Publications and Resources
Publications and Resources

People’s Health Movement calls for action against corporate dominance in global health and economy

During the 5th People’s Health Assembly (PHA 5) held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in April 2024, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) is raising its voice against the overwhelming control of transnational corporations (TNCs) over the global economy, health, and welfare systems. In a stand against the corporatization, marketization, and colonization of public goods, PHM is spotlighting the dire consequences of corporate dominance, emphasizing the pressing need for systemic change.

Newsletter #58 : Creating a joint political agenda for systemic transformation

We are calling for a new mobilization within and beyond the food sovereignty movement, to build our response at both global and local levels, and tighten alliances with climate justice, antiracism, health, labour, feminist, and social and solidarity economy movements and organisations. Systemic transformation is now or never.

Food Sovereignty Explained

This animation film succinctly explains the Food Sovereignty principles. It explains how Food Sovereignty places us – the peasants and all other small-scale food producers- at the heart of food systems, instead of powerful corporations, by building on the principles of solidarity, collectivism and social justice. Food Sovereignty defends our past, present and future generations, and is an alternative to a destructive and harmful industrial food system.

Indigenous Peoples and Just Transition: Perspectives, Knowledge, and Lived Experiences

As Indigenous Peoples, we affirm that the concept of a just transition as it is currently presented is not true, as it implies initiatives and proposals driven by transnational corporations and States to implement and consolidate the free-market economic model, neoliberalism, and deepens the inequalities of the capitalist system.

Synthesis Report: Nyéléni 2007

NYÉLÉNI was the inspiration for the name of our Forum for Food Sovereignty in Sélingué, Mali. Nyéléni was a legendary Malian peasant woman who farmed and fed her peoples well – she embodied food sovereignty through hard work, innovation and caring for her people. We, peasant farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, migrant workers, women and
young people, who gathered at Nyéléni 2007 are food providers who are ready, able and willing to feed all the world’s peoples.

About the 1st Nyéléni Global Forum 2007

In February 2007, 600 delegates from every corner of the globe gathered in Mali, uniting diverse voices across society with a shared passion for agriculture and food justice. This historic meeting reaffirmed the right to food sovereignty, defining its deep economic, social, ecological, and political impact. It marked the beginning of a global movement dedicated to securing food sovereignty as a fundamental right for all.