For peasants in Indonesia, two dates in April – the 17th and the 20th – hold massive significance in their persistent struggle for peasants’ rights. 17 April, the day of Eldorado dos Carajás massacre in 1996, when 19 peasants were killed while struggling to defend their land, is marked as the International Day of Peasant...
Youth Assembly Dates: 16 July and 17 July (until noon) Venue: Hotel-Seminario en Derio, Bizkaia (5 minutes from Loiu airport) The IVth International Youth Assembly of La Via Campesina will take place in Derio, Basque Country this week as part and will precede the VIIth International Conference of La Via Campesina, set to begin from 19...
The Fifth International Women's Assembly of La Via Campesina will take place in Derio, Basque Country from 17-18 July. It precedes the VIIth International Conference of the peasant movement that is set to officially begin from the 19th July. Dates: 17 -18 July Venue: Hotel-Seminario en Derio, Bizkaia (5 minutes from Loiu airport)
Venue: Hotel-Seminario en Derio, Bizkaia (5 minutes from Loiu airport) The International Conference of La Via Campesina (LVC), held every four years, is the movement's highest decision-making forum - gathering representatives from member organisations of peasants, small and medium size producers, landless people, indigenous people, migrants and agricultural workers - from all over the world....
