Citation

Bellows AC, Lemke S, Jenderedjian A, Scherbaum V. Violence Against Women 2015; 21(10): 1194-1217.

Affiliation

University of Hohenheim, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition (140a), and Food Security Center (FSC), Stuttgart, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215591631

PMID

26139694

Abstract

This article addresses under-acknowledged barriers of structural violence and discrimination that interfere with women's capacity to realize their human rights generally, and their right to adequate food and nutrition in particular. Case studies from Georgia and South Africa illustrate the need for a human rights-based approach to food and nutrition security that prioritizes non-discrimination, public participation, and self-determination. These principles are frustrated by different types of structural violence that, if not seriously addressed, pose multiple barriers to women's economic, public, and social engagement.

Language: en