In both its emergency and development projects, WFP has a special commitment to helping women gain equal access to life's basic necessity.
WFP has long believed that women are the first and fastest solution to reducing hunger and poverty. They not only cook food. They sow, reap and harvest it.
It is estimated that:
Experience also shows that in the hands of women, food is far more likely to reach the mouths of needy children. So when WFP drafts new operations, both for emergencies and development, women are top of its priority list.
In emergencies, WFP's food assistance is increasingly distributed through women. Likewise women are recognized as having a crucial role in the recovery phase that follows a humanitarian disaster.
