Violence as an Under-Recognized Barrier to Women’s Realization of Their Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition

Abstract

This article addresses under-acknowledged barriers of structural violence and discrimination that interfere with women’s capacity to realize their human rights generally, and their right to adequate food and nutrition in particular. Case studies from Georgia and South Africa illustrate the need for a human rights–based approach to food and nutrition security that prioritizes non-discrimination, public participation, and self-determination. These principles are frustrated by different types of structural violence that, if not seriously addressed, pose multiple barriers to women’s economic, public, and social engagement.

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human right to adequate food women’s rights nutrition Georgia South Africa

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