Expresses its concern that women and girls are disproportionately affected by hunger, food insecurity and poverty, in part as a result of gender inequality and discrimination, that in many countries, girls are twice as likely as boys to die from malnutrition and preventable childhood diseases and that it is estimated that almost twice as many women as men suffer from malnutrition;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Food & Nutrition
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Boys
Girls
Men
Women
Year
2010
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Right to food (2010), A/RES/65/220, OP 4.