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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Thailand’s anti-dam struggle, role of peasant women in the fight for dignity and livelihoods | Interview
“The latest case, the Pong Khunpet Dam, is an example of how even though the dam construction is complete, the people refuse to move out because the government did not provide them with new land. The dam is not working completely, but they opened the water gate a little, which is causing flooding in the community.”
The Voices of Palestinian Women
Listening to the voices of Palestinian women is fundamental to understand the historical and current forms of genocide against the Palestinian people. They addressed how genocide is not simply about numbers, but an orchestrated policy. Genocide is an attack on the bases that sustain life: land, bodies, the everyday work of production and reproduction of Palestinian life.
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.
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.
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.