women and kids under 2 eat first!"

"Equality in health means equal access to HIV prevention for women"

"Equality in health means having the freedom and ability to make good choices about your own and your family's health"