Women and men deserve equal opportunities to achieve a reasonable standard of healthy living. However, in developing countries, the interaction of various economic, social, cultural and biological factors makes women disadvantaged in achieving their rights to decent nutrition, health services and health information. However, some problems affecting women's health are shared, in part, also by the opposite sex. Inadequate access to nutritious food, and resulting malnutrition, is perhaps the greatest dilemma facing women's health in developing countries. Indeed, undernutrition is the leading risk factor for mortality among girls under five, accounting for approximately seven deaths per thousand children in low- and middle-income countries [1]. Rising food prices, climate change, wars and conflicts have caused unprecedented food insecurity in various parts of the developing world [2]. It has been estimated that almost 20% of the population of developing countries is affected by chronic food deficit [3]. The Global Hunger Index reports that 969 million people live on less than US$1 a day and that 923 million people go hungry every day [2]. Although malnutrition is a concern for both genders, women are more vulnerable due to unequal access to food based on gender [1]. Women are also more likely to experience the impacts of food insecurity due to their biological role during pregnancy and breastfeeding and the resulting increased nutritional demands. In pregnant women, malnutrition blocks the body's immune system and homeostatic mechanisms, leaving them vulnerable to the development of infections and maternal complications such as miscarriage and obstructed labor, as well as increasing the risk of maternal mortality [4].Continue.... .. middle of paper ...over the centuries, neglect of their health needs and concerns has caused them immense suffering. Furthermore, women's health is closely linked to the well-being of the next generation of children. Malnourished women are more likely to have poor birth outcomes, particularly intrauterine growth restriction, preterm birth, and low birth weight infants [4,12]. Such infants also have higher neonatal and infant mortality than those born to healthy mothers [4]. The issue of women's health therefore has a huge impact on society as a whole and must be addressed as a priority. To what extent this issue has actually been prioritized remains an unanswered question. Women deserve to receive equal treatment as their male counterparts to safeguard their fragile existence and to give them the right opportunity to excel in their abilities.