A/HRC/RES/55/4 of malnutrition, and at the imminent and increasing danger that the targets outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be missed; 5. Considers it intolerable that, as estimated by the United Nations Children’s Fund, nearly half of all deaths of children under the age of 5 are attributable to undernutrition, which puts children at greater risk of dying from common infections, increases the frequency and severity of such infections and delays recovery; 6. Expresses its great concern that, while women contribute more than 50 per cent of the food produced worldwide, they also account for 70 per cent of the world’s hungry, that women and girls are disproportionately affected by hunger, malnutrition, food insecurity and poverty, in part as a result of gender inequality and discrimination; 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 as men suffer from malnutrition; 7. Encourages all States to mainstream a gender perspective in food security and nutrition programmes and to take action to address de jure and de facto gender inequality and discrimination against women and girls, in particular where such inequality and discrimination contribute to the malnutrition of women and girls, including by taking measures to ensure the full and equal realization of the right to food and taking steps to ensure that women and girls have equal access to social protection and resources, including income, land and water, and their ownership, and 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 to strengthen their role in decision-making; 8. Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food;2 9. Recognizes the importance of giving due consideration to the adverse impact of climate change on the full realization of the right to food; 10. Reiterates that improving access to productive resources and responsible public investment in rural development, taking into consideration the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems, as endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security, is essential for eradicating hunger and poverty, in particular in developing countries, including through the promotion of investment, including private investment, in appropriate small-scale irrigation and water management technologies in order to reduce vulnerability to and recover from droughts, tackle water scarcity and ensure the preservation and sustainable use of ecosystems; 11. Recognizes the importance of smallholder and family farmers, peasants and artisanal and small-scale fishers in developing countries, including women, and Indigenous Peoples, in ensuring food security and nutrition, reducing poverty and preserving ecosystems, and the need to assist their development; 12. Reaffirms the need to ensure that programmes delivering safe, sufficient, nutritious and culturally accepted food are inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities; 13. Encourages States to promote the conditions for everyone to be free from hunger and, as soon as possible, to enjoy fully the right to food, and, where appropriate, to consider establishing appropriate institutional mechanisms and adopting national policies to combat hunger; 14. Recognizes the advances made through South-South and triangular cooperation in developing countries and regions in connection with food security and nutrition and the development of agricultural production for the full realization of the right to food, while reaffirming the key role of North-South cooperation; 15. Also recognizes the importance of traditional sustainable agricultural practices, inter alia, traditional seed supply systems, and access to locally adapted seeds, including for many Indigenous Peoples and local communities; 2 4 A/HRC/55/49.