After their CO-CD Training last January 21-22, 2021, 25 indigenous youth from Barangay Daraitan, Tanay, Rizal attended a writeshop activity last February 8-9, 2021. Organized by PAKISAMA, in partnership with AFA and RMI with the support of the YLA and VOICE, the writeshop aims to develop the skills of IP Youth in basic writing and […]
In order to help in the development of our indigenous youth as future IP leaders, there is a need to enhance their knowledge in community organizing as a method for empowering others. This enables them to push and advocate for the issues and needs of their community. Last January 21-22, 2021, PAKISAMA, in partnership with […]
NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND, is the common message shared across the discussions during the APFSD Side Event titled “Multi-stakeholder Partnerships: Antidote to COVID-19 and Booster to SDG Action” held on 22 March 2021 via Zoom. Regional organizations from CSOs, governments, UN agency, and other stakeholders gathered to showcase initiatives on COVID-19 recovery and […]
Background The concept of Branding has been around for hundreds of years and likely much longer. What it means to brand something has broadened quite a bit since the word first came into use. Despite the changes, each of the older kinds of branding is still widely used today. To date, distribution channels are far-reaching […]
In support of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF), the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) and its partner organizations conducted virtual events that aimed at strengthening efforts to empower family farmers as well as highlight the important role of family farmers in achieving food security. Sustaining Family Farming in Asia-Pacific through inclusive, farmer-driven approaches One […]
This article was originally published by the ComDev Asia On the first day of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) High-Level Special Event on Strengthening Global Governance of Food Security and Nutrition last October 13, 2020, their Partners Event titled “Building Back Better: Confronting the Impact of COVID-19 on Land Tenure, Food Security and […]
Following are the responses of Esther Penunia, AFA Secretary-General, as a panelist in a 1.5-hour webinar entitled “Building Back Better: Confronting the Impact of Covid 19 on Land Tenure, Food Security and Nutrition “, held last October 13, 2020, 10:30-12mn, Manila time, via Zoom. The webinar is one of the partners’ events of the CFS […]
Conference Declaration from Sustaining Family Farming in Asia-Pacific through inclusive farmer-driven approaches, October 6-7, 2020, Virtual Zoom Conference[i] From October 6-7, 2020, we, 180 women and men representatives of family farmers, farmer organizations, civil society organizations, Indigenous Peoples, public and private stakeholders, and advocates from 12 countries in the Asia and the Pacific region, gathered […]
