The role of civil society organisations in exercising the right to food in the Western Cape Province

Abstract

This study was about the role of civil society organisations in promoting the right to have access to food for households and communities living in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The aim was to understand how CSOs in the province interacted with the right to food and whether there were barriers to their potential in realising the right to food for households and communities. The study had three objectives. Firstly, to understand how civil society organisations framed the issue of food insecurity in the province.