Video of the Webinar “Rural Struggles in Action!”

Held on 25 June 2025, this webinar showcased and brought visibility to the wide diversity of UNDROP rights holders, highlighting their struggles for sustainable and just food systems. It also shed light on their efforts and views regarding the mobilisation of the UNDROP in rural peoples’ struggle for their rights.

The webinar was honoured by the distinguished presence of Ms. Shalmali Guttal, member of the UN Working Group on the UNDROP, who provided not only an overview but also an interpretation of the Working Group’s understanding of Article 1 of the declaration, which defines its rights holders.

Moreover, a plurality of rural constituencies – represented through their global movements/organizations – participated in the rights holders’ panel, bringing their struggles into perspective in relation to our shared efforts to implement the rural peoples’ rights enshrined in the UNDROP at both international and national levels. The following movements and organisations provided valuable inputs in this important meeting of UNDROP’s rights holders:

• World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous People (WAMIP)
• International Federation of Rural Adult Catholic Movements (FIMARC)
• World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP)
• International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF)
• Rural Women Assembly (RWA)
• La Via Campesina (LVC)
• Sea Nomads Contact Group

Published on Defending Peasants’ Rights, the 29th of July 2025