WEBINAR: Nothing About Us Without Us – Realising the Right to Participation of Rural Peoples and Workers through UNDROP

Objectives:

• Highlight the importance of the right to participation enshrined in UNDROP as a foundation for democratic governance and the realisation of rural peoples’ rights.
• Discuss key findings and recommendations from the UN Working Group’s latest report on the right to participation.
• Create a space for dialogue between rural movements, civil society organisations, and the UN Working Group, discuss experiences and perspectives on advancing the right to participation.
• Share concrete strategies and good practices that enhance rural peoples’ participation in decision-making processes affecting their livelihoods, lands and environment.

Speakers:

• Carlos Duarte – Current Chair of the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
• Benjamin Mutambukah – World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous People (WAMIP)
• Modesta Arevalos Ortiz – International Federation of Rural Adult Catholic Movements (FIMARC)
• Jones Spartegus – World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP)
• Representative of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) [tbc]
• Norah Mlondobozi – Rural Women Assembly (RWA)
• Saúl Vicente – Unidad de la Fuerza Indígena y Campesina (UFIC – Mexico)
• Representative of La Via Campesina (LVC) [tbc]