India, Nov. 12 -- Nearly 11 million women and girls in Sudan are now acutely food insecure, according to a new gender alert released by UN Women on Wednesday, which warns that simply being a woman in Sudan has become a "strong predictor of hunger".

The report, Gender Dimensions of Food Insecurity in Sudan, was launched November 11, 2025 from the Palais des Nations in Geneva by Anna Mutavati, UN Women's Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, who called for urgent protection and prioritisation of women and girls amid Sudan's worsening humanitarian catastrophe.

"For over two consecutive years, every front line in Sudan has cut through the bodies, homes, livelihoods, and futures of women and girls," Mutavati said. "They have endure...