icon icon icon icon icon icon icon

The World: How women and girls are especially at risk of hunger during the pandemic

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has driven an unprecedented increase in hunger across the world, according to the United Nations’ assessment of humanitarian needs in 2021, released this week.

It says the number of people across the globe at risk of hunger is up 82% from a year ago, to an astounding 270 million. A whopping 70% of them are women and girls.

Read the full story at The World

Tagged

Back to Top