The right to food 2009, para. 5

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Encourages States, in accordance with their relevant obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to take action to address gender inequality and discrimination against women, in particular where it contributes to the malnutrition of women and girls, including measures to ensure the full and equal realization of the right to food and ensuring that women have equal access to resources, including income, land and water, to enable them to feed themselves and their families;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2009
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, The right to food (2009), A/HRC/RES/10/12, OP 5.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
5