As part of the #8M23 celebrations the National Union of Peasants (UNAC), will launch the publication “Peasant women are women: understanding violence against peasant women in Southern and East Africa” on 17th March.
What are we fighting against?
Acknowledge intersectionality of hunger, sexual and gender-based violence, and discrimination: CSIPM
Hundreds of civil society, Indigenous Peoples’ and women’s organisations urge Member States of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to stand strong in the face of pressure to undermine human rights and gender equality.
Call to Action | 08 March 2023 – International Working Women’s Day | La Via Campesina
By rebelling, we sow popular peasant feminism, build food sovereignty, and organize against crises and violence! Join and follow us on social media using hashtags such as #WomenInStruggle, #FoodSovereigntyNOW, #8ConfLVC, and #8M23.
The Historical Role of the Women of La Via Campesina in the Current Crisis
Within the neoliberal capitalist system, women are affected not only by labor division per gender and race, but also by free trade agreements, mining, GMOs, wars, and other domination tools.
EU-MERCOSUR FTA violates peasants’ rights and climate commitments
Numerous organisations, small- and medium-scale farmers from Europe and South America have condemned the EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement as undemocratic and a violation of peasants’ rights.
‘Peasant feminism resists’: the struggle of Lucineia Freitas in Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement
Born in the countryside of Mato Grosso, Brazil, Lucineia Freitas coordinates the national gender sectoral… Read more →
We fight for the right to exist – in all forms and possibilities”, states a leader of the MST
On International Day to End Violence Against Women, the women of the Landless Workers Movement… Read more →
International Day for Elimination of Violence against women: Implement Policies that Protect Women and Girls against GBV
(ESAFF Uganda) – Today, 25 November, marks the beginning of the worldwide 16 Days of Activism… Read more →
The Vital Force of the Women of La Via Campesina
Our strength lies in our solidarity and collective work. This means trying to understand each… Read more →
#25Nov22 – We defend Food Sovereignty and our territories from violence, evictions and agribusiness!
Call To Action (Bagnolet, November 15, 2022) On 25 November 2022, International Day for the… Read more →
