UN: Mideast escalation, Hormuz disruption to add 11.7M food-insecure women, girls

UN analysis projects that escalation in the Middle East, including Strait of Hormuz disruption, could push an additional 11.7 million women and girls into food insecurity, with women and girls comprising 53% of the newly affected. The figure is a projection based on conflict and trade disruption scenarios, not yet observed data. It underscores the humanitarian cost of regional instability and potential supply-chain shocks.