"[...]All of us together, women and men of La Via Campesina, make a responsible commitment to build new and better human relationships among us, as a necessary part of the construction of the new societies to which we aspire. For this reason during this V Conference we decided to break the silence on these issues, and are launching the World Campaign "For an End to Violence Against Women". We commit ourselves a new, with greater strength, to the goal of achieving that complex but necessary true gender parity in all spaces and organs of debate, discussion, analysis and decision-making in La Via Campesina, and to strengthen the exchange, coordination and solidarity among the women of our regions."

"[...]we women have been and are a guiding part of the construction of Via Campesina from its beginning. If we do not eradicate violence towards women within our movement, we will not advance in our struggles, and if we do not create new gender relations, we will not be able to build a new society."

(Extracts from the Declaration of Maputo,
V International Conference of La Via Campesina, Oct 2008)

• Call to join the Campaign
• What is the campaign?
• The patriarchal capitalist culture is held up by four pillars of violence
• Objectives of the campaign

Via Campesina Campaign to end violence against women: www.viacampesina.org