53
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Commentary. Food and Nutrition 2005: The Human Rights Perspective

Pages 247-252 | Published online: 15 Aug 2006
 

Abstract

Governments have failed to tackle malnutrition successfully. Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) are supposed to behave differently. Few NGOs, however, have been able to affect the human rights violations behind the malnutrition suffered by millions of losers under globalization and NGOs should be working to reverse this process. Nevertheless, there is now recognition of the political roots of violations of the right to adequate food and nutrition. These are now rightly understood in terms of powerlessness. Putting our energies on top-down interventions does not promote people's rights, and apathy towards these issues turns our work stagnant. Poverty, ill health, and malnutrition represent a denial of human rights on a massive scale. Should this fact not make a difference in the way we work?

Acknowledgments

See www.humaninfo.org/aviva under No. 69.

Log in via your institution

Log in to Taylor & Francis Online

PDF download + Online access

  • 48 hours access to article PDF & online version
  • Article PDF can be downloaded
  • Article PDF can be printed
USD 53.00 Add to cart

Issue Purchase

  • 30 days online access to complete issue
  • Article PDFs can be downloaded
  • Article PDFs can be printed
USD 625.00 Add to cart

* Local tax will be added as applicable

Related Research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.