Sentences with phrase «right to food security»

You have been a worldwide icon for breastfeeding and a tireless defender of the Right to food security for infants and young children.

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And it affirms that «everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well - being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.»

All these developments, and in particular the drive under the WTO regime to make access to food mainly dependent upon market mechanisms, are a threat to food security - the most fundamental of all human rights.

In most developed countries, governments consider offering food and social security as two important areas, next only to ensuring fundamental rights.

Renmin Vizconde, Advocacy Officer of the Philippine Network for Food Security Programmes added that «malnutrition and its resultant blindness exist because the basic rights of the farmers and people to land, livelihood are disrupted, due to government neglect and absence of social services, and not because the rice variety they consume does not have Vitamin A. Golden Rice is baseless, unscientific and nothing but a sensationalized product of giant agro-chem corporations to lure super-profits.»

The Paper is a product of a broad civil society consultation process, facilitated by the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition, for the 41st Session of the UN Committee on World Food Security.

He litigated major law reform and class action cases in the federal court of appeals and Supreme Court on Social Security, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, SNAP / Food Stamps and other public benefits issues, and the rights of children born out of wedlock.

Ensure that the human rights to and the responsibility for food security, for good health and a safe environment, particularly for women and children, are fully observed in order to protect, promote and support breastfeeding, and sound infant and young child nutrition.

«SERAP notes that article 25 paragraph 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides that, «Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well - being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

1118 - FCO - For first time in 64 year history the Commonwealth will have a formal Charter setting out core values: democracy; human rights; peace and security; tolerance, respect and understanding; freedom of expression; separation of powers; rule of law; good governance; sustainable development; environmental protection; access to health, education, food and shelter; gender equality; and the importance of young people and civil society.

«We believe that universal access to health care, education, affordable food, water, electricity and housing is the right of every Ghanaian» says the manifesto, adding that the NDC Government will establish and implement a framework for collective and individual contribution to the peace, safety, security and stability of the country when retained in power.

In announcing the campaign, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito (D - Manhattan) said, «Food security is a basic human right, yet every night far too many New Yorkers go to bed hungry.

The essays covered a wide range of topics at the intersection of science of human rights, including reproductive technologies, food security, artificial intelligence, data privacy, and access to water.

They no longer need to worry about finding a good relationship, having security, and having value — because now they've eaten the right food and did the right diet and they have the right degree of sexy.

For instance, on your first date you might take her to most fancy restaurant in your locality but right after that when those awkward moments are gone and you feel a sense of security then you invite her to a fast food centre, the very next moment your date will never text you or talk to you.

The resources exist and yet on a daily basis all over the world women, men and children are denied access to their fundamental human right to education, health, water, sanitation and food security.

Important considerations here are that food security (and sovereignty) requires as much of the provisioning as possible to happen through localized production and consumption networks, that agriculture is based on organic, biologically diverse inputs, that the enormous waste of food characterizing the consumerist class is eliminated, and that for the extreme poor who do not have access to either the means of production or food itself, there needs to be rights - based schemes ensuring such access.

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The story also intelligently discusses the importance of how poverty reduction and an improvement in food security are more likely to occur when women have rights and status within their families and communities.

Then, with their freely - chosen support, the sky is the limit: reallocate sections of the defense budget to selective nation - building; change agricultural policy to favor sustainable home - grown food where possible in the interests of health and national security; create programs that encourage Americans to help with sanitation, agriculture and birth control in developing countries; slice away the parts of government that get in the way (thereby freeing up the budget); protect citizen and consumer's rights; strictly regulate pollution; shut down destabilizing financial schemes, and eventually earn enough respect in the world that we're not the only ones on the bandwagon.

In doing so, we undermine our rights to clean water, food security, health, adequate shelter, personal security, the right to vote, and in the end, even our right to life.

For example, a persuasive case could be made that BECCS» potentially negative impact on food security and prices could violate the right to food, as recognized, inter alia, under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Parties must ensure that climate policies encompassing agriculture include considerations and safeguards that protect and promote food security, biodiversity, equitable access to resources, the right to food, animal welfare, and the rights of indigenous peoples and local populations, while promoting poverty reduction and climate adaptation.

Social Justice and Environment Preservation (achieving the Millennium Development Goals with food, water, and energy security; sustainable economic development; non-intensive agriculture; education on climate change and environment to inform and change behavior; public health; mental health; support for small - scale farmers, women and children; rights of small - island and coastal peoples; sustainable forestry; conservation; humane treatment of animals, avoiding species extinction, maintaining biodiversity).

This year we will have our second delegation to the Committee on World Food Security, dealing with, among other things, the 10 - year review of the Right to Food Guidelines, Food Loss and Waste, Fisheries and Aquaculture, and responsible agricultural investment.

«Women for whom day - to - day living requires innovation and adaption to overcome climate impacts that undermine their livelihoods, their food and water security, in fact, their human rights.»

Because climate change undeniably violates several non-controversial human rights including the right to life, security, and food among other rights, climate change is widely acknowledged as a human rights problem.

«Climate change is a ticking time bomb for global food security,» Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, said Wednesday in Copenhafood security,» Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, said Wednesday in CopenhaFood, said Wednesday in Copenhagen.

Park reflected, «They've identified a smart solution — investing in women — as a means to address various challenges: food security, social rights, climate change, among others.»

The analytical framework considers the linkages that affect the achievement of water, energy and food security through the lens of sustainable development and the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, with a view to mitigating climate change and ensuring access to food, water and sustainable energy for all in the context of a human - rights approach.

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Animal research points to the potential for significant health risks from eating GM foods, and there are environmental, farmer's rights, and food security concerns associated with them as well.

Floods, droughts, hurricanes, sea - level rise and seasonal unpredictability - hallmarks of climate change - are affecting people's rights to life, security, food, water, health and shelter in all corners of the world today.

Interventions in the areas of food security, agriculture and rural development, job creation, in particular for youth and women, as well as actions to support civil society organisations, democracy and human rights, are currently ongoing.

Finally, interventions amounting to EUR 21.5 million in the areas of climate change, food security, support to civil society organisations, democracy and human rights, among others are also part of this first package.

The «successor rights» provisions of the LRA have been expanded to include changes in building services providers — buildings services are those provided directly or indirectly by or to a building owner or manager that are related to servicing the premises, including building cleaning services, food services and security services.