Food Insecurity

How Does GBV Affect Food Insecurity?

Food insecurity: is the availability of food in a country & the ability of individuals within that country to access, afford, & source adequate food/a lack of consistent access to enough food for every person in a household to live an active & healthy life

Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN

"The Food & Agricultural Organization of the UN is a specialized agency that is apart of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and gain food security"

Their goal is to defeat hunger internationally; for all to have access to enough high quality food to live active healthy lifestyles

Food & Ag Org

Food & Ag Org GBV

What does this have to do with GBV?

Firstly GBV mainly affects women and girls in their "productive & reproductive years"
- This compromises their ability to be good and productive workers, caregivers, and income earners
  - Which restarts the cycle of poverty; jeopardizing goals towards food security for all
Secondly any periods of extended crises typically increase and start many forms of GBV
- This leaves devastating impacts on communities as female workers are now injured, ill, or facing stigmas/discrimination
  - Not all victims of GBV are survivors

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What is Food & Ag Org doing to help?

Their main focuses are: food security & nutrition, poverty alleviation, restoration & strengthening of rural livelihoods

Some steps they are taking:

Increasing access to productive resources & services
- Which are natural, human & capital resources used to make goods
Better access to rural institutions
- Which help shape the rules that govern social & economic exchange
Ensuring women are part of & have a say in policy-making decisions/processes
Increasing women's access to economic opportunities
- Which in turn can improve their individual & household well-beings

Current Issues Around the World

Sudan

Somalia/Kenya/Ethiopia

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