{"id":713,"date":"2019-10-14T09:23:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T09:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootsforequity.org\/?p=713"},"modified":"2019-10-14T09:23:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T09:23:21","slug":"women-constituency-statement-on-civil-society-mechanism-csm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootsforequity.org\/?p=713","title":{"rendered":"Women Constituency STATEMENT ON Civil Society Mechanism (CSM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Public Panel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Debate: 10 Years After the Committee on Food Security\n(CFS) Reform<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civil Society Forum 2019, Rome, Italy 12-13 October, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azra Talat Sayeed <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women Constituency, Civil Society Mechanism (CSM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main thrust of the intervention was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Committee on World Food Security is facing many\nproblems. These problems include the struggle between powerful countries such\nas the United States and China. The main economic paradigm used by various\npolitical actors is based on neoliberalism and hence policies of deregulation,\nprivatization and trade liberalization are pushed. Huge corporations are being\nhelped through the implementation of these policies to control our resources,\nlabor and markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Women are half of the world\u2019s population and immensely\nimpacted though this fight for resources. So the demands that are resonating\nfrom the women of the world include control over resources. Land rights remain\nat the heart of our demands as women are by far the largest segment that is\nlandless in the world. The corporate capture of land is resulting in immense\nland grab across countries, especially in the continents of the third world. As\npart of the control over resources land grab is top most; even rich countries,\nland scarce and food scarce countries are grabbing land. And hence instead of\nwomen being given priority in land titles, it is the corporate sector, which is\ncontrolling thousands of acres of land across our continents. Result is massive\nevictions of our people, especially the indigenous people who are being hunted\nand forced to leave their ancestral lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time its not only land that women demand, they\nalso demand access and control over all reproductive resources. It is clear\nthat fisher women, pastoralists and others don\u2019t necessarily need land rights\nbut must have control over production, and the resources needed for production.\nIts also clear that women demand access and control over markets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current fight over resources is having a huge impact on\nthe lives of women and face continuous violence. But this is not only physical\nviolence, which is what is considered most. They also face constant economic\nviolence as they paid less and even after all the work they have done, they\nhave no control over their earnings. Therefore, patriarchy has a huge role in\ncontrolling the lives of women. Women are the ones who go hungry; in Pakistan\nwomen and children are the biggest segment who are part of the anemic and\nmalnourished. Finally, they also face political violence as they are not part\nof the political decision-making<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women are at the fore front of demanding agroecology as a\nform of production to over come many forms of violence in their lives. One is\nthat it allows them to grow wholesome healthy food free from the poisons of industrial\nchemical food production system. However, it needs to be reiterated that there\ncan be no agroecology without land distribution in favor of women. Agroecology\nis also the way ahead to fight climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its critical that women\u2019s rights are held paramount.\nCurrently, very weak policies and strategies are used to dilute women\u2019s rights.\nFor us, empowerment of women is not equal to women\u2019s rights; we are empowered\nand don\u2019t need such platitudes. We demand to be considered equal and our\ninalienable rights to be recognized, promoted ad implemented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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