Posts Tagged ‘Land’
Food – Not Just a Source of Profit But A Source Of Nutrition & Sustenance
Dr. Vanaja Ramprasad, founder of WEA’s partner in India, the GREEN Foundation, shares what the global community can learn from women farmers in India. Why Food sovereignty? In renaming the concept, we have moved away from the mainstream discourse using familiar terms such as food security, right to food or entitlement to food. No doubt…
Read MoreDr. Seema Tripathi: Leading Change at the Grassroots
Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) is thrilled to welcome Dr. Seema Tripathi to the Bay Area in early September! Dr. Seema is one of the leaders of WEA’s partner in India, Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG), an organization that promotes the rights and just livelihoods of small and landless farmers in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Seema…
Read MoreSeeds of Hope
“Seed is sacred…The desire to save seeds comes form an ethical urge to defend life’s evolution.” Dr. Vandana Shiva Seed exchanges among small farmers are a time memorial tradition that has led to the immense biodiversity of indigenous seeds around the world. Globally, it is mostly women farmers who are the seed savers, who possess…
Read MoreLessons from an Indigenous Woman’s Leadership
Blog entry by Rucha Chitnis, India Director of Women’s Earth Alliance Twitter: @ruchachitnis I had the great honor and joy to speak with Dolores Sales at the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples conference in San Francisco this month. Dolores is an Indigenous Maya Mam woman from Guatemala, who is one of the leaders of National…
Read MoreLand is Life
By Nancy Djembe | Intern, Sub-Saharan Africa Program | Women’s Earth Alliance Last Thursday, May 3rd, I came home so angry and frustrated about what I had just learned from Anuradha Mittal’s lecture on land grabs in Africa. Anuradha is the founder and director of the Oakland Institute, a think-tank that works to “increase public…
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