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“Through feminism, we understand LGBT+ rights better.” – Peasant struggles in South Africa offers hope
5 July 2024
LGBT+ people in South Africa have the same legal rights as non-LGBT+ people. Human rights are considered so important that they cannot be limited or suspended under any circumstances. People are free to identify the way they want.
Indonesia: SPI Launches Oil Palm Cooperative in North Sumatra, Advancing Agrarian Reform Campaign
North Sumatra Province – This June, members of the Indonesian Peasants…
La Via Campesina Urges UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to support a Food Sovereignty-Based Global Trade Framework
4 July 2024
In an open letter addressed to Ms. Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis, Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), La Via Campesina extends regards for UNCTAD’s 60th anniversary, recalling its founding ideals for fair global trade. The letter points to current times, reveals failures in global trade governance, and urges UNCTAD to embrace new solutions promoting food sovereignty and social justice worldwide.
2024 | June Newswrap: Updates from Member Organizations Worldwide
3 July 2024
June was a month marked by mobilization and struggles in rural areas, as global peasants returned to the streets alongside social movements. Their demands included peace, respect for democracy and electoral commitments, social justice, and genuine support for small-scale agriculture.
EMERGENCY: Declare Gaza a Famine-Stricken Area and End the Genocide NOW !
2 July 2024
The United Nations and the Palestinian Authority must adopt this declaration and coordinate global and local efforts in partnership with Palestinian civil society to develop an immediate plan to address these impacts, elevate emergency relief levels for citizens in the sector, and push toward accountability and prosecution of the occupation for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
MST @ 40: The Agrarian Question in Brazil
1 July 2024
During its Third National Congress in 1995, the MST presented and ratified its agrarian reform programme for the first time, based on an analysis of the class struggle in the Brazilian countryside and a set of proposals to transform the structure of Brazilian land ownership and the conditions of rural life.
La Via Campesina mobilizes for the defense of Democracy in Bolivia!
28 June 2024
We repudiate military and imperialist actions that clearly interfere in political power, attacking the democratic values of a sovereign country and defying the will of its people.
EU Elections: Neoliberalism and repression of social movements explain the rise of the far right in Europe
Speaking to the news outlet Brasil De Fato, Morgan Ody, the…
CLOC-Via Campesina on Bolivia: “No more Coups d’État in Latin America”
From the Latin American Coordination of Field Organizations (CLOC), we call for solidarity with thousands of peasant and indigenous families, and the general population that does not want military forces governing Bolivia as in the past.
Farming with pride for inclusive agriculture – IFAD Podcast (Episode 62)
To mark Pride Month, IFAD’s Farm-Food-Future Podcast team spoke with rural…
Another Blow to Kenyan Government as High Court Extends Ban on GMO to October 2024
27 June 2024
Efforts by the Kenyan Government to have the orders barring the importation, distribution & adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) products in Kenya lifted failed after a Kenyan High Court extended the Ban up to October 2024 .
Seeds and Soil: Notes from AOP’s Third Agroecology Camp in Thailand
From June 1-2, 2024, the Bamrung Kayotha Agroecology School, run by the peasant union Assembly of the Poor, held a camp for the Kok Edoi autonomous peasant communities in the east of the country. The camp focused on vegetative propagation and soil improvement, while also addressing the larger themes of seed, land, and food sovereignty.