Special Interest: Women
More than half of the world’s hungry people are farmers in rural areas who tend fields of five acres or less. Giving female farmers equal access to resources could reduce the number of people living in hunger and poverty by 100-150 million.
Africa’s small-scale farmers lose up to 40% of all the food they harvest. Today, 320,000 farmers across Africa, over half of which are women, participate in WFP’s Zero Food Loss Initiative.
We sat down with Michelle Nunn, to discuss why she believes that empowering women is the key to ending hunger and poverty.
We need “a systemwide transformation” in the way we live, work, govern and grow our food. It's no small task.
In Afghanistan, the UN Humanitarian Air Service is launching a new initiative to get more female Afghan humanitarians into the skies and the field.
"The gender disparity of hunger is unacceptable." WFP USA's CEO Rick Leach explains how empowering women is the solution to ending hunger worldwide.
“We simply believe that girls have the right to an education and deserve to have their voices heard.” - Zack Fowler, Executive Director of WISER International
From nursing and tending chickens to farming and feeding 18 million school kids. Meet six women from Guatemala to Yemen who are fighting to end extreme poverty and hunger.
Recognizing & honoring leaders in the fight against global hunger.
From food aid to cash vouchers and school meals, WFP does whatever it takes to feed the world's most vulnerable and hungry people.
Conflict, extreme weather, natural disasters and extreme poverty. Ending hunger is a big challenge, but together it's solvable.
Children form the future human capital of a nation, and school feeding programs provide a key support in building the foundations.