Tribunal verdict vs. 6 agrochemical TNCs hailed, urgent action on recommendations urged
7 December 2011
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International hailed the verdict of the Permanent People's Tribunal (PPT) against the world's six largest agrochemical companies Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow Chemical, DuPont and BASF after a historic four-day session that culminated in Bangalore, India yesterday. [read more]

[URGENT ACTION] India: three men face imminent execution
Two Sri Lankans and an Indian national convicted for the assassination of India's former Prime Minister , Rajiv Gandhi, are facing imminent execution in Vellore prison in Tamil Nadu, India. This follows the rejection of their mercy petitions by the President of India. If carried out, these would be the first executions in India since 2004. [read more]

Struggle of BTL farmers gains international support
22 June 2011
AMIHAN Northern Mindanao
Solidarity messages from various international groups poured for the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus farmers as Hunglos Solidarity Mission kicks off today. These messages generally supported the on-going protest of the BTL farmers to contest the Central Mindanao University claim over 400 hectares of land in Maramag, Bukidnon. [read more]

In response to CMU's lies
19 June 2011
AMIHAN Northern Mindanao
WE ARE NOT SQUATTERS! In contrast to the statements of Central Mindanao University, we have every right to claim the land as our own. The 400 hectares of land is where we have founded our homes and livelihood. [read more]

Defend Agrarian Rights, Uphold Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms!
14 June 2011
AMIHAN Northern Mindanao
The administration of Pres. Benigno Aquino III seriously puts into doubt the respect for human rights of the farmers in the country. Aquino III is heir to the vast Hacienda Luisita Incorporated landholdings where, in 2004, 14 farmer leaders were massacred in front of its gates for protesting a bogus land distribution scheme that virtually dodges coverage from former President Corazon Aquinos agrarian reform program. The now infamous Hacienda Luisita Massacre continues to hound the Aquino presidency. [read more]

CMU guards indiscriminately fired at BTL farmers protesting outside the university, 3 seriously wounded
June 14, 2011
On June 14 at around 10:30 in the morning, the kampuhan set up by the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus (BTL) in front of the Central Mindanao University in Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon, was dismantled by the security guards hired by the university, assaulting protesters keeping guard over their camp. [read more]

May Day is Domestic Workers’ Day
May Day Statement by Committee for Asian Women (CAW), 1 May 2011
2011 marks a historic event in the world of working women, as the International Labour Organisation prepares to adopt an international standard for domestic workers in its June conference. [read more]

Indian Rice is in Danger! Bayer: Hands off our rice!
The Tamil Nadu Women’s Forum (TNWF) joined the coalition for a “GM Free India” to say that, “we are not labrats” and joined others in exposing the University at Coimbatore for experimenting on BT corn. [read more]

2011 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Honouring 100 women to mark 100 years of Women's Resistance
RIGHTS, EMPOWERMENT, LIBERATION

Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC)
100 years of Women’s Resistance: RIGHTS, EMPOWERMENT, LIBERATION
29-30 March 2011, Chennai, India [...more]