Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 13
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Structural violence is an under-examined barrier to women's right to adequate food and nutrition. Gender-based violence, which is a primary form of discrimination, impedes women from engaging in their own right to adequate food and nutrition, and efforts to overcome hunger and malnutrition. Some men control women's behavior and monitor women's food work in households. A woman's perceived failure to adequately prepare food and meals is a common justification for "disciplinary" action.
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)
Equality & Inclusion
Food & Nutrition
Gender
Health
Person(s) affected
Men
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/51, para. 13.