[17 September 2012] BRUSSELS – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, was invited by the Asian Development Bank to contribute his views on the role of gender equality in securing the right to food at the Eminent Speakers' Forum in June of this year.
See the following links for two articles reflecting his contribution to the forum on the role of women as food producers, and on the contribution of the right to food to food security.
| ReadPDF | 22/06/2012: Article by Olivier De Schutter entitled 'Our secret weapon against hunger: gender equality and women's empowerment' for the Asian Development Bank's Eminent Speakers' Forum. |
| ReadPDF | 22/06/2012: Article by Olivier De Schutter entitled The contribution of the right to food to global food security: a tool not a symbol' for the Asian Development Bank's Eminent Speakers' Forum. |