Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 33
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Furthermore, the IPR regime does not readily acknowledge the value of women's traditional knowledge, which may cover a broad range of agricultural practices, technologies and techniques. In addition, women are faced with the threat of bio-piracy: the practice of co-opting and patenting traditional knowledge, without awarding appropriate compensation.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Food & Nutrition
Gender
Health
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/51, para. 33.