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Guide for the Implementation of Peasants’ Rights This guide was first published on Fian International website on May 4th, 2021. You can find it here. This guide aims to provide practical guidance for food producers’ organizations, civil society organizations (CSOs) as well as governments and public institutions about how to implement peasants’ and Indigenous Peoples’…
Access to Land for Youth in the Canton of Geneva: Barriers and Pathways
In this article, Sonja Muriel Plüss analyses the social, legal and economic barriers to access to land for youth in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The paper argues that the current Swiss socioeconomic and legal system of family farming is arranged in a way that not only significantly hinders access to land to youth but…
Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°2
The videos from our webinar The UNDROP Alive and Kicking are here! You can watch our webinar for the International day of Peasants Struggles on our website!To mark that day, Defending Peasants Rights and La Via Campesina organized a webinar gathering 8 peasants from around the world, who shared how they are integrating and using…
Common Struggles, Different Roots: Indigenous and Landless People’s Food Sovereignties in Southern Brazil
Thesis to obtain the Master in International and Development Studies of the Graduate Institute in International and Development Studies in Geneva AbstractFocusing on the Guarani Mbyá and the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) in Santa Catarina, this thesis explores the similarities and differences between indigenous and landless food sovereignty. It shows how their narratives are intertwined…
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UNDROP in big format!
In support of UNDROP, FIAN Belgium has created a poster with the rights it contains. This work of art presenting UNDROP was made by artist Murielle Lô. The QR code on the bottom of the poster is a link to this website. To raise awareness of peasants’ rights, download this poster and circulate it as…
The UNDROP and its implementation in the context of Switzerland: an overview of political networks and challenges
In this article, Danilo Borghi Gonçalves Pinto analyses the perspectives and challenges of the Swiss coalition “Friends of the Declaration” in the promotion and implementation of the UNDROP in Switzerland. It identifies that although the coalition has mobilised the UNDROP on national and international spheres, the level of political articulation is greater in the latter…