Community engagement in ethnographic public health research: empowerment of rural villages in North West Pakistan to claim their Right to Food and nutrition security

Set within the context of North West Pakistan, this paper explores and evaluates the potential of utilising local, community-based Jirgas – a cultural institution composed of all men – for community engagement in research to develop nutrition interventions that address the Right to Food and nutrition security, and improve maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes.