Banca de DEFESA: LAEDJA DRIELY SILVA DE MOURA

HUMAN RIGHT TO FOOD: DRAFTING ACCESS TO WOMEN IN THE INTERIOR OF THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

Right to Food; Collective health; 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 adequate 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 a maximum participation of 17 women aged between
21 and 59 years. 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 conversation circles were held about the experience
of women in relation to the right to food and the research diary served as a contribution
throughout the collection of material.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, given that most 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.