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On International Women’s Day, Medair’s International Programmes Director, Anne Reitsema, offers her thoughts on the unique challenges facing women in times of emergencies and why we must act.

It's two o'clock in the morning at Jakarta airport, yet the Garuda plane for Palu is full. There are no humanitarian workers or tourists. The plane is full of locals carrying huge plastic bags full of all sorts of products they cannot find in Palu anymore. The flight takes off from Java – one of Indonesia’s 17,504 islands.

Alicia, 50, had never experienced anything like Hurricane Matthew before.

Haiti hadn’t seen a storm like this one in more than 50 years.

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador in April killed 660 people and injured 4,600 within the first 72 hours.

We live in a world that is wealthier and more developed than ever. We can board a plane and cross the planet before the day ends. We can talk to family and friends continents away. We have resources and knowledge unimaginable to previous generations. Yet hunger remains a daily reality for millions of people, particularly in developing nations. It impacts young mothers and children most severely – in fact, one in three child deaths is linked to malnutrition.