NEWSLETTER - APRIL 2015 Nepal earthquake levels the lives and livelihoods of thousands A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal last 25th April leveling the country and ending the lives of almost 5000, according to the latest estimates. FIAN Nepal stresses that although governments and organizations the world over have shown their solidarity by raising funds to help Nepalese populations, assistance appears to be focused mainly in Kathmandu, leaving some of the poorest communities crying out for basic relief.  FIAN International expresses concern over the massive destruction the earthquake has left behind and emphasizes the need for a continuous mobilization of relief, including the provision of basic dry food and water to all those affected.   Read more...     Reclaiming common goods   Women's Perspectives on the Impact of Mining on the Right To Food   "Wave of stigmatization" against human rights defenders in Honduras   Zero hunger bill encouraged by UN Special Rapporteur on the Right To Food   Debate on land access and distribution encourages bottom-up approach   Philippines: Farmers received land but still hungry   Colombia, facing the impact of coal mining Reclaiming common goods With the current global food system undermining food producing systems that feed the vast majority of the world population, social movements and CSOs from across the world approved the "  Dakar to Tunis Declaration of the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles" at the   World Social Forum 2015. The Declaration serves as common ground, and is based on human rights and built around the vision of food sovereignty.   Read more… Women's Perspectives on the Impact of Mining on the Right To Food FIAN International launched a new report on the precarious situation of women and children of communities affected by mining and displacement in Essakane, Burkina Faso, and how it has engendered a grave violation of their human right to adequate food and nutrition.   Read more... "Wave of stigmatization" against human rights defenders in Honduras As the the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council nears, increasing stigmatizing declarations by Honduran officials against human rights defenders concern civil society. This defamation is believed to come as a reprisal for the work conducted by more than 50 local organizations towards the adequate review of the human rights status in the country.   Read more… Zero hunger bill encouraged by UN Special Rapporteur on the Right To Food As poverty and hunger remain   pressing problems in the Philippines, ranking 29th in hunger incidence in the 2014 Human Development Index, UN special rapporteur Hilal Elver encourages the swift passage of the Zero Hunger Bill in the country.   Read more… Debate on land access and distribution encourages bottom-up approach With current discussions over land access and distribution in the spotlight, members of the European Coordination of La Via Campesina (ECVC) from across the EU and Central Asia, exchanged views on the issue at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Brussels.   Read more… Philippines: Farmers received land but