In time for International Working Women’s Day 2016: Stories of 500 Rural Women Leaders Launched – Women’s stories assert rights to land and resources
“We’ve learned that mining companies are after the rich minerals and biodiversity found in our communities. As a result, our ancestral domain... Read More
Travelling Journal Journeys Anew on Rural Women’s Day
The Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC), PAN Asia Pacific (PAN AP) and Oxfam’s East Asia and South Asia GROW Campaign launched today... Read More
National Consultation and Planning on Women and Agriculture Held in Chennai, India
Various civil society groups from all over India held a National Consultation and Planning on Women and Agriculture last August 1, 2014... Read More
Northern Senegal holds women’s training to build leadership capacity
Twenty (20) women leaders from organizations of women farmers, civil society, women’s rights activists and local officials participated in a local capacity... Read More
Leadership Training for Rural Women Dedicated to Irene Fernandez
Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP) and Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC) dedicated its Leadership Training for Rural Women... Read More
Rural Women Leaders Meet in Chennai: Leadership Training aims to empower leadership of women in agriculture
Women farmer leaders and CSO representatives from the different states in India are meeting for the Rural Women’s Leadership Training in Chennai,... Read More
Rural women unite, kick off campaign March 8
As the world marks the International Women’s Day on March 8, various groups from eight countries in Asia Pacific and Africa will... Read More
PAN AP jumpstarts the “Women Reclaim our Seeds!” campaign
(Penang, Malaysia) – On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP)... Read More
Intervention of the Civil Society Mechanism On the importance of consultations
Rome, Italy My name is Magimai Appakuti of Tamil Nadu Dalit Women’s Movement in India and of the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition... Read More
Without addressing the realities of women, there can be no sustainable development, women from Asia Pacific reminded all states and participants in the Rio+20
Press Release by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) Women from Indonesia, Burma, Philippines and Thailand presented their realities... Read More