Data from FEGA shows women-owned farms receive disproportionately less CAP aid than men, with only 27.5% of direct aid and 26.34% of Rural Development aid. Women farmers face marginalization due to smaller sizes and ineligible production.
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Honduras: Women reaffirm their demands for a fairer and more egalitarian society
Honduran women demand justice, equality, and dignity. They demand immediate action against femicide, budget provisions for gender equality, ratification of labor conventions, and a national strategy to combat violence against women, among other crucial reforms.
Guatemala: CUC Renews Call for Women’s Education and Land Access
The CUC demands that girls have access to education, preventing early marriage and motherhood, providing women with equitable access to land and fair trade opportunities, eliminating gender discrimination, ensuring fair working conditions, creating market opportunities for artisanal products, and promoting a life free from violence.
Caribbean: CLOC-Via Campesina Stands in Solidarity with Haitian Women
We commit ourselves to the active construction of Food Sovereignty, fighting against the crises and violence that affect our communities. We continue to move forward and share experiences, strategies, and dreams, solidifying our commitment to gender equity and social justice in rural areas. Solidarity with the Haitian people.
Paraguay: Peasant and Indigenous women call for justice, dignity, and freedom for all
The statement demands justice, dignity, and equality for all women, highlighting issues such as workplace safety, educational funding, solidarity with Palestine, and condemnation of political oppression. It emphasizes unity in diversity to build a better society.
Dominican Republic’s Gender Gap is at 70.4%. Feminist Manifesto calls for change
The manifesto highlights ongoing challenges faced by Dominican women, advocating for gender equality and social justice. It condemns violence against women, calls for legislative reforms, and urges political engagement to address systemic inequalities, emphasizing the personal as political.
Central America: CLOC-LVC salutes women’s struggle and calls for world peace
CLOC-LVC Central America commemorates International Women’s Day, advocating for rural women’s empowerment, denouncing gender-based violence, and calling for state commitment to peasant rights, food sovereignty, and ending institutional violence.
MST women denounce genocide in protest at the Israeli Embassy in Brasília
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.
March 8: La Confédération paysanne and FADEAR Call for Action in Support of Women and Peasant Rights
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.
