The latest issue of La Via Campesina’s monthly news wrap is out! This month’s edition warns of growing repression against social movements and highlights initiatives by members of the global peasant movement to promote food sovereignty.
Europe: Working and Learning Conditions of Young Agricultural Workers | Report
This report assesses the working and learning conditions of young agricultural workers in Europe, including working hours, fees, contracts and more.
EU-MERCOSUR FTA violates farmers’ rights and climate commitments
Numerous organisations, small- and medium-scale farmers from Europe and South America have condemned the EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement as undemocratic and a violation of peasants’ rights.
Dominican Republic | Video: CLOC-Via Campesina XVII Continental Youth Camp
The activity took place from 25 to 28 August in the municipality of Peralta, in the Dominican Republic, to celebrate the XVII Youth Camp of the Latin American Coordination of CLOC-Via Campesina.
Call to Support Migrant Workers Threatened With Eviction in El Walili (Níjar, Spain)
El Wallili is the biggest chabola in the municipality of Níjar, with more than 500 people living there. Most residents are migrant farmworkers. It was established 15 years ago and is located in a strategic site between the greenhouses where they work.
Global Forum for Food and Agriculture: La Via Campesina defends seed diversity, calls for stricter regulation of genetic engineering
A delegation of young peasant leaders from La Via Campesina attended the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture held in Berlin between 18-21 January 2023.
UNDROP Thematic Booklet No. 4: “Peasants as Political Subjects” – Now Available
This final booklet in the series – peasants as political subjects – brings us to the core purpose of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP).
Germany : La Via Campesina at the Young Farmers Forum in Berlin
This forum is part of the “Global Forum for Food and Agriculture” (GFFA), an international conference on global food systems organized by the German Ministry for Food and Agriculture.
Germany : Statement of Young Farmers at the 2023 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
The following statement is the outcome of the Young Farmers Forum (YFF), of which La… Read more →
Peru: We request the intervention of UN human rights protection mechanisms
(January 17, 2023) The Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations CLOC – Via Campesina, expresses… Read more →
Haiti: Call for international solidarity in the face of foreign interference
We, La Via Campesina and its grassroots organizations in Haiti are engaged in the struggle… Read more →
UNDROP Thematic Booklet No. 3: “Peasants’ Dignified Lives and Livelihoods” – Now Available
The third UNDROP Thematic Booklet on “Peasants’ Dignified Lives and Livelihoods” is now available! This… Read more →
Brazil : La Via Campesina repudiates the antidemocratic acts against the Lula Government
La Via Campesina’s Statement of Solidarity with Brazil From the international movement La Via Campesina,… Read more →
France : Peasant Struggle to preserve and share the water will always be legitimate
On Thursday (05 January), the correctional court of La Rochelle requested against 2 demonstrators equally severe sentences ranging from 5 to 6 months of suspended prison and 500,000 euros damages!
La Via Campesina: Reflections on COP27
Bagnolet, december 2022 | Another UN Climate COP has come and gone – the 27th… Read more →
December News Wrap – Updates from La Via Campesina Members Worldwide!
Bagnolet, 28th december 2022 December has left us with important struggles and initiatives led by… Read more →
La Via Campesina Solidarity Statement with Palestine
(Bagnolet: December 26, 2022) The Israeli occupation continues its fierce attack on the Palestinian people,… Read more →
ORFC 2023 : 7 sessions from the peasant movement to promote social justice and make agroecology a lived reality
Conferences find their origin in the need of people to meet, debate and confront ideas.… Read more →
Declaration of Peasant Rights: An Instrument in the Struggle for Land
Now that the Declaration completes 4 years, read about some achievements and challenges of the… Read more →
Biodiversity COP : We are not here to re-negotiate the Convention, says IPC, slams the so-called ‘nature-based solutions’
On the 10th of December, the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) read out… Read more →
