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Reducing vulnerability and precarity of low-skilled women in short-term migration from the global south: Key recommendations for the G-20 by Wu, Joyce, Kilby, Patrick, Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin, Ratna, Nazmun, ElDidi, Hagar, Ringler, Claudia

“…As women migrate from low-income to G20 countries to undertake key service functions, the G20 should uphold women’s human rights and fair work conditions. G20 countries can support migrant women workers through technical and information exchange, giving voice, and partnership with source countries to certify migration agents, provide social assistance and establish reintegration programmes. …”
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Reducing violence against women and girls by Hidrobo, Melissa, Roy, Shalini, Leight, Jessica, Heckert, Jessica

“…Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a global public health crisis and human rights violation, with adverse consequences for women and girls, economies as a whole, and future generations. …”
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Commoning the commons: A sourcebook to strengthen management and governance of water as commons by Foundation for Ecological Security, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The right to clean and safe drinking water has been recognized as a human right essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights. 193 countries (including India) have committed to ensure availability and sustainable management of water for all by 2030. …”
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Chinese artificial intelligence in Africa: Digital colonisation or liberalisation? by Tinarwo, Joseph, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…However, the Chinese AI has been associated with gross human rights violations and promotion of corrupt practices, such as patronage and rent-seeking behaviour. …”
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How sanctions on Russia and Belarus are impacting exports of agricultural products and fertilizer by Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David

“…These came on top of earlier sanctions on both countries — on Russia, in response to its 2014 annexation of Crimea, and on Belarus, in response to human rights violations in 2020 and its forced grounding of Ryanair flight 4798 to seize a dissident journalist in 2021. …”
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Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: a cross-country analysis by Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…As a consequence, their human rights are violated. In addition, they are more likely to have impaired immune systems, poorer cognitive development, lower productivity as adults, and greater susceptibility to diet-related chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease later in life. …”
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Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: a cross-country analysis by Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…As a consequence, their human rights are violated. In addition, they are more likely to have impaired immune systems, poorer cognitive development, lower productivity as adults, and greater susceptibility to diet-related chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease later in life. …”
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Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: a cross-country analysis by Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence James

“…As a consequence, their human rights are violated. In addition, they are more likely to have impaired immune systems, poorer cognitive development, lower productivity as adults, and greater susceptibility to diet-related chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease later in life. …”
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Article 6.8 - COP29 Negotiation Updates by Villarino, Eliza

“…The submission reviews progress from the first phase, which highlighted the critical role of NFPs in coordinating NMAs, promoting mitigation and adaptation efforts, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring respect for human rights and environmental safeguards. Moving into the second phase (2025–2026), the importance of building NFP capacity through Green Climate Fund (GCF) readiness programs, as NFPs are pivotal in facilitating a country-driven process, aligning NMAs with Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and fostering inclusive, sustainable approaches is highlighted. …”
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Policies and institutional and legal frameworks in the expansion of Brazilian biofuels by Andrade, R.M.T., Miccolis, Andrew

“…Questions are being raised about human rights and environmental justice due to poor working conditions, land concentration and displacement of smallholders as well as environmental impacts, especially in South-Central and Northeastern Brazil. …”
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The role of gender equality on rural women development in agriculture : case study: koperative duhinge ikigori kanjongo “KODIKA”, Nyamasheke district, Rwanda by Mukakalisa, Christella

“…It is a crucial element in sustainable development, and it is considered as human rights. In Rwanda, Rural women’s development refers to things such as participating in private and public agricultural activities, necessary about changing the life of rural women in a positive manner. …”

Report of the Eleventh Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee by CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee

“…The Committee responded to a draft report by Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) on problems for public agricultural research and human rights attributed to legislation on intellectual property.Agenda document, CGIAR International Centers Week 2000.…”
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Collaborating for Corporate Social Responsibility by Airike, Peppi-Emilia

“…The topic has received wide attention and created a public discussion about the MNCs’ responsibilities towards human rights abuses that are outside the companies’ direct control but that are still connected to their operations through the global supply chains. …”
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Strategies for promoting Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) in the agribusiness sector in Kenya: experiences from the field by Apondi, M., Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah, Nortje, Karen

“…It also offers recommendations for policymakers, practitioners, and civil society actors to enhance gender-responsive approaches to social inclusion, and to ensure that marginalized groups are included in decision-making processes and benefit from development interventions and underscores the importance of addressing gender-based discrimination and promoting social inclusion as a means of advancing human rights and achieving sustainable development. These include measures such as inclusive disruptive innovation, equal involvement in policy making processes, inclusive market and production systems and representation in decision making. …”
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The empowering journey: Nepalese women transforming from margins to empowerment by Jati, Raju, Maharjan, Rumi

“…The situation is dire for poor and marginalized women, such as Dalits, who suffer the intersectionality of caste and gender-based discrimination, violence, educational disparities, lack of political participation, and are deprived of basic human rights and opportunities. In this context, SAHAS Nepal, an NGO, implemented a three-year gender-focused project of empowering and enhancing resilient food systems in a Dalit women’s group in the Dhading district, a mid-hill region of central Nepal. …”
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Introduction [in Securing food for all in Bangladesh] by Ahmed, Akhter, Islam, Nurul, Mujeri, Mustafa K.

“…Food is the most important basic need for sustenance and survival, and the right to food is among the fundamental human rights. Access to sufficient food at all times to meet dietary needs of millions of people in Bangladesh is a matter of critical importance and should be an issue of paramount concern to those responsible for the nation’s welfare. …”
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Augmenting anticipatory action and resilience in fragile, data-challenged, conflict-affected settings, in the case of Tigray, Ethiopia by McTough, Mitchell, Zerihun, Zenawi, Wood, R.

“…Involving national forces, regional militias, and foreign troops, the conflict has resulted in mass displacement and widespread human rights violations. Although reliable data is scarce, estimates suggest that between 400,000 to 850,000 people had lost their lives, both civilians and combatants. …”
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Harmonizing the agricultural biotechnology debate for the benefit of African farmers by Kelemu, Segenet, Mahuku, George S., Fregene, Martin A., Pachico, Douglas H., Johnson, Nancy L., Calvert, Lee A., Rao, Idupulapati M., Buruchara, Robin Arani, Amede, Tilahun, Kimani, P.M., Kirkby, Roger A., Kaaria, Susan K., Ampofo, James Kwasi O.

“…Food and its availability are basic human rights issues—for people without food, everything else is insignificant. …”
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Case studies of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in forest products companies - and customer’s perspectives by Raditya, Danang Ari

“…The following CSR processes were identified in the selected forest products companies: community development and communication, corporate governance and law compliance, code of ethics and business conduct, environmental management, health and safety programs, human resources process, human rights, supply chain management, products and services quality, arts and culture programs, independent CSR organization, anti corruption policy, and CSR report. …”

Global manifesto on forgotten foods by Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, Crops For the Future, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Global Forum for Agricultural Research and Innovation, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

“…The Manifesto calls for concrete actions that contribute to achieve several of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, and to the ‘Right to Food’ and the ‘Right to Health’ embedded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is also meant to be an invaluable input for the United Nations Food Systems Summit later in 2021.…”
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