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RIGHT TO FOOD FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Although formal gender equality has been enshrined in international law and many national constitutions and legislations, the de facto enjoyment of the right to food is all too often gender biased. Where the human right to food is violated or threatened, women and girls are often specifically or more severely affected.
The right to food is impaired for women by various factors:
Limited access to and control over resources, lower salaries, insecure and
unstable labour conditions, gender biased labour markets, discrimination in
laws, regulations and programmes, limited enjoyment of the right to education,
inadequate public health care, and exclusion from decision making processes. In
addition, intra household food discrimination prevails in many regions of the
world. The specific needs of women who require special protection are often
neglected, e.g. through lack of protection of pregnant workers, insufficient
maternity leave or discrimination in social transfer programmes. 
The
struggle against all forms of discrimination, including gender discrimination,
is integral part of FIAN's mandate. FIAN applies a dual track gender approach,
aiming at both gender mainstreaming through different working areas and a focus
on gender issues and on women's right to food in order to overcome existing
inequalities.
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