A/HRC/31/51
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................
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II.
Social, Cultural and Structural Barriers............................................................................................
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III.
Legal barriers ...................................................................................................................................
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A.
Property rights .........................................................................................................................
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B.
Intellectual Property Rights .....................................................................................................
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Economic barriers ............................................................................................................................
10
A.
Changing global economic policy and the rise of corporate models of agriculture .................
10
B.
The extra burdens on female farmworkers ..............................................................................
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C.
Women’s non-agricultural livelihoods and the right to food ...................................................
13
Ecological Barriers - Climate Change ..............................................................................................
14
A.
Why women matter in climate change policies? .....................................................................
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B.
How to ensure gender sensitive climate change policies? .......................................................
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VI.
Why a gender analysis is necessary to address the right to food? ....................................................
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VII.
Conclusions ......................................................................................................................................
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