2023-09-20 10:16:45
The survey, by Fian, was conducted between 2022 and 2023 and analyzes pre-pandemic data collected by POF, from IBGE
The study Prato do Dia: Inequality, Race, Gender and Class in Food Systems, released this Wednesday (20), shows that inequalities of race, gender and social class contribute to various violations of the right to adequate food and nutrition, affecting more intensely black people, women and children, as well as people with lower income.
The survey, by the Organization for the Human Right to Food and Adequate Nutrition (Fian), was conducted between 2022 and 2023 and analyzes pre-pandemic data collected by the Family Budget Survey (POF), of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) .
In an interview with Agência Brasil, the study coordinator, Veruska Prado, highlighted that inequalities in access, consumption and production of food are currently treated in a generalized way and, at times, even naturalized. “The theme of race, gender and class inequalities is present in the discourse of different segments of Brazilian society. The big question is that this is something that is so present in the formation of Brazil and in the daily lives of Brazilians.”
“When we all leave our homes, we end up seeing people living on the streets, we know about people who are going hungry and other human rights violations that we see every day. This is a bit naturalized, as if it were a situation impossible to change. So, the topic is addressed”, said Veruska.
The researcher warns of the need for a more specific approach when talking about inequalities related to access to food. “All civil society organizations, whether those linked to the private sector, the public sector, social movements or academia, bring up this topic. However, this way of bringing is generalized and is not specific. The issue of food, due to the interference of race, gender and social class, even within this group, needs to be looked at differently.”
“Within this group of people in a situation of greater vulnerability to food security, there are people or groups of individuals who are at greater risk of this happening in their lives. Why does it happen? The explanation we are bringing is that these are structural issues in Brazil related to race, gender, existing inequalities in access to the job market and in guaranteeing means for survival and a dignified life.”
Veruska recalled that the period analyzed in the study includes the phase before the covid-19 pandemic and said that, even at that time, there were already indications that households headed by women, for example, experienced hunger and other forms of food insecurity, such as fear of not having access to food until the end. Another reality identified by researchers during this period includes dietary adaptations in families, such as when women start eating less so that children can maintain their diet.
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“In today’s world and in the Brazil we have, post-pandemic, with so many people who are still in a situation of hunger, we can no longer treat inequalities from the point of view of something widespread in the population. Among people who are starving and in a situation of food insecurity, with a violation of their human right to adequate food and nutrition, it is essential that we be more assertive and specific in our actions”, he concluded.
The information is from Agência Brasil
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