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Nyéléni Process: Rethinking global trade in a time of geopolitical tensions
Nyéléni newsletter no 63 is out!
CEDAW Chad Gender
CEDAW Chad: Women excluded in decision making on land
French oil company Perenco is accused of land grabbing in Badila, a district in Logone Oriental Province, southern Chad. The state must ensure that women’s rights are protected from forced eviction.
Supermarket Watch supports local food struggles
FIAN contributes to a recently expanded monthly bulletin about developments on food retail and distribution around the world alongside GRAIN and StreetNet International in support of small farmers and food producers, street and market vendors and cross-border traders.
FIAN's road ahead in global struggle for the right to food
FIAN International’s Secretary General Ana Maria Suarez Franco presents her views in an interview on the road ahead for FIAN in supporting the global struggle for the right to food.
FIAN Blog: The struggle against the pseudo food making us and our planet sick
The food sovereignty movement has long raised the alarm over the harmful impacts of agrochemicals and pesticides on the environment, biodiversity and health. Ultra-processed junk food also poses a growing threat to public health – driving obesity, diabetes, cancer and other non-communicable diseases. More must be done to curb its growth and the related power of corporate interests, writes Ana Maria Suarez Franco.
Nyéléni process: Waves of resistance. Fisher peoples defending food sovereignty
Edition No 59 of the Nyéléni newsletter is now online!
Fisherfolk in Uganda welcome decreased army brutality
A 2017 Presidential Directive to regulate so-called illegal fishing in Uganda, led to widespread army brutality against those deemed to be illegal fishers. Army interventions disrupted livelihoods in fisheries communities across the country, leaving many destitute and facing hunger and malnutrition. But things are changing for the better.
CESCR: Rural women call for justice and an end to eco-destruction in Honduras
This week in Geneva the State of Honduras will respond to questions from the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) concerning its compliance with obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. An informal dialogue with civil society will also take place to inform Committee members on the human rights situation in the country.
Food and climate crises: Right to Food and Nutrition Watch
The latest edition of the annual Right to Food and Nutrition WATCH examines the causes, impacts and responses to the food, climate and ecological crises. It challenges false, for-profit solutions and presents alternatives anchored in the human right to adequate food and nutrution, eco-social justice, agrecology and food sovereignty.
UN Human Rights Council appoints members of new Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
The selection process for these experts took place from mid-October to early December 2023.
On International Women's Day, who cares for the caregivers?
The human rights of caregivers must be at the center of the global care agenda, not least the life-sustaining work of food care by peasant, indigenous and rural women
Nyéléni Process: How multilateral and other international platforms affect food sovereignty
The edition No 54 of the Nyéléni newsletter is online