This policy brief presents an update on the state of food security and the gendergap in food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during theCOVID-19 pandemic using findings from a large-scale phone survey in 10 MENAcountries, conducted by the World Values Survey (WVS) Association.1,2 The surveyinterviewed 12,366 respondents, distributed almost equally across Algeria, Palestine,Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Egypt.