“We went into the communities to understand the issues that affect their access to food,” says Program Manager Mary Njeri Karanu, recalling the beginnings of the project in 2020. [...] The initiative follows a multi-level approach: Obstacles to realizing the Right to Food are identified at the local level. [...] This evidence is used to advocate for change at the regional The initiative in this case study is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER CASE STUDIES ON ADVANCING THE RIGHT TO FOOD and national level. [...] That’s why we formed a national Right to Food Coalition of 50 organizations – with the Lake Region Food System Network at the county level as a link.” Lessons learned • Progress on political participation and the rule of law can be achieved when communities are empowered to raise their demands and claim access to public services and state officials are sensitized and held to account on their oblig. [...] • Linking rights holders at the local level with civil society actors at the subnational and national level is important to ensure that advocacy is realized at the level where change needs to happen.
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Table of Contents
- Hunger Meets Lack of Political Participation 1
- Empowering Voices Vihigas Journey towards the Right to Food 1
- Strengthening Rural Governance for the Right to Adequate Food 1
- Progress at Grassroots Level to be Backed up by National Action 2
- Mary Njeri Karanu Program Manager at Rural Outreach Africa 2
- Lessons learned 2
