La Via Campesina will hold its VI International Conference in Indonesia this coming June...
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Media Advisory - La Via Campesina
(Jakarta, 14 May 2013) About 500 peasants, who are members of more than 150 organizations spread throughout 70 countries across the world, will convene in Jakarta, Indonesia between the 6th and the 13th of June for the VI International Conference of La Via Campesina. This conference will be preceded by the International Youth Assembly and the International Women's Assembly.
These international conferences are held every four years, and consist of the highest body through which collective decisions are made and debates held, giving way to the creation of a common mobilization agenda for the peasant movement.
During the VI International Conference, peasants from around the globe will analyze the current international situation, the impact of land grabbing, the green economy, transnational companies and neoliberal policies affecting food sovereignty, land, water, seeds, biodiversity and life itself.
The opening ceremony for the VI Conference will take place on June 9th, and will gather thousands of participants as well as national and international personalities.
During the last twenty years, Via Campesina has held five international conferences. The first in Belgium in 1993, followed by Mexico in 1996, India in 2000, Brazil in 2004, with the last one being held in Mozambique in 2008 – all of which accompanied the fights and struggles of people from every continent, and served to strengthen the peasant movement at a global level.
Press Contacts
It will be possible to schedule interviews with the delegates to the VI Conference via Skype, phone or other ways in coordination with our communication team:
- Hadiedi Prasaja (English and Indonesian): prasaja@spi.or.id
Mobile phone: +62853 6100 3040 or +62 8978 24 23 22
- Viviana Rojas Flores (Spanish and Portuguese): viviana.rojasflores@gmail.com
Phone number: + 55 6199742205
- Boaventura Monjane (Spanish, Portuguese, English and French): boa.monjane@viacampesina.com
Mobile phone : +258822605010
Programme:
June 6-7: International Women's Assembly
June 8 -9 am: International Youth Assembly
June 9pm: Opening ceremony for the VI Conference
June10-12: Via Campesina's VI International Conference
June 13: Visit to a peasant village in Sukabumi.
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La Via Campesina
Via Campesina is an international movement of peasants, small- and medium-sized producers, landless, rural women, indigenous people, rural youth and agricultural workers. We are an autonomous, pluralist and multicultural movement, independent of any political, economic, or other type of affiliation. Born in 1993, La Via Campesina now gathers about 150 organisations in 70 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
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International Operational Secretariat:
Jln. Mampang Prapatan XIV no 5 Jakarta Selatan, Jakarta 12790 Indonesia
Tel/fax: +62-21-7991890/+62-21-7993426
Email: viacampesina@viacampesina.org
(Jakarta, 14 May 2013) About 500 peasants, who are members of more than 150 organizations spread throughout 70 countries across the world, will convene in Jakarta, Indonesia between the 6th and the 13th of June for the VI International Conference of La Via Campesina. This conference will be preceded by the International Youth Assembly and the International Women's Assembly.
These international conferences are held every four years, and consist of the highest body through which collective decisions are made and debates held, giving way to the creation of a common mobilization agenda for the peasant movement.
During the VI International Conference, peasants from around the globe will analyze the current international situation, the impact of land grabbing, the green economy, transnational companies and neoliberal policies affecting food sovereignty, land, water, seeds, biodiversity and life itself.
The opening ceremony for the VI Conference will take place on June 9th, and will gather thousands of participants as well as national and international personalities.
During the last twenty years, Via Campesina has held five international conferences. The first in Belgium in 1993, followed by Mexico in 1996, India in 2000, Brazil in 2004, with the last one being held in Mozambique in 2008 – all of which accompanied the fights and struggles of people from every continent, and served to strengthen the peasant movement at a global level.
Press Contacts
It will be possible to schedule interviews with the delegates to the VI Conference via Skype, phone or other ways in coordination with our communication team:
- Hadiedi Prasaja (English and Indonesian): prasaja@spi.or.id
Mobile phone: +62853 6100 3040 or +62 8978 24 23 22
- Viviana Rojas Flores (Spanish and Portuguese): viviana.rojasflores@gmail.com
Phone number: + 55 6199742205
- Boaventura Monjane (Spanish, Portuguese, English and French): boa.monjane@viacampesina.com
Mobile phone : +258822605010
Programme:
June 6-7: International Women's Assembly
June 8 -9 am: International Youth Assembly
June 9pm: Opening ceremony for the VI Conference
June10-12: Via Campesina's VI International Conference
June 13: Visit to a peasant village in Sukabumi.
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La Via Campesina
Via Campesina is an international movement of peasants, small- and medium-sized producers, landless, rural women, indigenous people, rural youth and agricultural workers. We are an autonomous, pluralist and multicultural movement, independent of any political, economic, or other type of affiliation. Born in 1993, La Via Campesina now gathers about 150 organisations in 70 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Follow us on facebook | twitter | vimeo
Siganos en facebook | twitter | vimeo
Suivez nous sur facebook | twitter | vimeo
International Operational Secretariat:
Jln. Mampang Prapatan XIV no 5 Jakarta Selatan, Jakarta 12790 Indonesia
Tel/fax: +62-21-7991890/+62-21-7993426
Email: viacampesina@viacampesina.org
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