ILC Members Advocate for Women's Land Rights in UN Declaration on Peasants Rights

[Priti Darooka]

ILC Members Advocate for Women's Land Rights in UN Declaration on Peasants Rights

Priti Darooka (PWESCR, India) and Jagat Basnet (CSRC, Nepal)

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

An interview with ILC members who participated in the Fourth Session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on a United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (WG) was held from 15-19 May 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Two ILC members, Priti Darooka (PWESCR, India) and Jagat Basnet (CSRC, Nepal) actively participated in the negotiations by intervening with strong statements to improve the Declaration on gender equality and women rights as well as by lobbying governments and engaging with other civil society organisations. We took a moment to sit down with them after the session to get their insights on how it went, the Declaration on Peasants Rights and what is needed to ensure the process is successful. 

Why is a UN Declaration on Peasants Rights so important for CSOs, in particular those working on land related issues?

Priti: In the Global South most people live in rural areas and are working in livelihood systems that have close links to natural resources – land, water and forests. The way of living for subsistence in market economy is considered ‘backward’ and through various development policies, militarization, natural disasters, etc. people are being alienated from their resources including land and livelihoods. This pushes people in circles of poverty and dependency on social assistance and welfare. And no one is talking about the realities of these people. And therefore this Working Group and the Declaration that recognises rural peoples' rights is extremely important.

Read More: http://www.landcoalition.org/en/regions/global/blog/ilc-members-advocate-womens-land-rights-un-declaration-peasants-rights

 

 

[Nirmala Dhungana]

Dear Priti 

Hope you are doing well as usual.

Really thank you for sharing this Article.

Priti on what issue you are working for this year to come pls.inform me i have to develope one article on landless single womens issues.

Hope you do understand.

Looking forward to read you soon

Nirmala Dhungana

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