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UN Standing Committee on Nutrition
Published in : 1990
Available in : English
Women, throughout most of the world, have the major responsibility for their families' nutrition. Their own nutrition is often impaired, under the social and biological stresses they face. Developments that improve women's position in society are likely to improve nutrition overall, and are essential for this. Equally, any activities aimed at preventing malnutrition depend substantially on women's activities, indeed on their empowerment. At the same time, more attention must be paid to improving women's own nutritional status - perhaps an under-recognized problem - and many of the necessary technologies are now well known. Finally, it is becoming increasingly clear that protecting women's nutrition, notably during pregnancy and lactation but in fact throughout the life-cycle, is necessary to safeguard the nutrition of infants, children and indeed future generations.
Documents :
Policy_paper_No_6.pdf (PDF, 664.71Kb)
Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications
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This resource is listed under:
Themes : Breastfeeding, general, Household Food Security and community nutrition, general, Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and food systems, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition and human rights, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Civil and political rights, Conditional cash transfers, Economic, social, and cultural rights, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Food chain, food production and processing, Iodine / IDD, Iron / Anaemia, Maternal undernutrition / LBW, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Multi-sectoral, Nutrition information and education, Nutrition information and education, Poverty, Programmes, Underweight, Women and girls
Life-cycle focus : Pregnancy, Lactation, Infancy, Pre-school age, School age, Adolescence, Adulthood
Resource types : Normative guidance: Norms, standards, policies, Peer reviewed journals or papers, Reports, Scientific/background documents
Locations : Africa, Asia, Bangladesh, India, Jordan, Pakistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Western Asia
Working groups : Breastfeeding and complementary feeding, Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition, Household Food Security, Micronutrients, Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle, Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
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