Implementing a human rights approach to food security
The premise of a rights-based approach to ensuring adequate food is empowering poor people and those who are food insecure. Empowerment is integral to any strategy that moves away from the benevolence model of food aid and instead emphasizes enabling environments that support people in feeding thems...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2004
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| description | The premise of a rights-based approach to ensuring adequate food is empowering poor people and those who are food insecure. Empowerment is integral to any strategy that moves away from the benevolence model of food aid and instead emphasizes enabling environments that support people in feeding themselves. Empowerment also removes the full burden of providing food from states. Nevertheless... in the event that people are unable to feed themselves (because of household shocks or other circumstances), the state must accept the responsibility to assist, whether through social safety nets or other programs and policies that protect vulnerable people from hunger. -- from Text |
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| spelling | CGSpace1559972025-01-10T06:35:35Z Implementing a human rights approach to food security McClain-Nhlapo, Charlotte safety equipment empowerment poverty policies developing countries hunger mitigation malnutrition food aid food security social policies gender women The premise of a rights-based approach to ensuring adequate food is empowering poor people and those who are food insecure. Empowerment is integral to any strategy that moves away from the benevolence model of food aid and instead emphasizes enabling environments that support people in feeding themselves. Empowerment also removes the full burden of providing food from states. Nevertheless... in the event that people are unable to feed themselves (because of household shocks or other circumstances), the state must accept the responsibility to assist, whether through social safety nets or other programs and policies that protect vulnerable people from hunger. -- from Text 2004 2024-10-24T12:42:58Z 2024-10-24T12:42:58Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155997 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute McClain-Nhlapo, Charlotte. 2004. Implementing a human rights approach to food security. 2020 Africa Conference Brief; Issue Brief. 13; 29. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155997 |
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| title | Implementing a human rights approach to food security |
| title_full | Implementing a human rights approach to food security |
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| title_short | Implementing a human rights approach to food security |
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| topic | safety equipment empowerment poverty policies developing countries hunger mitigation malnutrition food aid food security social policies gender women |
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