Launch in Africa of the Vía Campesina Campaign condemning violence against women
Cross-posted from La Via Campesina Breaking the silence: NO to violence against women DAKAR DECLARATION At the 2011 World Social Forum held in Dakar, we, the African peasant organisations members of la...
View ArticleWomen at the Forefront of Grassroots Organising in El Salvador
Note: Global Justice Ecology Project’s Strategic Media Program partners with EcoViva, an organization that works on important environmental and social justice issues in El Salvador. Please also note...
View ArticleUN Intersessional Report: How will the Green Economy affect women?
Cross-Posted from Gears of Change By Keith Brunner, 27 March 2012 The “green economy” will be a shot in the arm for ailing global markets- a rush of new commodities and investment frontiers, packaged...
View ArticleRio+20 and the Green Economy: The invisible resistance of women against the...
From our allies at World Rainforest Movement: The “green economy” is a concept that has gained huge momentum largely thanks to its placement at the top of the agenda for the upcoming United Nations...
View ArticlePower and Recognition Among the Maasai in Kenya
From First Peoples Worldwide: . Below is an article written by Maasai activist and FPW Board Member Mary Simat for theInternational Relations and Security Network. . By Mary Simat for ISN Insights, 5...
View ArticleDisempowering women through the green economy
By Clarissa Militante, Focus on the Global South “The Future We Want,” the text being discussed by governments for Rio+20, promotes rhetoric of empowering women but in reality, it not only disempowers...
View ArticleWomen ‘are the foot soldiers of climate change adaptation’– expert
Note: Of course, one has to keep in mind that if it weren’t for the trade liberalization and pro-corporate policies of the Asia Development Bank, World Bank, etc, and their active efforts to keep...
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