FOOD FOR WOMEN: FIRST AMONG EQUALS
Educating women is also important. Many mothers still know too little about
nutrition to make the best use of the food that is available to them. Research
shows that educated mothers give birth to healthy, well-nourished children.
A study of 63 countries by the International Food Policy Research
Institute in Washington found that improvements in women's education helped to
reduce the proportion of children who were malnourished by 50 percent between
1970 and 1995.
WFP also provides food rations to families who send their
girls to school.
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BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY
There is
more than enough food to feed the world's population, so WFP is not resigned to
hunger. Food aid can break the cycle of poverty and hunger.
Even
though there is more than enough food in the world to feed the world's 6.4
billion people, the poor do not have the money to buy it or the means to produce
it.
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