WUNRN
CEDAW Statement
on Rural Women’s Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition
TO THE CEDAW COMMITTEE ON ITS
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON RURAL WOMEN - 56th Session, October 7, 2013
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Statement:
Women
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Both an oral and a written
statement have been submitted by FIAN International, on behalf of 14
organizations advocating for the economic, social, and cultural rights of women
in rural communities, to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women on its General Discussion on Rural Women, 56th Session, on
October 7, 2013.
The purpose of this contribution
was to provide further information about the obstacles that rural women face
when attempting to realise their right to adequate food and nutrition and to
ask the Committee to explicitly recognise this right as central to the
realisation of rural women’s human rights in its forthcoming General Recommendation
on Rural Women.
Through this statement, FIAN
International, asked the Committee to consider the issues and recommendations
during its General Discussion and expressed FIAN’s intention to continue
contributing input to the Committee throughout the process of drafting the
General Recommendation.
The information contained in this
contribution was based, inter alia, on information obtained by the drafting
organizations through exchanges with affected communities during the course of
FIAN’s work, especially during the process of documenting cases on the right to
adequate food and nutrition and related rights, elaborating case strategies,
and conducting workshops and seminars at the national, regional, and
international levels, in which affected communities and experts participated.