title: Violence as an Under-Recognized Barrier to Women's Realization of Their Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition: Case Studies From Georgia and South Africa.
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.
authors.affiliation: Syracuse University, Food Studies Program, Syracuse NY, USA acbellow@syr.edu.
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bellows
authors.affiliation: Coventry University, Center for Agroecology, Water, and Resilience, UK, and University of Hohenheim, Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture (430b), Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lemke
authors.affiliation: University of Hohenheim, Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture (430b), Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jenderedjian
authors.affiliation: University of Hohenheim, Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition (140a), and Food Security Center (FSC), Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scherbaum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012923:Social Class; D012938:Social Perception; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Georgia; South Africa; human right to adequate food; nutrition; women’s rights