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Four women stand in a field of rice. They are farmers using agroecological practices to grow food and food sovereignty in their communities.

Women farmers leading change and growing food sovereignty in West Africa

Women farmers across West Africa are leading change through the food they grow.

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Remembering and honouring Brewster Kneen

It is with profound sadness that we share the news of Brewster Kneen’s passing on December 1st at the age of 92.

50 years of solidarity with farmers and food movements

For 50 years, food has been at the heart of Inter Pares’ work with counterparts.

When food is a weapon of war: Local food resistance and mutual aid

"It’s a deliberate way to wear people down, by starving them into giving up,” shared Ghadeer from our Sudanese counterpart SWRC.

INTERVIEW: Working in coalition for food sovereignty

Lucy Sharratt is the founding coordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN).

Protecting land through local ecological knowledge

When local shellfish gatherers in the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau noticed declining stocks of the mollusks, they knew what to do.

Feminist climate action in West Africa: Video project

Three short videos showcasing the work of women on the frontlines of climate justice in West Africa.

Planting Seeds of Change: Women farmers from West Africa and Canada on tour

West African counterparts tour in Canada, strengthening the global movement for food sovereignty and gender equality.

Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals

From September 20 to 30, 2024, Inter Pares accompanied an international West African delegation to meet farming communities and feminist activists

Mangrove restoration: Local solutions, global impacts

The often-misunderstood mangrove is an ecosystem at the centre of efforts to adapt to climate change in West African coastal and island communities

Leading the change: Women and youth at the heart of climate action

In Senegal, rural women and youth play a crucial role in natural resource management and climate-change adaptation. However, their

Climate plans must include solutions by and for communities

“This is where we used to grow rice, before the sea swept our fields away,” Sanca Albino says, pointing to the beach, where the wa

Gender equality in rural areas

For several years now, a worldwide feminist resistance movement has been organized by women from different countries around key issues for women's

Sowing food sovereignty, cultivating relationships

Inter Pares helps farmers in Canada push for better climate policy, support migrant farm workers and build relationships between settler farmers and Indigenous communities.

Countering corporate control at COP27 climate negotiations

“Thoughts and feelings only go so far... Economic reconciliation is backing up those feelings.”

Farming for a better food system

For decades, Inter Pares has collaborated with counterparts on sustainable food production.

Remembering “The Millet Man”: PV Satheesh

Inter Pares mourns the loss of Deccan Development Society's founder and director.

Without seed security, no food sovereignty

Seed security is the guarantee of producing or having access to quality seeds.

Agroecology led by women in West Africa

In Madina Sara, the community created a seed bank to conserve seeds.

Agroecology: Helping women in West Africa access land

What role agroecology can play in strengthening women’s access to and control over land?

$16 million for climate and feminist action in West Africa

Funding announcement for Feminist Climate Action in West Africa project.

Women-Led Agroecology is Climate Action

In Guinea-Bissau, women’s collectives and community organizations are fighting climate change through the way they produce and prepare food.

Human Rights and the Environment should be Non-Partisan Issues

Bills Introduced to Protect People and the Planet Warrant All-Party Support.

The art of emancipation

Tiniguena has preserved tropical forest by supporting a network of community forest led by local people.

The Cycle of change

Across the globe, a new generation of activists is engaging to help rebuild and reshape our world, infusing movements for change with fresh energy and ideas.

Podcast: Nourishing Community in Guinea Bissau

In a new podcast, learn more about the special partnership between Tiniguena and Inter Pares - a partnership that dates back 30 years.

Responding to hunger with solidarity

Sovereignty over their own food systems has allowed sanghams in India to come through past crises, and now to respond in solidarity to those in need within their communities and beyond.