Women and girls continue to face the brunt of the climate crisis that exacerbates inequalities, jeopardizes their food security and spurs migration, warns WFP on International Women’s Day.
As climate extremes become more frequent and intense, women and girls need to be front and center in the creation and implementation of climate change solutions.
In nearly two thirds of the world’s countries, women are more likely than men to suffer from hunger. Here are the top six reasons why.
World Food Program USA is proud to announce three new grantees for the Catherine Bertini Trust Fund for Girls’ Education: Lamia Afghan Foundation, Razia’ Ray of Hope Foundation, and School of Leadership Afghanistan.
World Food Program USA announces three new grantees for The Catherine Bertini Trust Fund for Girls’ Education: Lamia Afghan Foundation, Razia’s Ray of Hope Foundation and School of Leadership Afghanistan.
Our food systems are important tools for achieving social justice by providing equal opportunity, health and well-being to all people, especially those furthest behind. At its core, food security is a question of human dignity and about our sustainability as a planet.
Over the last four months, Afghanistan has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Jane Ferguson gives a heartbreaking account of her recent visit to Kabul.
In 2021, you stayed curious about hunger, about the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and what you could do to help.
In Rwanda, a a rural women’s initiative is fostering pathways for female farmers to be leaders, decisionmakers and agents of change in their communities.
Amina was held captive for 11 months by armed fighters in Nigeria. She went on to run a WFP-supported soup kitchen capable of serving porridge and beans to more than 100 people a day.
