Gender Perspectives on Food Security

Abstract

Many effortsin water supply,energy as well as food security development in Southeast Asia are connectedand have regionaldimensions since they rely on transboundary river basins like the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMRB). Especially when itcomes to food security and proper nutrition, the Mekong River is a central source of living. Mekong riparian states faced nearly 15 million malnutrition cases from 2019 to 2021. Approximately, 60 per cent of the undernourished are female. Since regional food security issues are closely related to water management and regional security issues in its member countries, this paper analyses food security in relation to the Mekong River Commission as a central interregional organisation for sustainable development within the LMRB.