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Chile: Agrarian reform, rural women, seeds and memories
On 28 July 1967, Chile’s official gazette published laws n°16.640 on Agrarian Reform and n°16.625 on Peasant Unionisation. Thus began an act that would revolutionise the countryside. Unfortunately, it was short-lived: the coup d’état and the dictatorship put an end to these ideas, leaving the…
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Continental Schools of Women: Strategy for Political Education and Feminist Struggle by La Via Campesina
Women who attend the continental schools are diverse and empower each other to replicate political education efforts and discussions locally, and also to promote deeper connections between local agendas and a global vision. The initiative also aims to boost the building of feminism within La Via Campesina.
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International Day of Peasant Struggles
On April 17th La Via Campesina reaffirmed its solidarity and its firm opposition to all violations of human and peasant rights. We continue our struggle against neo-colonialism, patriarchy and capitalism. We are unwaveringly committed to a just transition to peasant agroecology as a fundamental part of achieving climate justice. These are the fundamental principles we promote in our global struggle for Food Sovereignty.
Struggles for food sovereignty in the context of global hunger
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other Rural Workers – Explained!