Ensuring the right to food for indigenous children: a case study of stakeholder perspectives on policy options to ensure the rights of tamariki Māori to healthy food

Ensuring the right to food for indigenous children: a case study of stakeholder perspectives on policy options to ensure the rights of tamariki Māori to healthy food

Abstract Background The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child confirms a child’s right to adequate food, and to the highest attainable standard of health. For indigenous children, these rights are also recognised in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. However, Indi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christina McKerchar, Cameron Lacey, Gillian Abel, Louise Signal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Children’s rights
Indigenous
Food policy
Food security
Obesity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01407-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01407-4

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