DIREITO À ALIMENTAÇÃO NO CONTEXTO DA PANDEMIA DE COVID-19: Desigualdades sociais e desmontes de políticas públicas como agravantes da insegurança alimentar no Brasil

Abstract

The Covid-19 Pandemic represented one of the greatest crises faced by humanity, aggravating several pre-existing social problems and threatening the realization of human rights. In this context, the effectuation of the Right to food suffered a huge setback and millions of people around the world began to live in a situation of food insecurity. The present work aims to analyze how the access of food of the Brazilian population was impacted during the pandemic. The concepts used address topics such as the right to food, food security and insecurity and their levels, human rights and State responsibility. The research is developed through the study of the relevant legislation and data surveys carried out by national and international entities to quantify people in a situation of food insecurity, and to understand which levels and factors corroborate this reality. In view of this, is approached the role of social, racial, regional and gender inequalities as aggravating factors of food insecurity, simultaneously with the analysis of the State responsibility for the situation experienced due to the management of the crisis and the dismantling of public policies in the face of their duty promoting fundamental rights and reducing social inequalities. This study allowed the identification of aggravating factors that led to the widespread violation of the Right to food and the reflection on possible solutions to ensure its effectiveness.