International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate women’s achievements. It’s also a somber day of reckoning with the hard truth that, around the globe, women still face deep inequalities. While you may be familiar with the pay gap, gender-based violence, and under-representation of women in politics and corporate boards, you’ve likely heard less about another area that is just as concerning: the gender nutrition gap.
Globally, 49.7% of the population is female, yet women and girls make up a striking 60% of the chronically hungry. In fact, 126 million more women than men don’t know where their next meal is coming from—or if they will eat at all.