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Rural women rise for food, land and rights! Protect women who feed the world! End neoliberal food systems!

On International Women’s Day, the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC) stands in solidarity with all rural women in the region and across the world against the worsening global food crisis caused by neoliberal agriculture systems. The global crisis continues to escalate in 2023. As conflicts, climate change and sky-rocketing costs of food and other basic commodities wreak havoc worldwide, we brace for yet another year of unprecedented global food crisis and insecurity. In crisis-ridden Sri...
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[Webinar + Solidarity Action] Rural Women Speak Out on the Food Crisis

Organised by: Asian Rural Women’s Coalition March 7 | 4PM Kuala Lumpur (GMT+8) via Zoom REGISTER NOW Speakers: Fatima Burnad- Food crisis impacts on Dalits and indigenous women (India) Cathy Estavillo- On food prices and peasant women repression (Philippines) Chathu Sewwandi- Women amid economic & political crisis (Sri Lanka) With reactors & solidarity messages from: PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women...
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International Rural Women’s Day 2022: Carry on with the struggle for land, women’s rights, food sovereignty, dignity and justice!

On International Rural Women’s Day, the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC) stands in solidarity with all rural women across the world in defense of land, rights, sovereignty, dignity and justice against worsening attacks of fascist, exploitative and patriarchal policies. Today, rural women and advocates come together to resist all schemes to perpetuate corporate control over agriculture and assert the call for a global food system anchored on rights to land and resources, women and community-led...
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Women, pesticides, and land: Towards gender equality and sustainability

International Women’s Day this year, with the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” chosen by the United Nations, is an opportune time to raise the issue of women’s exposure to toxic pesticides. In particular, how the vulnerability and marginalisation of rural women of the Global South increases with their continued dependency on chemical inputs, and how empowerment and gender equality are better achieved with reduced reliance on pesticides, as well as access to...
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Defend peasant women who feed the world! 

On International Rural Women’s Day, the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC) and People’s Coalition for Food Sovereignty (PCFS) stands in solidarity with peasant women across the world defending their land and rights, sovereignty and dignity against worsening attacks under an oppressive, exploitative and patriarchal global food system. The Rural Women’s Unity Statement of the recently held Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems—endorsed by women’s organizations from Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and Africa—is...
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CELEBRATE! Short films on people-led agroecology

On International Rural Women’s Day, we are pleased to invite you to CELEBRATE! Short films on people-led agroecology. The two-hour online film screening will feature short films and videos on agroecology from across the globe. It is part of the 16 Days of Global Action on Agroecology, with the theme, “Celebrating diverse, agroecological food systems.” CELEBRATE! Short films on people-led agroecology October 15 |6-8PM Malaysia (GMT+8) REGISTER: bit.ly/Celebrate16Days   You can also watch live on...
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