; (4) child, early, and forced marriage; (5) poverty; (6) food insecurity and malnutrition; (7) early pregnancy and motherhood; (8) conflict and insecurity; and (9) other factors that favor boys or devalue girls’ education; Whereas, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization— (1) approximately 118,500,000 girls between the ages of 6 and 17 remain out of school; (2) girls living in countries affected by conflict are 2.5 times more likely to be out of primary school than boys; (3) girls are twice as likely as boys to never set foot in a classroom; and (4) up to 30 percent of girls who drop out of school do so because of adolescent pregnancy or child marriage; Whereas women around the world face a variety of constraints that severely limit their economic participation and productivity and remain underrepresented in the labor force; Whereas, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations— (1) agriculture and food systems are a major source of livelihoods, particularly for rural women; (2) wage and productivity gaps persist in agriculture and food systems, despite the crucial role that women play in those sectors; (3) the work of women in agriculture and food systems is more likely than that of men to be part-time, irregular, informal, vulnerable, labor-intensive, and low-skilled; (4) in countries reporting on Sustainable Development Goal 5.a.1, more men than women are owners or have rights to agricultural land; (5) the gender gap in food insecurity is growing and has reached 4.3 percentage points, with more women experiencing severe and moderate food insecurity in all regions than men; and (6) the empowerment of women can have important benefits for agricultural productivity, nutrition, and food security