As global efforts have geared up to combat the food crisis, the authors became alarmed that few were considering the particular needs of women and girls. With that in mind, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPR) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) brought together funders, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN agencies and other experts, including this article’s co-signatories, at a round-table discussion in June this year. This article documents the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2007–08 global food-price crisis and developed concrete strategies that can buffer women and girls against short-term hardships and reduce long-term gender inequalities.
Authors: Elizabeth Bryan, Claudia Ringler & Nicole Lefore
Source: Nature, Vol 609 | 1 September 2022
