03.07.2008

Ingrid Betancourt freed!

The French-Colombian Green presidential candidate, captured in 2002 by the FARC, was rescued with other hostages in a dramatic, bloodless rescue by the Colombian Army.

Her life in pictures (BBC)

BBC news story

Welcome to WLOE

The Women and Life on Earth internet project began in 1999 to help connect women internationally, share information and work for ecological health and peace with justice in the new millennium.

Women and Diversity


World Congress on the Future of Food and Agriculture
Bonn, Germany      May 12 -16, 2008

The former German capital, now a center of United Nations activity, hosted the May, 2008 Convention on Biological Diversity.  The month of negotiations was greeted by Planet Diversity: a demonstration, festival and conference for biological and cultural diversity in food and agriculture. Women and Life on Earth helped with preparations in Bonn and women's workshops and events during the conference.
Link to the closing press release here.
Read the Women's Statement at the closing plenary and see it on You Tube:

Planet Diversity Bonn: women at the final plenary part 1
Planet Diversity: Women´s statement at final plenary 2

Workshop reports:

Women's Action for Biodiversity: Past and present - What have we done and where are we now?
Women, Diversity and Agriculture: strategies for survival and solidarity

What's new?

July 01, 2008

"The Time is Now!" -- youth for peace

The Time is Now! is a 12 page report produced by Irene Kyazze (Uganda) and Channsitha Mark (Cambodia) as part of the Women Peacemakers Program International Orientation, as a forum for youth across the globe. [more...]

June 30, 2008

The Effect of the Food Crisis on Women and Their Families

This report from the coalition "Women Thrive Worldwide" describes how women are the hardest hit by the food crisis, and how they can be part of the solution to this crisis. [more...]

June 05, 2008

Planet Diversity: women speak out

Members of the Planet Diversity workshop: "Women, Diversity and Agriculture: strategies for survival and solidarity" were asked to send a representative to the closing session of this historic international conference -- they sent six, from different continents, with different observations and demands in different languages. Here is (the English translation of) their presentation: [more...]

May 31, 2008

Support hunger strike against Star Wars base

A US activist against nuclear weapons and power in space has joined an international hunger strike with his friends in the Czech Republic opposing construction of a US radar base there. [more...]

May 23, 2008

How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It

Elizabeth Royte's new book explains why bottled water is one of the greatest marketing coups of the 20th and 21st centuries. [more...]

More News

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