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The impact of gender policy processes on the right to food

Year of publication 2016

Pages 4p.

Author FAO Right to Food Team

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) After a brief overview of food insecurity in Cambodia, the summary provides a short analysis of the national policies developed by the country in matters related to food security and gender equality. The summary then provides a short overview of the intersection between national gender policies and the ongoing process of administrative decentralization. The document also reports development initiatives and civil society approaches to gender and right to food and finally, it provides some conclus ions and recommendations on how gender and right to food could be approached based on the information obtained.

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