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gaza

SGBV, Reproductive Violence & Starvation: Mutually Reinforcing Crimes in Gaza
The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH) March 9, 2026
Famine Gaza Gendering starvation Mass Starvation SGBV SGBV and Starvation
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photo of a woman lying on the bottom of a bunk bad, face hidden by pillow

Enduring the Unthinkable: The Intersecting Impact of Wartime Sexual and Reproductive Violence and Starvation in Tigray
Feven Araya March 2, 2026
Famine Gendering starvation Mass Starvation SGBV SGBV and Starvation Starvation Crimes Tigray
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Women processing rice beside a river in Birnin Tudu ward of Gummi LGA. Photo courtesy of Suleiman Victor Mshelia.

Famine voices from Gummi Local Government Area, Zamfara State, Nigeria
Suleiman Victor Mshelia February 19, 2026
Famine Famine Voices Nigeria
Article

Rethinking current famine classification: insights from history
Alex de Waal February 17, 2026
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Poor person in dirty cloth sitting front of bowl, living on street

Gender and Famine: Reflections on Hunger and Humiliation
Alex de Waal February 16, 2026
Famine Gender Gendering starvation Mass Starvation SGBV SGBV and Starvation
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graphic intended to convey gendered suffering

Gendered Suffering in Famine: the other side of gendered norms
Merry Fitzpatrick February 9, 2026
Ethiopia Famine Gaza Gender Gendering starvation SGBV SGBV and Starvation
Essay
Sorghum Seeds

An exceptional farmer who survived a famine: my aunt Mary Ajok, South Sudan
Elizabeth Malou January 26, 2026
African Voices Famine Famine Voices South Sudan
Essay
a woman and young child sit on a straw mat outside a canvas tent

Guilt, shame, and maternal agency: Famine voices from Abyei, on the South Sudan-Sudan border
Deng Nyol Kuol January 23, 2026
Famine Famine Voices South Sudan
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A woman clearing land for farming in South Sudan

Hard work, displacement, and survival: famine voices from Lainya, Central Equatoria, South Sudan
Luga Aquila January 22, 2026
Famine Famine Voices Mass Starvation South Sudan
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pot over a log fire

Moving for Survival: Oral Histories of Famine and Labour Migration in the Darfur–BeG Borderlands 
Joseph Diing December 5, 2025
Darfur Famine Migration Sudan