Both ENDS
140+ organisations call on the European Ministers, Commissioners and members of the European Parliament to adopt a strong EU regulation on deforestation-free products. As "trilogue negotiations" on this law begin, we ask you to support a law that lives up to the promises of the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals and upholds the EU's commitments on climate, biodiversity and human rights.
In this video we see Maria Mkhatswa, who is claiming the right of her people to have access to clean water, like they had years ago, when the coal mining industry had not yet polluted the whole area. The three part series 'Reality of Mine' gives a voice to women affected by mining in India, Kenya…
Together with 29 other CSO's, we've submitted our comments and recommendations in the Public Consultation on the AfDB Integrated Safeguards System. These include that the Bank should prioritize community-led development and human rights-based approaches; protect natural resources and tackles environmental and climate crises; raise the bar on access to information, transparency and accountability; facilitate participatory processes in policies, programmes and projects; and end inequality, poverty, and the cutback and privatization of vital services.
Pesticide Action Network and 430 civil society and indigenous peoples organizations from 69 countries have sent a letter of concern to the 170th session of FAO council about the FAO partnership agreement with CropLife International.
CropLife International is a global trade association whose members are the world's largest agrichemical, pesticide and seed companies: BASF, Bayer Crop Science, Corteva Agriscience, FMC Corporation, Sumitomo Chemical and Syngenta. The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) en CropLife International have started a partnership in 2020 to collaborate on pesticide use. We think that this partnership is incompatible with FAO's obligations to uphold human rights, directly counters any efforts toward progressively banning Highly Hazardous Pesticides, and undercuts the FAO and several Member States' support for agroecology and other transformative practices.
The letter asks the Council to review and end immediately the partnership agreement with CropLife International.
In this video, Trivinia Mwanga Mwamburi from Kenya takes you with in her fight to get the land back which was taken from her because of the expansion of large scale salt mines. The three part series 'Reality of Mine' gives a voice to women affected by mining in India, Kenya and South Africa. With the…
In mei 2022 maakten minister Hoekstra van Buitenlandse Zaken en minister Schreinemacher voor Internationale Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking bekend dat ook Nederland gaat werken aan een Feministisch Buitenlandbeleid (FBB). Dit betekent dat Nederland in haar het buitenlandbeleid meer aandacht gaat besteden aan inclusiviteit in het algemeen en specifiek aan vrouwenrechten en gendergelijkheid, waaronder LGBTIQ+. Deze feministische focus zal terugkomen in alle aspecten van het buitenlands beleid; veiligheid, handel, diplomatie en internationale samenwerking.
Ter bevordering van een inclusief proces en om inzicht te krijgen in hoe een Nederlandse FBB eruit zou moeten zien, opende het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken een internetconsultatie. Both ENDS verwelkomt de FBB en deelt daarom graag haar input en suggesties.
Met pijn in ons hart nemen wij afscheid van Irene Dankelman. Zij was een voorloper op het gebied van gender en milieu en een van de oprichters van…
