المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

Dear participants in the FSN forum,

To me the revised draft has many good qualities. It is succinct and actionable and highlights the importance of the entire food system to achieve good nutrition outcomes for all. It also contains references to the right to adequate food, which is indispensable for nutrition.

On the other hand, it would be beneficial to highlight gender issues more in the document. References to the impact of discrimination on women’s nutrition generally, and the special nutritional needs of women could usefully be included, including the special needs they have during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Wording from the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women could be used for this purpose.

Furthermore, the right to the highest attainable standard of health could be mentioned along with the right to adequate food, so as to impress upon all that nutrition is note solely a matter of access to adequate food and clean water, but also access to public health and medical interventions in extreme cases.

Finally, it would be useful to mention that achieving good nutrition for all depends on good governance and a human rights based approach.

Margret Vidar