15/10/2019
We shall rebel!
Women Challenging the Food Systems Worldwide more
On the occasion of World Food Day, the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition launches "Women’s Power in Food Struggles"
15/10/2019
Women Challenging the Food Systems Worldwide more
On the occasion of World Food Day, the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition launches "Women’s Power in Food Struggles"
11/10/2019
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In the heart of Northern Syria , rising from the ruins, there is an ecological village built by and for women of diverse backgrounds and faiths. With their bare hands they build their homes, their schools, and their farms. Amidst the vi olence, these w omen creat e a peaceful place for themselves and their children , free from the oppression of patriarchy, and in respect with nature. This is just one example from this year's Right to Food and Nutrition Watch (hereinafter, the Watch ) , as it continues to support the struggles of small - scale producers and those most affected by hunger and malnutrition.
11/10/2019
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In 2018, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW 62) "reaffirm[ed] the right to food and recogniz[ed] the crucial contributions of rural women to local and national economies and to food production and to achieve food security and improved nutrition, in particular in poor and vulnerable households". UN CSW 62 further called on States "to strengthen and build the resilience and adaptive capacity of all rural women and girls to respond to and recover from economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters, humanitarian emergencies and the adverse impacts of climate change".
11/10/2019
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The United Kingdom (UK) is in the midst of a crisis: a widening gap between the haves and have-nots, austerity, a deepening of racism, islamophobia, homophobia and xenophobia, increasing far right extremism, entrenchment of corporate power, and neoliberal politics are an everyday reality. Brexit has plunged the UK into a crisis of uncertainty. The UK is mired in a poverty crisis, a welfare crisis, a housing crisis, a hunger crisis, and a human rights crisis. Amid these multiple crises, the impact on women of color remains invisible.
11/10/2019
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Our planet is on the brink of environmental collapse, and hunger is on the rise. According to the 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, the number of people affected by malnourishment and chronic deprivation is climbing for the third consecutive year: 821 million persons suffered from undernourishment in 2017, an increase from 784 million in 2015. In the face of such realities, it is critical to give special attention to the role of women, who are disproportionately impacted by hunger and food insecurity, as well as by climate change, despite being a crucial part of the solution to these issues.
11/10/2019
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When we talk about migrant women, the first challenge is to render them visible, understand their motives, the risks they face, and their circumstances. If we wish to fully understand the situation that migrant women from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras confront, the first obstacle we need to face is the lack of gender-disaggregated data.
11/10/2019
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In the current global context, discrimination is used as a tool to preserve and support authoritarian and far-right political movements. Immigrants and refugees are denied their legal right to asylum, human rights defenders are murdered, and civil society is criminalized with complete impunity.
26/09/2017
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The following words could come straight out of a document published by an official UN body, or even out of a marketing campaign of some private sector corporation: “the importance of women”, “especially for women and the most marginalized”, “primarily for women of reproductive age and girls”, “women must have access to productive resources”... Nobody dares to deny the importance of women for achieving a world without hunger. And yet, something must be wrong, because year on year, decade after decade, women continue to be marginalized and left by the wayside.
13/10/2016
Valuing Women and the Seed They Keep more
In Africa as in other regions of the world, it is the seed systems women value and maintain that form the bedrock of food and nutrition security for families and communities. However, their resilience in fulfilling multiple and crucial roles are not only challenged by persistent gender inequality and religious fundamentalism, but also by the impact of migration, conflict and HIV/AIDS. The current emphasis on industrialising African agriculture will result in large scale dispossession of seed, land and water and so undermine women’s rights in a way that will have a devastating impact on future generations.
The piece "African Food Sovereignty: Valuing Women and the Seeds they Keep" argues that, to ensure continued access to seeds and land, we need to pay attention not only to gender equality but also to the intergenerational impacts of patriarchy.
13/09/2016
Report from the Global Network on the Right to Food and Nutrition more
On the occasion of International Labor Day, the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition (GNRTFN) releases a report on the dire working and living conditions that tea plantations workers face in Assam and West Bengal, two tea producing regions in India.
12/08/2016
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An International Fact Finding Mission (FFM) headed by the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition (GNRtFN) visited tea plantations in Assam and West Bengal from 27th November 2015 to 4th December 2015.
01/05/2016
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In sharp contrast to the images of tranquil, lush, green tea gardens, with which consumers are presented, tea plantation workers are paid poverty wages and endure appalling working conditions. Women, who make up 70% of the workforce, are especially affected.