INVOLVING MEN IN CREATING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR WOMEN ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme has chosen the theme of “Partnering with Men to Achieve Gender Equality” for this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD)*, to stress the importance of the two sexes working together to improve women’s lives around the world.
WFP HONOURS ITS FIRST SAUDI SPECIAL AMBASSADOR ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme has honoured Abdulaziz Arrukban, the first Saudi citizen to have volunteered to work with the agency to raise awareness about hunger issues and funds to help alleviate it.
CHAD: RISING TENSIONS RENDER FOOD OUTLOOK PRECARIOUS N’DJAMENA – Amid rising tensions and reported preparations for armed attacks in Chad, the United Nations World Food Programme warned today – election day – that food is becoming a serious issue for some 70,000 people who have either fled the continuous armed incursions in the east of the country or are resident there.
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2020年の世界食料デーのテーマは、「育て、養い、持続させる。共に。―未来をつくる私たちのアクション。」です。世界各国が新型コロナウイルス感染症(COVID-19)の世界的大流行の広範な影響の対処に追われる中、今年の世界食料デーは、世界が、そしてとくに最も脆弱な人々が、危機から回復することを目指し、持続可能でレジリエンスあるフードシステムの構築に向けた世界的な連帯と協力を呼び掛けています。また私たちは、生産者や食品業界の方々を含め、厳しい状況の中でも食料が農場から私たちの食卓に至る過程を支え続けているフードヒーローを称えます。