Hundreds of millions of people around the world are still hungry. Global crises have direct effects. Welthungerhilfe states that women and girls are particularly affected.
Berlin – According to a study by Welthungerhilfe, practically no progress is being made in the fight against hunger and nutritional deficiency. 733 million people worldwide are still hungry, the organization announced in Berlin at the presentation of its new global hunger index. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are the regions with the highest hunger rates.
“It is unacceptable that the global community is not sufficiently fulfilling its obligation to end hunger,” said Marlehn Thieme, President of Welthungerhilfe. “We know that the global crises have an immediate impact with serious consequences for the nutritional situation of families and exhaust their ability to cope with ever new shocks.”
This year’s report focuses on the connection between a lack of gender equality, food insecurity and the consequences of climate change, according to Welthungerhilfe. Women and girls are most affected by hunger and suffer disproportionately from the consequences of climate change.
The report examines the nutritional situation in 136 countries. According to the organization, crises such as armed conflicts, the consequences of climate change and high debt overlap and reinforce each other. Accordingly, hunger has increased in 22 countries since 2016, and successes have largely come to a standstill in 20 countries. dpa
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