[RED DEMOCRATICA] De Schutter: Food rights, gender equality need increased FAO support

 

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	March 5, 2013 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate De Schutter: Food rights, gender equality need increased FAO support Advancement of food-rights policies will do much to help ease food-security issues, and support from the Food and Agriculture Organization is essential, writes Olivier De Schutter, UN special rapporteur on right to food. Gender equality also will assist in empowering women to pursue farming and other jobs. "[B]e aware that a productive investment is the one made in women -- that is the secret weapon, or the shortcut, to reducing hunger and malnutrition," he writes. 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Expect this topic to be at the fore of conversations [at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women] this week in New York." UN Dispatch Security Council to consider North Korea sanctions China and the U.S. have reportedly reached a deal on a draft sanctions resolution against North Korea that the United Nations Security Council could consider today. A vote on the matter could occur this week. 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