Liberia’s Silent Crisis – Women and Children Bear the Brunt of Persistent Hunger

Summary

• Women and children are at the center of Liberia’s growing hunger crisis, according to experts, driven not by war or famine but by deep poverty, absent fathers, teenage pregnancies and fragile livelihoods, with many surviving on one meal a day.
• Malnutrition remains widespread despite signs of improvement, with Liberia ranked 112th of 123 countries on the 2025 Global Hunger Index; health workers report rising cases of severely malnourished children, even as government officials say newer…