"When the devastation of AIDS enters a household, it is the women who take on the burden of added responsibilities. In hard-hit communities all over the globe, women are caring for sick and dying family members around the clock, while trying to fulfil their regular household responsibilities, such as child care, household maintenance and food preparation. In sub-Saharan Africa, where the epidemic has hit with terrible ferocity, women not only prepare the food, they also grow it. When women farmers are pulled out of production, many households are pushed to the brink of starvation." - Noeleen Heyzer, Unifem Director