Women produce the bulk of food in the world, but they eat the smallest portion of it.
Statistics show that illiterate women in rural and remote areas are the most disadvantaged.
In relative terms world hunger has been reduced during the last 50 years, yet the number of hungry people has increased. On the other hand, obesity is a growing problem in many industrialised countries, underlining the inequity in income, food distribution and production. The goal of eradicating hunger and undernourishment from the world was the target of the World Food Congress in 1963. This goal was reiterated in the World Food Congress in 1974. It was still valid and a goal unmet at the World Food Summit in 1996.