Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 44
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Most of the world's poor who live and work in rural areas are employed in the agriculture sector. Globally, 20 - 30% of the 450 million waged agricultural workers are women, as are 30 % of those employed in the fishing sector and this number is increasing. Yet, women face difficulty in engaging in market behavior when cultural norms make it socially unacceptable for women to interact with men.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Men
Women
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/51, para. 44.