Left Out and Left Behind: Ignoring Women Will Prevent Us From Solving the Hunger Crisis
Publisher: CARE
Author(s): Sarah Fuhrman, Emily Janoch, Rebekah Koch, Khin Oo, Vanessa Parra, and Tonya Rawe
Date: 2020
Topics: Gender, Livelihoods, Public Health
The COVID-19 pandemic is unfolding in a world that is already experiencing a hunger crisis, one in which 2 billion people—one in every four people—do not have reliable access to enough nutritious and safe food.1 At the start of 2020, 690 million people were undernourished or chronically hungry, and UN agencies estimate that that figure could increase by over 130 million because of COVID-19. Severe food insecurity or a food crisis could nearly double to affect 270 million people by the end of the year.