Women bearing the brunt of Sudan's acute hunger crisis, UN says

FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese woman from a community kitchen run by local volunteers distributes meals for people who are affected by conflict and extreme hunger and are out of reach of international aid efforts, in Omdurman, Sudan, August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mazin Alrasheed/File Photo

GENEVA, Jan ‌9 (Reuters) - Women are bearing the brunt of the humanitarian crisis ‌in Sudan, with the majority of female-headed households not having enough ‌food to eat, the U.N. said on Friday.

"Female-headed households are now three times more likely to be food insecure. Three quarters of these households report not having enough to eat," ‍Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the United Nations Office ‍for the Coordination of Humanitarian ‌Affairs (OCHA) told reporters in Geneva.