As part of the activities related to the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women’, eight LVC organizations in Southern and Eastern Africa promoted activities to reflect on the topic, from the perspective of peasant women.
Campaign to End Violence against Women
La Via Campesina reaffirms its commitment to fight against patriarchy
Within the framework of the 8th conference of La Via Campesina, the international peasant movement discussed how to fight against patriarchy to change the relations of inequality in the countryside that exist between men, women and diversities, as a form of struggle against capitalism that promotes these injustices.
#25Nov23 | With conviction, we pave the way for peasant and popular feminism, build Food Sovereignty, and fight against crises and violence
On this day of action #25N23, together with organised and rebellious women from all over the world, we will call for a day of mobilisation, training and exchange, with forums, direct actions, fairs and other events.
Publication | “Women Peasant are Women: Understanding violence against rural women in Eastern and Southern Africa”
UNAC and La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa, on March 17, in Maputo, launched the publication “Women Peasant are Women: Understanding violence against rural women in Eastern and Southern Africa”.
Mozambique: Study on violence against women farmers in Africa to be launched at the UEM
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.
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.
Landless Women’s Struggle Denounces Agribusiness Violence
Under the motto “Agribusiness profits from hunger and violence. Women resist for land and democracy!”, Landless Women plan nationwide rallies from March 6th to 8th.
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 →
#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 →
