Amid the spread of industrial farming, transgenic crops and seed patents, rural women are conserving native varieties and teaching others about agro-ecology.
Los cuerpos, el trabajo y el conocimiento de las mujeres mayas han sido explotados durante siglos. Es una vieja historia, ahora con un giro neoliberal. English.
Mayan women’s bodies, labour and knowledge have been exploited for centuries. This is an old story, with a neoliberal twist. Español.
Las tejedoras mayas se están organizando para defender su arte y presionar por una nueva legislación que reconozca y proteja su "propiedad intelectual colectiva". English.
Mayan weavers are organising to defend their art, pushing for new legislation to recognise and protect their ‘collective intellectual property’. Español.
As a paediatrician and health researcher in South Africa, I am acutely aware of the ongoing support that women need to breastfeed.
Last month’s Commission on the Status of Women talks failed to tackle corporate impunity, despite increasingly recognised risks to women human rights defenders.
This is why feminist activists are mobilising behind a proposed international treaty to regulate the impacts of transnational corporations.
Protesters march on Thursday to demand fast food giant Wendy’s sign up to scheme to tackle exploitation and improve wages in supply chains.
We can't achieve gender equality, or ensure women’s rights, without progressive tax policies.
The corporate rush for land and resources in the Global South has gender-specific impacts on women, who are routinely excluded from decision-making.
