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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…
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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…
By: Pia Ranada
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Rappler
The presidential bet says land distribution under the Aquino government is a 'farce' because support services are not being given to farmers
MANILA, Philippines – Under the Aquino administration, farmers have endured a “total failure of…
By: By John Unson
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: Philstar.com
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – It was a tedious and expensive 17-year uphill struggle for land ownership they will never ever forget.
The 54 peasants who fought it out had finally been grouped Tuesday into a communal bloc, the Maloong-Canal…
Date: March 12th 2016
Source: Rappler.com
The Masungi Georeserve accuses the police and local government of working with land grabbers
MANILA, Philippines – There was an exchange of accusations between the Tanay Municipal Government and Masungi Georeserve over alleged land grabbing operations…
By: Manuel Mogato and Enrico dela Cruz
Date: April 1st 2016
Source: Reuters
MANILA, April 1 (Reuters) - Philippine police opened fire as a protest by thousands of rice farmers who lost their crops turned violent on Friday, killing one and wounding about a dozen, a leader of a farming group said…
By: Malou Liwanag-Bledsoe
Date: April 21st 2016
Source: Asian Journal
ALTHOUGH the conflict between the Philippine government and the communist rebels in Mindanao has been a long problem that has affected thousands of indigenous people in the area, not many are aware that another issue that is…
Source: South China Morning Post
Author: Raissa Robles
Activists claim current laws governing mining and the rights of indigenous people contain gaping loopholes that firms exploit.
When 18-year-old Michelle Campos last saw her father, Dionel, they had little time to chat. He was busy with an…