Across the wide world, women are rising up to protect the Earth, one another, and the common good Women around the world stand at the forefront of rising movements to defend and protect the health of water, land, air and diverse communities. On this International Women’s Day, it is vital to…

As the world marks International Women's Day on Wednesday, six women from different countries in Southeast Asia received recognition from advocacy group Amnesty International for their "heroism" in standing up for human rights despite the criminalization and violence they have faced. The group…

THE DESIGNATION by incoming President Rodrigo Duterte of Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano as his secretary of agrarian reform is welcome news for the Filipino peasantry, farmworkers and the rural poor. Mariano, born into a poor peasant family in Nueva Ecija, is chair of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas…

[via FrontLine Defenders] Indigenous human rights defender Ms Erita Capion Dialang has been under threat since the killing of her sister-in-law on 18 October 2012, during an attack by a battalion of the Philippine armed forces. Erita Capion Dialang is the chairperson of the indigenous peoples'…

Shortcut to CARP. Landless farmers gather in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform head office in Quezon City to demand that President Aquino  should complete the comprehensive agrarian reform program. As the protesters are  staging a die-in along  Elliptical Road, an unidentified motorcycle …

  FAO has developed a programme of work entitled “Promoting gender-equitable and inclusive primary agriculture investments that contribute to enhance food security, reduce poverty and strengthen the livelihoods of poor rural women and men”, which aims to: • generate knowledge, raise awareness…

Women’s groups led by the National Federation of Peasant Women (Amihan) stormed the office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Quezon City on the International Day of Rural Women, Oct. 15, to protest poverty, hunger and landlessness. The groups then proceeded to Manila and brought their…

Saturday, 12 December 2015 By Nathalie Margi When world leaders attend international conferences like Conference of Parties (COP21) on climate change, they face political pressure and opposition. When women stand up for environmental rights in their communities, they face harassment, violence,…

By: Rod Harbinson Date: 7th January 2016 Farmers on Palawan are being tricked into giving land away to palm oil companies with local government support. Under the palm oil company "leases" the farmers lose all rights to their land, never receive any money, and are saddled with 25 years of debt.…

By: Delfin T. Mallari Jr. Date: January 28th 2016 Source: Inquirer Southern Luzon It was a new day for farmers in an estate in Quezon province who had long been struggling to own the land they were tilling. For the first time in their lives, farmers in the controversial Hacienda Matias in Quezon…

By: Aiyanas Ormond  Date: January 28th 2016 Source: The Mainlander Cenona Estrada needs to take courage where she can. She’s the chairperson of Kaugmaon, the peasant farmer’s organization on the island of Negros in the Philippines. Enrik Colago, the previous chairperson, was murdered along with…

We are happy to share our newest publications! With limited land, access to it has been a prevailing issue which leads to human rights violations to farmers, and to the disadvantaged women and indigenous peoples. These Land Watch Asia (LWA)’s Lok Niti journals compile scoping studies from seven…