Saeed Baloch, veteran activist and campaigner for fishermen’s rights in Pakistan, was arrested on the 16th of January 2016 by Pakistani forces. Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director at the Center for Environmental Justice and a member of Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka, spoke with Real World (...)

On August 27, of 2015, the Korean Women Peasant Association had a very inspiring rally in Seoul for the right to life and for the achievement of food sovereignty.

(Nepal, June, 30 2015) All Nepal Peasants’ Federation, the largest peasants’ organization in Nepal organized various programs including a paddy plantation program on the occasion of national peasants’/paddy day/Ashar 15(A day in Nepali calendar that falls on June 29/30). The program was devoted to (...)

La Via Campesina’s South Asia Region convened in Sevagram Ashram on August 25th-28th, 2014 for our regional meeting. We had over 50 participants, coming from Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India. Women and youth were well represented, and participated in the Youth and Women’s meetings. We had (...)

Les paysans et paysannes coréen ont célébré un enterrement de l’OMC sur la plage de Sanur à Denpasar et se souvenus de leur camarade Lee Kyung Hae, paysan coréen qui s’est poignardé à l’occasion de la ministérielle de l’OMC à Cancun. A l’intérieur du lieu des négociations, les membres de LVC ont organisé une (...)

Avec l’ouverture des négociations officielles de l’OMC ce 3 Décembre à Bali, les mouvements populaires sont descendus dans les rues. La manifestation a réuni environ 1000 paysans et paysannes, des syndicalistes, des étudiants, des femmes et des jeunes de plus de 30 pays. Ils ont manifesté leur rejet (...)

La Via Campesina participe aux mobilisations contre l’OMC du 1er au 6 Décembre à Bali

This show was produced by the Women Rising Radio Project based on interviews done during the VI international conference of la Via Campesina with various women leader of la Via.