WEDO and several NGO partners submitted a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council on May 20 on the Council's role in advancing corporate accountability to human rights. The groups also address the mandate of John Ruggie, the UN Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights. [Read statement]
The steady rise in staple food prices is
already affecting communities around the world, most significantly
women unable to feed their families. A 20-member women-farmers'
collective from Andhra Pradesh's Community Media Trust has stunned the
Delhi filmmakers with 12 video films tracing the experience of women in
regaining autonomy over food production, seeds, natural resources and
markets. The women, most of them illiterate, shot the films as part of
a multi-media publication, Affirming Life and Diversity: Rural Images and Voices on Food Sovereignity. [Read more]
Agriculture / Farming / Fishing
Apparel / Textile Manufacturing
Banks / Financials
Chemical
Defense / Military
Energy / Fossil Fuels
Health / Pharmaceuticals
Mining
Retail / Consumer Products
Water / Beveragesearch companies by name
Copyright © 2006 Women's Environment & Development Organization