Putting a Gender Lens on Global Food Insecurity

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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)