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Rao, Nitya 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-0147
(2020)
The achievement of food and nutrition security in South Asia is deeply gendered.
Nature Food, 1 (4).
pp. 206-209.
ISSN 2662-1355
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Abstract
Women form an integral part of the agricultural sector, and in much of South Asia women make up a majority of the agricultural workforce, often compelled to work in order to meet their families’ basic needs. While their contributions are recognised as central to the food and nutrition security of households and communities, their work is not recognized or supported adequately by public policy and social institutions. Women continue to face inequality across key development indicators including health, education, and nutrition; discriminatory laws; and high levels of precarity in terms of income, employment conditions, safety and wellbeing. Social structures that promote gender inequality and inhibit the agency of women contribute to the South Asian enigma – the persistence of undernutrition despite economic growth – and must be addressed to achieve food and nutrition security.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | agronomy and crop science,animal science and zoology,food science,sdg 2 - zero hunger,sdg 4 - quality education,sdg 5 - gender equality,sdg 10 - reduced inequalities ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1102 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development University of East Anglia > Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2020 10:56 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 05:56 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/74482 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s43016-020-0059-0 |
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