The right to food 2016, para. 7

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Encourages all States to mainstream a gender perspective in food security programmes and to take action to address de jure and de facto gender inequality and discrimination against women, in particular when they contribute to the malnutrition of women and girls, including measures to ensure the full and equal realization of the right to food and that women have equal access to resources, including income, land and water and their ownership and agricultural inputs, as well as full and equal access to health care, education, science and technology, to enable them to feed themselves and their families, and in this regard stresses the need to empower women and strengthen their role in decision-making;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The right to food (2016), A/RES/71/191, OP 7.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
7