The Stats
820 million people will be going to bed hungry today, and 2 billion more do not know where their next meal is coming from.
The world is moving backwards in its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms.
In 2 years, the # of people facing, or at risk of, food insecurity grew from 135 million in 53 countries to 345 million in 82 countries today.
The Global Hunger Crisis, Explained
What is causing the current global hunger crisis, and why is it so urgent and so widespread?
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022
The further increase in global hunger in 2021 reflects exacerbated inequalities across and within countries due to an unequal pattern of economic recovery among countries and unrecovered income losses among those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, all in a context of diminishing social protection measures that
Women Are Hungrier!
World hunger disproportionately impacts women and girls. Globally, women are much more likely than men to live in extreme poverty . Of the 800 million people who are food insecure around the world, 60 percent are women and girls. Women often eat last and least in countries facing conflict, famine and hunger.