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Wage Crisis of the Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka: Fair & Living Wage for the Plantation Workers
Background Information:
The Plantation People (Indian Origin Tamils) form a Minority community that consists of about 4.4% (2012) of the population in Sri Lanka and at present it is estimated as approximately 1.5 million. When in the 18th century plantations were started in Sri Lanka, people from India and specially from Tamil Nadu were brought as […]
16 Days Of Global Action: Advance Food Sovereignty And Agroecology! Promote Youth’s Participation In Agriculture!
Advancing food sovereignty and agroecology
Studies and experiences1 of small food producers worldwide have demonstrated that agroecology (including all forms of biodiverse, integrated and diversified farming approaches combined with local knowledge systems) have sustained and fed communities while coping with the changing climate. It is being practiced by millions of farmers on millions of hectares on […]
With the theme “Defend Food Sovereignty! Strengthen Community Resilience amid Climate Crisis,” the 16 days of global action on land and resources successfully reached out to more than 380,000 people across the globe, with more than 200 partners and network groups in 18 countries in Asia, Pacific, Africa and Latin America. (click here to see photos […]
Commute the Death Penalty on Mary Jane Veloso and Other Victims of Human Trafficking!
Her father used to be a seasonal sugar agricultural worker (sacada) in Hacienda Luisita and even in Batangas up to the 1980’s. Her mother like him is a landless peasant. The back breaking work and very low pay of a sacada which was immortalized in the movie “Sacada” in the 70’s perpetuate one into endless […]
Please sign the online petition to support the farmers and indigenous peoples in Southern Philippines in reclaiming their land
Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP) has just concluded an international fact-finding mission in Mindanao, Philippines where PAN AP and its partners intervened in land conflict case that involved a palm oil plantation company, A Brown. Based on the IFFM findings, the land belongs to the indigenous people and it was grabbed […]
Permanent People’s Tribunal Session on Agrochemical Transnational Corporations
On December 3 to 6, 2011, a Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) will convene to indict Agrochemical Transnationals for gross violations of human rights. An international opinion tribunal, the PPT will gather farmers, agricultural workers, Indigenous Peoples, fisherfolk, women, children, scientists, consumers, and activists from all over the world to bear witness to the crimes of […]
[Urgent Action] India: three men face imminent execution
Two Sri Lankans and an Indian national convicted for the assassination of India’s former Prime Minister , Rajiv Gandhi, are facing imminent execution in Vellore prison in Tamil Nadu, India. This follows the rejection of their mercy petitions by the President of India. If carried out, these would be the first executions in India since […]
Petition to support the peasant women, asserting right to life and lands in Central Mindanao, Philippines
His Excellency Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III
President of the Philippines
Malacañang Palace, Metro Manila
Dear President Aquino:
We are profoundly disturbed by the reported conduct of the Central Mindanao University (CMU), through President Maria Luisa R. Soliven, in prohibiting the farmers-members of Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus (BTL) to continue tilling their farm-lots inside the CMU premises at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon.
Some 800 […]
Support the people of Sompeta in defending their land
Sompeta, a tranquil coastal town of North Srikakulam district of the Indian State Andhra Pradesh witnessed unprecedented violence on July 14, 2010, when Indian company Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited tried to acquire fertile multi-cropping agricultural land with the help of local authorities and armed police force for construction of a Merchant Power Plant in that […]