MAHA Adopts Inaugural Communiqué Committing Members to Gender-Responsive Hunger Solutions

At the close of its Inaugural Meeting in March 2026, Mothers Against Hunger in Africa (MAHA) formally adopted the MAHA Inaugural Communiqué — a landmark declaration of intent committing all founding signatories to collective action on gender and hunger across the continent.

The Communiqué, negotiated and refined through a series of breakout working group sessions spanning MAHA's five thematic pillars, sets out a shared framework for advocacy, mobilisation, and coordination that will guide the organisation's work through its first strategic period, 2026–2030.

Key commitments enshrined in the Communiqué include the advocacy for legal reform to enshrine women's equal land rights across all African Union member states; the integration of nutrition and maternal health targets into national food security strategies; the establishment of gender parity benchmarks for women's representation in food governance institutions; the mainstreaming of gender analysis in national climate adaptation plans; and the mobilisation of dedicated financing streams for women-led food security programming.

"This Communiqué is not a statement of aspiration — it is a statement of accountability," said a founding member speaking at the closing plenary. "We hold ourselves and our governments to every word of it."

The full text of the MAHA Inaugural Communiqué will be published on the MAHA website and disseminated to partner governments, international organisations, and civil society networks across the continent.