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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…
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…
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…