La Via Campesina’s e-newsletter, February 2016 edition, is now available. This newsletter highlights some of the actions and campaigns organised on March 8, the International Women’s Day. Also highlighted are articles on women issues and presentations at various fora by women leaders in Via Campesina. Other articles capture the on-going campaigns to protect peasant seeds from corporate capture and the need for FAO to support peasant seeds. The milk crisis in Europe continues to worsen as the EU leadership fails to respond to the calls from its dairy farmers. Watch also a selection of interesting videos on women’s struggle, peasants’ rights declaration and Jyoti Fernandes’ keynote presentation at the second Voedsel Anders’ (Food Otherwise) conference in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Download the newsletter, read and share it! Globalize the Struggle! Globalize Hope!
