User:Bamoateng/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Gender and food security

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because food security is often a topic of discussion in the policy world. We often talk about how to help communities that lack access to food and how to eliminate those barriers, however, we rarely ever discuss how gender and food security intersect. I'm curious about learning more about this so, I chose this article to evaluate.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The lead section for this article provides a solid general overview of what this article will be about. I think it'd be more impactful if it had a stronger introduction. I think the article should define food security, before it goes into stats on gender and food security.

Content: Interspersed in the article are very brief descriptions of food insecurity and its impact on women in parts of the world that aren't Africa., however, the article places a heavy emphasis on food insecurity among women in Africa. In the lead, the article seems like it will address food security and gender globally but reading the article shows another thing. It'd be a more effective article if it touched on food insecurity among women in South America, North America, Asia and Europe too. I'm sure there's some information on this somewhere! Additionally, the title of the article is "Gender and Food Security" and it focuses mainly on women. Yes, food insecurity mainly negatively impacts women but I think the article could have touched on food insecurity in regards to men just to highlight the stark difference. Also, I think information on the impacts of food insecurity on transgender, non-binary and members of the LGTBQ+ community could be useful as well.

Tone and Balance: This is a topic that it's kind of difficult to remain neutral on. The article, while it does its best to remain objective there are places where a bias slips out. It's like the author is trying to convince the reader that solving food security for women in particular, will positively impact the community and the world.

Sources and References: I think the sources could be more current. Of 73 articles, two are from the past five years. Many of the articles are from 2000-2013. I think updated sources could show how this issue of food insecurity and gender has evolved. Two links led to 404:Page Not Found webpages.

Organization and Writing Quality: I like that the sections in the article were previewed in the lead section.

Images and Media: The article has two pictures. I think a map or graph might help with showing the statistics of the issue.

Talk Page Discussion: This article is ranked as a C-class article. People spoke about the need for more media/pictures and suggested ways to improve the organization of the article. One user talked about how the article seemed to speak only on women and food security even though the article is called "Gender and Food Security." These are all critiques I also had.

Overall Impressions: I think this article could expand its scope and could use a source revamp. I think there's a lot of good content here, we just need to organize it a bit better and give a more global understanding of the impact of food insecurity/security.