Women keep our global food system working – they are the entrepreneurs, farmers, laborers, food producers, vendors, marketers, caterers, chefs, transporters, agribusiness innovators and occupy many unseen roles. 

While working hard in these roles, women are also caretakers - for their children, their families, the ill, the elderly – ensuring that everyone has enough food, water and shelter. 

Yet, in 2022, women make less money than men and occupy fewer positions of leadership, particularly in food value chains. As things stand, across countries of all income status, women often eat last and least. During the pandemic, women and children have been hardest hit. 

Together, we can turn things around for women. Good nutrition for women underpins their resilience and immunity and is foundational for the development of communities and nations. Good nutrition enables girls and adolescents to reach higher academic potential, higher earnings, and is correlated with other empowerment measures such as marrying later.