FIAN International

For justice, for dignity, and for the right to life of the Palestinian people, social movements around the world, demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire NOW and accountability for the war crimes of the Israeli occupation! For over a year, the Israeli occupation has been waging a systematic campaign of mass murder that has resulted in the deaths of over 44,000 Palestinians, more than 104,000 wounded and more than 10,000 missing persons. The death toll continues to rise, particularly among children and women, as the brutality of the occupation continues unchecked. The use of heavy weapons, internationally banned white phosphorus, bombs, and relentless airstrikes has deliberately targeted civilians, healthcare infrastructure, schools and residential buildings. Severe restrictions on the entry of food and medical supplies have caused Gaza’s food systems to collapse, plunging Gaza into a famine zone, according to recent IPC reports. Already, 133,000 people have been classified as facing catastrophic food insecurity, resulting in widespread malnutrition. The risk of famine has been declared for the entire Gaza Strip between November 2024 and April 2025. Arbitrary and unfair detentions are increasing in the occupied territory, as are reports of ill-treatment, torture and inhumane conditions of detention. This situation deepens the settler colonial project and apartheid over Palestine, amid great impunity. It is urgent to continue to strengthen solidarity with the Palestinian people until their liberation. We will never be silent. Together, we must stand up for the right of the Palestinian people to establish their state justice and demand for the prosecution of the Israeli occupation for crimes committed against the Palestinian people. We also support the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. We demand all countries to respect their commitment towards the ICC and do their best to implement this ICC's decision. LaVíaCampesina @WorldMarchofWomen, Friends of the Earth International, FIAN International, Focus on the Global South, Bizilur Mundubat

Calls for people-led solutions at #COP29, mineral extraction by European companies causes hunger in Senegal & army violence targeting Ugandan fisherfolk.   📑FIAN International newsletter out now: https://lnkd.in/dAyN_p56

🐟 FIAN International Stands with Fisher Peoples Calling for Food System Transformation On the occasion of World Fisheries Day, FIAN International reaffirms its unwavering solidarity with the world’s largest fisher peoples’ movement, the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), as they demand systemic reform in global food systems. Fisher peoples are stewards of water bodies and frontline defenders of food sovereignty, biodiversity, and environmental sustainability. Their contribution to feeding the planet should be recognized by governments worldwide, yet their livelihoods are under constant threat. https://lnkd.in/dxTU7T6m

📣 NEW Press Release! COP 29 should focus on people-led solutions and holding perpetrators accountable 💡 People-led solutions should be prioritized in climate change talks and those historically responsible should be held accountable. The people most affected must have access to effective remedies for loss and damage, in line with international law. COP29 should advance the implementation of a true and radical transformation of food systems including a just transition to agroecology. https://lnkd.in/devXwTM3

💡 NOW! Gender-Right to Food and Nutrition Training in Malawi, by Centre for Social Concern & FIANInterational - Bringing together 45 participants from Civil Society, faith-based Organizations and academia. - To build capacites to support the progressive realization of the right to food and nutrition in Malawi, from a human right and gender perspectives. - To determine actions to be undertaken to advance the right to food and nutrition in Malawi. - To gain knowledge about the right to food and nutrition and take actions to advance the right to food and nutrition in Malawi.

🥣 Food is the most time-consuming of all the unpaid care and domestic work and of the activities recognized in most care systems. Mostly done by women for the reproduction or sustainability of life related to food and the guarantee of the right to food. ✨ As an organization that defends the Human Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition and Food Sovereignty, our commitment is also for the recognition of Food Care, which demands the recognition of the people who do it, mostly peasant women. 💡 Redistribution of food care is necessary, one in which the State is responsible for one part, the families for another, and women are no longer responsible for these tasks. ➡ The reduction of food care work is essential so that women can reduce the time invested and the physical and mental effort that this work involves, through adequate infrastructure, drinking water, energy sources, adequacy of rural and urban roads, among others. ➡ It is necessary that women who exercise food care in any part of this process be recognized and exercise popular food governance. Their criteria, knowledge and practices should be a guide for the guarantee of the DHANA and SOBAL

🔅 October 29th, International Day of Care and Support ✔ The international struggle for the recognition of unpaid care work has been central in recent years to reduce discrimination and the violation of rights of people engaged in care work, mostly women. ⚠ In the care economy, most of the time the rights of caregivers are violated because they are not recognized within the labor system, or they do not receive any remuneration or it is precarious. ♀ According to United Nations figures, the “global workforce dedicated to the provision of care is made up of 249 million women and 132 million men”. While the International Labor Organization estimates that women perform 76.2 percent of all unpaid care work, dedicating 3.2 times more time to it than men. 🔰 Of the universe of unpaid care and domestic work and of the activities recognized in most care systems, feeding is the most time-consuming.

📢 TODAY Side Event on #COP16 "Food Systems and the Amazon:  Our Direct Connection with Mother Earth" Bolivian Perspectives on Food Systems based on Traditional Agriculture in Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Action Monday, October 28. 08:00 -Cali, Colombia - CET 14:00 COP16. Blue Zone, UN Colombia Pavilion Language of the event: SPANISH With the participation of FIAN International Secretary General, Sofía Monsalve Suárez

EN:  Today, Charlotte Dreger (FIAN International) and Mariana Santanelli (FIAN Brazil) emphasized participation as central pillar of the Right to Food at the #CFS side event “The power of the right to food for collective action – Global governance, policy and legislation to realize the right to adequate food”.  Charlotte: “We don`t need multistakeholder spaces like the World Food Forum or the Food Systems Summit follow up -  we need to strengthen multilateralism. FAO must support #CFS, strengthen meaningful participation of rights holders and create effective mechanisms for corporate accountability”.  Mariana: “Global governance without participation tends to be nothing more than empty promises and false solutions. It is up to us to exchange more, to strengthen and form new alliances, and to seek funding to strengthen concrete experiences of social participation”.    ES  Hoy, Charlotte Dreger (FIAN Internacional) y Mariana Santanelli (FIAN Brasil) han destacado la participación como pilar central del derecho a la alimentación en el acto paralelo del #CSA «El poder del derecho a la alimentación para la acción colectiva - Gobernanza, política y legislación mundiales para realizar el derecho a una alimentación adecuada». Charlotte: "No necesitamos espacios de múltiples partes interesadas como el Foro Mundial de la Alimentación o el seguimiento de la Cumbre sobre Sistemas Alimentarios, necesitamos fortalecer el multilateralismo. La FAO debe apoyar al CSA, reforzar la participación significativa de los titulares de derechos y crear mecanismos eficaces para la rendición de cuentas de las empresas». Mariana: “La gobernanza global sin participación, tiende a ser nada más que promesas vacías y soluciones falsas. Nos corresponde a nosotras intercambiar más, fortalecer y formar nuevas alianzas, y buscar financiamiento destinado a fortalecer experiencias concretas de participación social.” 

ENG below // Un nouveau rapport de FIAN révèle comment des entreprises françaises et espagnoles détruisent la santé et les moyens de subsistance des communautés agricoles locales dans l'ouest du Sénégal en raison de l'extraction irresponsable de minerais.   Les autorités sénégalaises doivent protéger leur droit à la terre et indemniser de manière adéquate les victimes d'expulsions injustes. La France et l'Espagne doivent assumer la responsabilité des atteintes à l'environnement et aux droits humains commises par les entreprises établies sur leur territoire. https://shorturl.at/FcTHw   +++ A new FIAN report reveals how French and Spanish companies are destroying the health and livelihoods of local farming communities in Western Senegal with irresponsible mineral extraction.   Senegalese authorities must protect their right to land and adequately compensate victims of unfair eviction. France and Spain must take responsibility for environmental and human rights abuses by companies based on their territory. https://shorturl.at/NxuOP #FoodSovereignty