RIGHT TO FOOD: OUTLINE ACCESS FOR WOMEN ASSISTED BY THE
REFERENCE CENTER FOR SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF SANTA CRUZ-RN
Right to Food; Social inequality; Hungry; Women
Food is a basic fundamental right to life recognized by the International Covenant on
human, economic, social and cultural rights in several countries, including Brazil, as
provided for in the Federal Constitution of 1988. However, it is not recent that this right
has been violated , mainly affecting more vulnerable populations, due to the lack of
adequate conditions for decent food for their survival. The objective of this research is to
know the access to the right to food of a group of women users of the Social Assistance
Reference Centers (CRAS) in the municipality of Santa Cruz-RN. This is a quantitative
and qualitative study of the intervention-research type, having Institutional Analysis as a
methodological theoretical perspective. The meetings took place between October and
December 2022, with an average participation of 13 women. The data were constructed
through the application of a socioeconomic questionnaire, the Brazilian Food Insecurity
Scale (EBIA), in addition to conversation circles and a research diary. Three rounds of
conversation were held about the experience of women in relation to the right to food and
the research diary was written by the author based on the moments experienced in the
service and meetings. In the meetings, the women did not know a priori that food was a
social right, just as they did not know that the State was responsible for guaranteeing this
right to the population. The participation of some support networks did not guarantee
access to food, considering that 92.3% were in some degree of food insecurity and did
not recognize this fact. It is necessary to develop and improve programs and projects in
order to strengthen the support networks in guaranteeing the right to food, as well as the
development of activities at CRAS that take information about education and citizenship,
in order to better inform and assist these subjects about their rights and guarantees in
society.