Food Insecurity

Over 300 students from 15 schools in Papua New Guinea and Australia participated in an online collaborative school project aimed at exploring and addressing food insecurity in the region.

The students engaged in discussions about climate change, land degradation, waste, fertilisation, and population growth and their impact on food security locally and internationally.

Key points:

• A CARE International report has found 150 million more women than men didn't have reliable access to food in 2021
• The report found higher gender inequality is closely linked to higher food insecurity
• Women who didn't earn an income were more likely to experience food insecurity

"I'm head of a big household. I was a teacher. We lived on a 4,000 to 5,000 Afghanis ($64-$80) monthly salary, but now we live with big problems," she told humanitarian non-government organisation CARE International.