Dismantling patriarchy while building food sovereignty
A Friends of the Earth International position paper
07 March, 2022
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07 March, 2022
There are 1.6 billion women farmers in the world, producing 50% of the world’s food. Women play a key role in feeding the planet, yet they own only 2% of the land, and are the most likely to face hunger and malnutrition.
For Friends of the Earth International, building Food Sovereignty entails strengthening women as political subjects and dismantling patriarchy. It means pursuing Agroecology, which is based on equal power relations and environmentally-friendly production.
Our new position paper calls for policies and practices to build Food Sovereignty with this feminist perspective, including:
Without grassroots feminism there is no food sovereignty!
Image: Woman holds a plant seedling at a market in Brazil. By Douglas Freitas, Friends of the Earth Brazil.
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Dismantling patriarchy while building food sovereignty
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