Mobilizing Communities for an Equitable World
With the fast-approaching winter, Roots for Equity and Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek has initiated a “Donate a Razai Campaign,” in the monsoon/floods affected areas, with each razai costing PKR 3,500. These razais will be stitched by women living in flood affected areas in Khairpur, Ghotki, and Shikarpur. A pool of 55 women have been created who will be provided raw …
Press Release | October 16, 2022 The Food and Agriculture Organization, along with the elite of the world are celebrating World Food Day but for peasants, workers, the masses its World Hunger Day. The scrouge of hunger, looming famine is now a very grotesque face of globalization! Global hunger figures are again at an all-time high. In 2021, around 2.3 …
In Pakistan, of the total 116 districts, 81 districts have been heavily impacted by the climate crises induced floods. Sindh has experienced many months of intense monsoon rainfall which was followed by river flooding leaving a very destructive impact on rural life; if the seven districts of Karachi are included than entire Sindh has suffered severely. Of the total 8.3 …
International League for Peoples Struggle – South Asia (ILPS-SA) Capitalist mode of production, its imperialist impositions for centuries is responsible for the Climate Climate Emergency and the “Monster Monsoon” in Pakistan is a terribly tragic manifestation. With extreme weather patterns happenings at a much higher frequency across the world millions face acute misery and suffering. According to Global Climate Risk …
Pakistan’s floods will not be solved by more US military aid. The people need health and infrastructure support but NOT MORE POLITICAL INTERVENTION! “Counter Attack!” is an initiative of the Resist US-Led War Movement. With the US war machine dishing out its propaganda attacks to make itself look like the defender of democracy in the conflict over Ukraine, we will …
Press Release | August 30, 2022 Pakistan has been among the top 10 countries most affected by climate crisis for the past several years. This climate crisis is not natural but the result of the fossil-fuel based capitalist production system, a system driven by imperialist imposition of domination. In the past few years, the devastation and suffering of the people …
All through August 2022, various districts in Sindh and Punjab have been heavily affected by the very long monsoon season marked with lashing rain of high intensity. The monsoon rains started in July, and with Balochistan and then Karachi being the first to be impacted, flash floods, rushing water from mountains, and constant rains have impacted millions of people in …
March 29, 2022 | Press Release Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek along with peasant movements, food sovereignty advocates, and supporters of genuine agrarian reform around the world, mark this year’s Day of the Landless enraged by the renewed push of big corporations, the rich governments representing them, and the governments of poor countries subservient to foreign and private capital of their …
In order to consider Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment in food and agriculture policies in the region one of course has to analyze the status of women farmers, landless women and agriculture workers. I am from Pakistan and will speak of the socio-economic and political dictates that face women, especially rural women. The overarching policy environment has been based on …