Who Eats First? Unequal Food Practices at Home
Advocacy for Healthy Diets: Nutrition Brief Series – Women’s Right to Food Women Eating Last and Least
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Highlights
Food is a fundamental right - but not everyone gets an equal share at the table. The third brief in UNICEF India’s Advocacy for Healthy Diets series examines how standard mealtime practices, such as women and girls eating after everyone else, can subtly restrict their access to nutritious food. Drawing on evidence from IHDS, NFHS, CNNS, and recent studies, it shows how the practice of women and girls consistently eating the last and the least is shaped by social norms, time poverty, and unequal decision-making power. The result is a persistent gap in diet quality that affects women’s health and well-being, and reduces the effectiveness of programmes meant to support them.
