Putting a Gender Lens on Global Food Insecurity

Sources:

• Of the 821 million people who are food insecure globally, 60% are girls and women (World Food Programme, 2019)
• 33% of women of reproductive age are anemic (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, 2019)
• Yield for women farmers are 20-30% lower than for men, due to unequal access to money and resources such as land, improved seeds, fertilizers, equipment, and credit (The State of Food and Agriculture, 2011)
• 9.9 million girls and women in Yemen are in need of life-saving food assistance (World Food Programme, 2018)
• There is a US $16 return for every US $1 invested in nutrition interventions for pregnant girls and women, as well as their children (Global Nutrition Report, 2017)