Women and girls suffer disproportionately. When food is in short supply, women eat last. The food issue is access. Increased food production is not enough. Today's hunger leads to tomorrow's hunger.
Hunger passes from hungry mother to malnourished child.
Women must be supported as agents of social change. Yet they still find it difficult to gain access to basic requirements such as credit, fertilizer, technology, and land. In November 1996, the World Food Summit Declaration and Plan of Action reaffirmed the right of access of everyone to a safe, nutritious, adequate food supply. Their goal is to decrease the number of undernourished by one-half by no later than the year 2015. Food safety regulations should be based on science.