There is a pressing need to push the government to craft and approve a National Framework Law on the Right to Food and show how civil society in the Philippines intends to support this process. Civil society resorts to complaint and recourse mechanisms which remain insufficient in practice. The national human rights commission has a …
This paper tackles gender and the right to adequate food, with emphasis on hearing the voices of those who feed the world – the women. In various discussions pertaining to hunger, the emerging concepts on food security, food sovereignty, food self-sufficiency, and food justice forward analyses on food systems in terms of access, production, and …
The hunger Situation in the philippines – voices of women who feed the world Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has shocked the world, especially the Philippines, whose government was ill-prepared to handle such a crisis. The country had been impoverished by decades of neoliberal policies with weak agriculture and public health systems, leading people into a highly precarious situation. Hunger has been exacerbated by the COVID -19 pandemic and continues to …
The COVID- 19 Pandemic and the Growing Hunger Situation in the Philippines Read More »
Background Clear and comprehensive polices that promote the right to adequate food (RTAF) in the Philippines are urgently needed. It is in this backdrop that the National Food Coalition (NFC). was formed. It has issued an urgent call to President Benigno Aquino III and Congress for the immediate adoption by the Philippines of a RTAF …
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The National Food Coalition, now the Koalisyon sa Sapat na Pagkain is calling for the immediate passage of the Right to Adequate Food Framework Bill. The bill is the product of the struggle of farmers, indigenous peoples, urban poor, women and youth for the recognition of the right to adequate food, and a comprehensive program …
what is the Right to Food? The Right to Food is best described by the following statement from the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: “The right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and child, alone or in community with others, has physical and economic access at all times to adequate …
LAND RIGHTS, LAND DEALS IN THE RIGHT TO FOOD OF PEASANTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Read More »
Kahalagahan ng panukalang batas Ang panukalang batas na ito ay naglalayon na wakasan o tapusin ang kagutuman sa Pilipinans sa loob ng sampong (10) taon, gawing karapatan ang pagkain at hindi isang charity lamang. Sa kasalukuyan ang kagutuman ay nanatiling isang malaki o matinding hamon sa ating bansa. Base …
The Salient Points of the Proposed Right to Adequate Food Bill Read More »
Pope Francis’ message to Caritas Internationalis about the importance of food. “We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion people who still suffer from hunger today. We cannot look the other way,” says the Holy Father.