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MST women denounce genocide in protest at the Israeli Embassy in Brasília
8 March 2024
This March 8, the MST women denounced the genocidal practice that the State of Israel imposes on the Palestinian people and show solidarity with all the victims of Zionism. 300 Landless Women, held a protest in front of the Embassy of Israel, in Brasília and denounced this perverse policy and demand an immediate ceasefire.
Panama: Peasant and Indigenous Women Call for Social Justice, Equality and an end to extractivism
Panamanian women demand social justice, fair wages, and resources. They denounce government negligence and demand compliance with court rulings against First Quantum Minerals (FQM). They also celebrate the anniversary of territorial autonomy.
March 8: La Confédération paysanne and FADEAR Call for Action in Support of Women and Peasant Rights
7 March 2024
Confédération paysanne and the FADEAR network call on all their members to support and mobilize for International Women’s Rights Day this Friday, March 8 and make the rights of peasant women visible, particularly through the recognition of their status, the enhancement of their pensions, protective maternity leave, and fair remuneration.
Chile: ANAMURI to hold #8M24 event with indigenous and peasant women who are rebuilding since the deadly fires
ANAMURI, Lof Relmu Rayen Chod Lafken Indigenous Community and Entre Cerros Environmentalist Group, will host a solidarity event on March 9th at Cerro Achupallas, Viña del Mar, honoring the courage of women affected by tragic fires, paying homage to victims, and supporting affected families.
To celebrate March 8, women from the Landless Workers’ Movement will mobilize across Brazil
6 March 2024
This Wednesday (6) marks the beginning of the National Day of Struggle of Landless Women 2024, which ends on Friday, March 8, the International Women’s Day of Struggle. The MST women will come out in defense of rural and urban workers working for agrarian reform and also call for a continuous mobilization for social justice.
2024 | February Newswrap: Updates from Member Organizations Worldwide
February was marked by a series of major mobilisations by trade unions and farmers’ movements in Europe and Asia. Members of La Via Campesina were remarkably engaged in these peasant struggles and their presence was forceful, vigorously opposing the WTO, free trade agreements and European policies aimed at destroying our food systems.
Trade Agreement CETA threatens small and medium-scale livestock farms in Italy: ARI
5 March 2024
CETA threatens small and medium-scale livestock farms in Italy; the risks of further economic (and therefore decision-making) reinforcement of a single industrial group on the entire dairy sector; unfair competition among imported products, especially cereals; the impact on Italian products still certified “free from GMOs,” which may be contaminated by seeds and reproductive materials imported from Canada.
Agroecology in the 8th LVC International Conference: Reflections of the agrarian movements in Colombia
1 March 2024
The agroecology is part of the food sovereignty as a principle of the political struggle for the LVC. It is part of the plan of action in the different continents because it is the answer to the peasants’ need to promote their ancient model of production against the agribusiness that has moved forward fiercely, displacing and forcing the peasants, the communities and the indigenous peoples.
Chile: ANAMURI denounces the WTO Ministerial, reiterates the call for an alternative trade framework
ANAMURI strongly opposes the character of Free Trade Agreements which, following WTO rules, endanger the Food Sovereignty of the world’s peoples, undermining the autonomy and self-sufficiency of national and local economies with adverse effects on the living conditions and wages of all workers, including migrants and especially women who daily struggle for the right to food.
Globalising Hope – The courageous journey of La Via Campesina
La Via Campesina took shape in a political context where neoliberalism was rapidly expanding across continents, threatening to destabilise and even disappear small-scale agriculture. ‘A Growing Culture’ joined the 8th International Conference of La Via Campesina, held in December 2023 in Bogotá. Here is a report.
In defense of peasants’ rights and popular peasant feminism: Voices from around the world
In this video, produced by Capire and the Defending Peasants’ Rights Team, peasant women and community organizers from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, who attended the 8th International Conference of La Via Campesina in Bogota, articulate the significance of the UN Declaration on Peasants’ Rights.
Farmers’ protests in Europe and the deadend of neoliberalism
Since the 1980s, various regulations that ensured fair prices for European farmers have been dismantled. The EU put all its faith in free trade agreements, which placed all the world’s farmers in competition with each other, encouraging them to produce at the lowest possible price at the cost of their own incomes and growing debt.