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Rebuilding Lives: The Women of Isla de Gigantes, Philippines

Posted by webmaster | Mar 10, 2014 | Climate & Environment, Philippines, Women

Overwhelmed is the word I’d use to describe how I felt during that moment.I expected only 15...

Farmers to PNoy: Make Land Reform a Development Priority

Posted by webmaster | Mar 5, 2014 | Philippines, Statement

Philippines, 4 March 2014 — With less than four months remaining before the upcoming...

Agrarian Reform “Deadline”: Not a Legal but Political Problem— SARA, Solons

Posted by webmaster | Feb 28, 2014 | Statement

Philippines, 28 February, 2014 — This was the message to the Department of Agrarian...

Villar-backed illegal land conversions threaten former Constitutional Commissioner’s farm

Posted by webmaster | Feb 24, 2014 | Statement, The Commons

Philippines, 20 February, 2014 — Not even agrarian reform’s greatest defenders are now...

Farmers to DAR: Stop keeping the country in the dark, show us the data on land distribution!

Posted by webmaster | Feb 4, 2014 | Philippines, Statement, The Commons

Philippines, 2 February 2014 — The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)’s land distribution component could very well be standing on its last legs— but none of DAR’s farmer-constituents know what’s happening.With...

Thai Politics at a Glance

Posted by webmaster | Jan 22, 2014 | Asia/World, Mekong Region, Thailand

Thailand is once more in a serious political crisis, with the legitimacy of the government being...

Derailers’ Update from Bali 6-7 Dec 2013

Posted by webmaster | Dec 9, 2013 | Trade and Investment

December 6-7— The last day of the #EndWTO Bali Week of Action highlighted yet again peoples and...

The WTO pushes through bad deal in the final hours; Developed countries and TNCs are the big winners

Posted by webmaster | Dec 8, 2013 | Asia/World, Trade and Investment

The 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) pushed through a Bali Package...

Stand Firm on Defending India’s Food Security Nothing Less will Do for India!

Posted by webmaster | Dec 6, 2013 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Trade and Investment

Dear Shri Sharma,
We, Indian farmers and civil society, welcome your bold and principled statements on food security and in upholding the G-33 proposal. We fully endorse your view that food security is non- negotiable.
We particularly appreciate your stand that the Peace Clause, as it currently stands on the table, is unacceptable in order to effectively guarantee food security for our people. We are aware that tremendous pressure is being put on you to accept conditionalities for a solution.
However, it is critical that India hold firm on its demand for on a permanent one that ensures the following: