The response to the global food crisis must address the needs of women and girls

Development agencies are pouring in billions of dollars to address the global food crisis exacerbated by Rus sia’s war on Ukraine. The World Bank, the G7, the European Union’s Team Europe, and the United States have collectively pledged more than $40 billion to avert food and humanitarian crises. Ye...

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Main Authors: Bryan, Elizabeth, Ringler, Claudia
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140115
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description Development agencies are pouring in billions of dollars to address the global food crisis exacerbated by Rus sia’s war on Ukraine. The World Bank, the G7, the European Union’s Team Europe, and the United States have collectively pledged more than $40 billion to avert food and humanitarian crises. Yet this much-needed assis tance carries its own risks. Without a gender lens, the proposed measures will fail to meet the specific needs of women and girls and might worsen existing gender inequalities. The current crisis presents an opportunity to design gender-responsive programs that buffer women and girls against hardships in the short term and tackle entrenched gender inequalities while building resilience to future shocks over the long term. It is a perilous moment for women and girls around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic already pushed an estimated additional 47 million girls and women into extreme poverty, reversing decades of progress. And in 2021, at least 150 million more women than men were experiencing food insecurity — with the gender gap continuing to grow. Crises pose particular risks to girls, leading to them to drop out of school at higher rates, and increasing the incidence of gender-based violence, including early or forced marriage and economic or sexual exploitation.
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spelling CGSpace1401152025-11-06T04:09:46Z The response to the global food crisis must address the needs of women and girls Bryan, Elizabeth Ringler, Claudia school attendance sexual exploitation development agencies gender shock policies war coronavirus covid-19 agriculture markets trade coronavirinae russia food security ukraine conflicts coronavirus disease poverty prices climate change gender inequality Development agencies are pouring in billions of dollars to address the global food crisis exacerbated by Rus sia’s war on Ukraine. The World Bank, the G7, the European Union’s Team Europe, and the United States have collectively pledged more than $40 billion to avert food and humanitarian crises. Yet this much-needed assis tance carries its own risks. Without a gender lens, the proposed measures will fail to meet the specific needs of women and girls and might worsen existing gender inequalities. The current crisis presents an opportunity to design gender-responsive programs that buffer women and girls against hardships in the short term and tackle entrenched gender inequalities while building resilience to future shocks over the long term. It is a perilous moment for women and girls around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic already pushed an estimated additional 47 million girls and women into extreme poverty, reversing decades of progress. And in 2021, at least 150 million more women than men were experiencing food insecurity — with the gender gap continuing to grow. Crises pose particular risks to girls, leading to them to drop out of school at higher rates, and increasing the incidence of gender-based violence, including early or forced marriage and economic or sexual exploitation. 2023-07-11 2024-03-14T12:08:56Z 2024-03-14T12:08:56Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140115 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/response-global-food-crisis-must-address-needs-women-and-girls Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bryan, Elizabeth; and Ringler, Claudia. 2023. The response to the global food crisis must address the needs of women and girls. In The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde Debucquet. Section Two: Policy Recommendations, Chapter 14, Pp. 75-76. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_14.
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prices
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