Right to food; right to feed; right to be fed. the intersection of women's rights and the right to food

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-232

  Van Esterik, Penny ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Food and human rights; Food security; Gender; Policy; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008809284     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007524722792     Document Type: Article

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