Although indigenous communities are at the heart of Mexican culture, indigenous women are the most vulnerable in society in the outward-oriented development model. In Mexico, indigenous women farmers in Puebla are working on high value-added agroecological production to address the negative impacts of climate change.
The member of MVIWATA and Word March of Women Tanzania talks about peasants’ struggles in the country. The peasant organization National Network of Smallholder Farmers Groups Tanzania[Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania – MVIWATA] is part of La Via Campesina and the World March of Women Tanzania chapter. The organization has been working on the issue of farmers and peasant rights in the country since 1993. We have talked to Theodora Pius, the Head of Program of MVIWATA and activist of the World March of Women in Tanzania, about the action of transnational companies and capitalist political agendas in the African continent and in her country.
As part of March 8, a day of women's struggle around the world, we share this article about the internationalist origins of this date. It is generally accepted that International Women's Day was created in honour of the textile workers killed in a fire in 1857 in New York.
Palestinian women are crucial in the struggle for land rights and territorial sovereignty, as their bond with the land is essential for human societies' development and continuity.
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) was adopted in 2018.