Expresses its concern that women are disproportionately affected by hunger, food insecurity and poverty, in part as a result of gender inequality, 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 suffer from malnutrition as men;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Food & Nutrition
Gender
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Boys
Girls
Men
Women
Year
2003
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Right to food (2003), A/RES/58/186, OP 4.