Dismantling patriarchy while building food sovereignty – position paper

A position paper by Friends of the Earth International advocating for the integration of a feminist perspective into the pursuit of food sovereignty, emphasizing the need to dismantle patriarchy and implement agroecology based on equal power relations.

• Women farmers are critical to global food production, with 1.6 billion women producing 50% of the world's food, despite owning only 2% of the land and being the most susceptible to malnutrition and hunger.
• Friends of the Earth International defines building Food Sovereignty as the process of dismantling patriarchy and strengthening women as political subjects, utilizing Agroecology as a foundation for environmentally-friendly production and equal power relations.
• The position paper advocates for specific policies and practices to achieve feminist food sovereignty, including equal rights for women to access markets, seeds, water, and land; fair compensation for women's labor in homes, factories, and farms; and the distribution of care work among the State, women, and men.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). Dismantling patriarchy while building food sovereignty – position paper. https://www.foei.org/publication/dismantling-patriarchy-while-building-food-sovereignty/

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Dismantling patriarchy while building food sovereignty – position paper. n.d. https://www.foei.org/publication/dismantling-patriarchy-while-building-food-sovereignty/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{friendsoftheearthinternationalnddismantling, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Dismantling patriarchy while building food sovereignty – position paper}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/publication/dismantling-patriarchy-while-building-food-sovereignty/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }