44. With reference to its general recommendation No. 34, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Ensure that rural women have access to adequate food, nutrition, water and sanitation, taking into account international human rights standards on such rights.
Year | 2016 |
Topic | Food policy |
Document Type | Country Recommendations |
Country | Philippines |
Policy Area | Food and nutrition security Access to water |
Human Rights Comiteee | CEDAW |
Human Rights | Right to health Right to water Right to adequate food and nutrition |
Groups Affected | Women and/or girls People living in rural areas |
Comittee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Concluding observations on the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of the Philippines, CEDAW/C/PHL/CO/7-8 (2016). Par. 44 (a). Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2FC%2FPHL%2FCO%2F7-8&Lang=en