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This article describes the conceptual evolution of the right to food into its current denomination as human right to adequate food and nutrition in the broader context of the indivisibility of human rights, women’s rights and food sovereignty. It also explores the challenges and opportunities provided by the Second International Conference on Nutrition and describes the political foundations of civil society’s engagement in the preparation and planned follow-up of the conference.
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Read more in El BuenVivir at: http://www.territorioindigenaygobernanza.com/elbuenvivir.html, accessed on 25 August 2014.
ETO consortium. Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ETO consortium, 2012, at http://www.fian.org/fileadmin/media/publications/2012.02.29_-_Maastricht_Principles_on_Extraterritorial_Obligations.pdf, accessed 17 September 2014.
What would be the impact: For Mexicans not being able to eat tortillas anymore? For French to give up wine, cheese and bread? For Germans not being able to enjoy sauerkraut and potato salad?
‘The empowerment strategies ranged from promotion of female entrepreneurship to self-help groups where women and girls could take on taboo subjects such as early marriage, dowry and violence against women. Once reluctant to leave their homes because of harassment in the streets, the women and girls of SHOUHARDO started travelling to markets to buy and sell goods, the data showed. They began challenging men who harassed women and girls in the streets. And they played a larger role in traditional village courts, driving decisions like never before, researchers found’ (for more read CARE, 2007).
The CFS Secretariat is composed of the FAO, IFAD, the World Food Programme and Bioversity.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/veneman.cfm, accessed 24 September 2014.
To read more about the ICN 2 and its objectives, http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/icn2/en/, accessed 17 September 2014.
http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/icn2/background/en/, accessed 17 September 2014.
See statement issued by more than 150 CSOs at: http://www.fian.org/news/article/detail/cso_statement_to_the_icn_2_open_ended_working_group/, accessed 24 September 2014.
See press release issued by the ICN2 food and nutrition group at: http://www.fian.org/news/article/detail/tackling_the_root_causes_of_malnutrition_the_needed_step_to_secure_the_right_to_adequate_food_for_a/, accessed 24 September 2014.
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Those interested in having more information about the issues and arguments presented in this article should read the following paper, which is to be published shortly, and contains a more detailed discussion on them Valente et al. (forthcoming).
Describes the conceptual evolution of the Human Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition in the broader context of the indivisibility of human rights, women's rights and food sovereignty
More in line with the word ‘alimentación’ in Spanish or ‘alimentação’ in Portuguese, as conceptualized later in the article.
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Valente, F. Towards the Full Realization of the Human Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition. Development 57, 155–170 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2014.75
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