Synonyms
Barriers: Constraints/limitations; Empowerment: Economic freedom/enablement; Food security: Accessibility/availability of nutritious food; Gender imbalance: Inequality/inequity in rights and resource access; Gender: Male/female sex; Household: Family/home; Malnutrition: Underfeeding/food insure; Poverty: Lack/deprivation
Definitions
Gender is considered as the perception of the roles, responsibilities, and capabilities of men and women in society (Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2013). Poverty is the lack of resources which impede people from engaging in activities that support a long and healthy life, reproduction, transmission of culture to future generations, social interaction, and access to knowledge and freedom of expression and thoughts (United Nations (UN) 2004). Poverty limits a person’s ability to have access to nutritious food and maintain a good standard of living. Food security is when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access...
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Elum, Z.A. (2020). Gender and Poverty: Its Influence on Household Food Security in Africa. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_121-1
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