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SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD REPORT TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 2013 

 

Women's Rights & The Right to Food

 

Direct Link to Full 20-Page Report:

http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session22/AHRC2250_English.PDF

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Women & The Right to Food - Intersectionalities of Rights Issues

 

*Poverty, Extreme Poverty

*Nutrition/Malnutrition

*Health - Physical & Mental

 Reproductive Health

*Maternal & Infant Mortality

*Disabilities

*Water & Sanitation

*Education

*Child Labour

*Child Marriage & Motherhood

*Forced Marriage

*Preference for Males

*Land, Housing/Shelter

 Land-Grabbing, Forced Evictions

 Homelessness - Slums

*War & Conflict

*Refugee Status

*Internal Displacement

*Safety - Violence - Rape

*Prostitution

*Trafficking

*Lack of Social Supports. Social Security

*Political Volatility

*Migration

*Statelessness

*Minority & Indigenous Issues

*Culture & Traditions

*Climate Change Issues

*Natural Disasters

*Widows Discrimination

*Lifespan - Ageing Women - Survival

*Exposure to Environmental Hazards