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TY - JOUR
T1 - Young and Hungry
T2 - School Meal Polices and Children’s Right to Food in the UK and Ireland
AU - Morris, Katie
PY - 2024/8/1
Y1 - 2024/8/1
N2 - This article evaluates school meal policies in the UK and Ireland as a means to ensure the fulfilment of children’s right to food, as protected under international law. It adopts a comparative approach, assessing the varying strategies adopted across the two jurisdictions and their challenges. Whilst new developments, including the recent expansion of both hot meal provision in Ireland and universal free school meals in Wales and Scotland, are welcomed, the article argues that school meal policies across the UK and Ireland need to be radically rehauled if they are to make any headway in the realisation of children’s right to food.
AB - This article evaluates school meal policies in the UK and Ireland as a means to ensure the fulfilment of children’s right to food, as protected under international law. It adopts a comparative approach, assessing the varying strategies adopted across the two jurisdictions and their challenges. Whilst new developments, including the recent expansion of both hot meal provision in Ireland and universal free school meals in Wales and Scotland, are welcomed, the article argues that school meal policies across the UK and Ireland need to be radically rehauled if they are to make any headway in the realisation of children’s right to food.
U2 - 10.1163/15718182-32020003
DO - 10.1163/15718182-32020003
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 354
EP - 379
JO - International Journal of Children's Rights
JF - International Journal of Children's Rights
SN - 0927-5568
ER -