Presentation of the workshops “Women and Water”
All over the planet, household chores are still being done by mostly women: Women are taking care of their families’ essential needs (laundry, dishes, hygiene, children’s health needs), and they have a...
View ArticlePresentation of the workshops “Access to water and sanitation”
On July 28, 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized that safe and clean water is a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human rights. However the depth and content of this...
View ArticleFluid Democracy: The Italian Water Revolution
Earth, water, air and fire (what we would call, in contemporary terms, energy) have, for thousands of years, been considered primary elements and the common base materials of life, ever since the dawn...
View ArticlePresentation of the workshops “Right to water”
The UN’s recognition that the right to water is a fundamental human right is an explosive victory, and this was achieved by different movements all over the world that have called for this for many...
View ArticlePresentation of the workshops “Water and Extractivism”
Water and Extractivism: from North to South, one model, many movements. Mines, oil and gas wells, industrial plantations or animal farms, gigantic hydroelectric dams… Every day, more land is...
View ArticleFAME extended
For those who will not be in Marseille, they can follow sessions and some workshops live by video streaming: 14 March 18h00 – 21h00 Opening plenary Thursday 15 March 10H00 – 12H30 Water and sanitation...
View ArticleSummary of the workshop “Water in Palestine”
The participants of FAME, which was organized in Marseille from March 14 to 17, debated about the Palestinian water situation. The debate was marked by various communications efforts that presented the...
View ArticleFuture of Water movement session: A summary
This summary is an effort to capture the discussion of the session. However, not everything that was said might be reflected in the document. Many of the things said were proposals and are not...
View ArticleMarseilles declaration for palestinian water rights
We commit to take action in solidarity with Palestinian human rights, including the human right to water. Occupied Palestine – For years, the United Nations Human Rights Committee and other UN bodies...
View ArticleSummary of the workshop “Internationalisation of water battles”
The Justicia Hídrica alliance: research and action on water accumulation, conflict and civil society strategies. Rutgerd Boelens, Wageningen University Netherlands / Catholic University Peru....
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