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By Mme Bineta Diop with an introduction by Sheree Stomberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Today is International Women\u2019s Day, a day dedicated to the millions of women working in their countries
and communities to make the world a better place for all. It is on this day that we must recognize one of the gravest gender-based issues facing women today \u2014 hunger.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


There is no equality when women everywhere do not have access to adequate nutrition. While women in some parts of the world have made great strides towards economic and social equality, many women in low-, middle- and high-income countries are still denied access to even this most basic human right:
nourishment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Madame Bineta Diop is one of the fiercest advocates for women\u2019s rights and the end of hunger. Her work has led her to the Global Board of The Hunger Project, Co-chair of the World Economic Forum on
Africa, Special Envoy of the African Union Commission on Women, Peace, and Security Chairperson \u2014
and even one of Time Magazine\u2019s 100 Most Influential People. While Mme Diop and I come from vastly
different cultures and backgrounds \u2014 she from Senegal and I from the United States, she from diplomacy and I from finance \u2014 we see a shared truth: ending world hunger is not possible without equal rights for women \u2014 and gender equality will never be fully achieved without an end to hunger.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


In her own words for International Women\u2019s Day, Mme Diop powerfully illustrates how we can address
this fundamental disparity in women\u2019s rights:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Nearly one in three people in the world \u2014 2.37 billion people, almost the entire populations of China and India combined \u2014 did not have access to adequate food in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


More than 60% of them are women and girls.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Research consistently demonstrates that rates of hunger, especially severe hunger, are strongly related to gender inequality. The UN\u2019s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) identifies gender inequality as
both a cause of and an effect of hunger and malnutrition. And although women make up a significant
portion of the world\u2019s food producers, chronic hunger primarily affects women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


So what can we do? Through my service both on the Global Board of Directors for The Hunger Project
and as the Special Envoy on Women Peace and Security of the African Union Commission Chairperson, I have witnessed firsthand the complex links between hunger, gender equality and conflict. Sustainable
change obviously calls for a holistic approach, focusing on women\u2019s human security and ensuring
women\u2019s leadership in all key areas simultaneously: access to peace processes, health care, land rights, education, and livelihoods. Each of these areas reinforce each other and each is necessary to achieve equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Take for example women in conflict situations. Women are generally the custodians of household welfare and bear the primary burden of caring for dependents \u2013 young and elderly. In times of crisis and conflict that lead to flight and separation, having been denied fundamental economic and social rights that build resilience, the consequence to the health and nutrition of women and their dependents is dire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Accessing sufficient diets while fleeing war or while in a refugee camp can be difficult and exacerbates
existing nutritional deficiencies. I have witnessed the difficult situation of women and children in every
conflict zone I\u2019ve visited. Women are prioritized last when resources are distributed and suffer hunger
that leads to health and cognitive challenges that continue throughout their lives and dash their hope for a stable and healthy future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


This chronic malnourishment, in or out of conflict zones, creates an intergenerational cycle of hunger that is directly linked to violations of women\u2019s human rights and is coupled with the violation of other rights, including right to land, education, sexual and reproductive health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Intergenerational hunger in action looks like this: prevailing gender discriminatory norms perceive girls
as less valuable and, thus, they are fed last and least, especially when resources are scarce. These
chronically malnourished girls are then denied opportunity to an education or agency over their own
bodies. They are forced to marry and give birth at young ages, long before their bodies have fully
developed. Their children, in turn, are stunted by the malnourishment of their young mothers. And, if they are girl babies, they are fed last and least. In this way, the cycle of hunger continues and worsens.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To break this cycle, we need to change mindsets and dismantle the complex inequitable systems that
perpetuate hunger in a world that produces plenty of food. It is up to us, the people, but particularly the women, to advocate and create new systems that focus on ensuring that the fundamental needs of every person are fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I believe this is possible because I have seen the cycle broken. Several years ago, I visited a community in Ethiopia where The Hunger Project is active. I was impressed with the holistic approach in which
women\u2019s rights to own land, farming inputs and agricultural training, health, education, and leadership
skills were integrated into the project. This holistic approach, applied over a period of years, improved
women\u2019s resilience to a level that the targeted women were no longer in need of the project \u2014 they had
achieved self-reliance and equality in and for their communities. The success of this approach speaks
greatly to what can be achieved when women are empowered and their full human rights are respected
and promoted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In closing, Mme Diop has left no doubt that hunger and women\u2019s rights are inextricably tied and that we
can break the cycle of inequality \u2013 by changing our own mindsets, by calling on leaders to dismantle
systems that perpetuate hunger through patriarchy, and by advocating for women globally, not just
locally. Calling for an end to hunger is about more than food. It\u2019s about equal rights for women and, as
Mme Diop says, \u201censuring that the fundamental needs of every person are fulfilled.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sheree Stomberg is the Global Head of Citi Shared Services and the Citi Service Center Network and
Board Chair for The Hunger Project.
Mme Bineta Diop is Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Women,
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