ATIX Mulher (Brazil) is the female branch of the Indigenous organisation of Women’s Movement of the Xingu Indigenous Reservation Association. During the pandemic in 2020, the inhabitants of the Xingu Indigenous Reservation were heavily affected in their food security. Atix Mulher has campaigned for food, hygiene products and agricultural tools for the 16 ethnic groups of the reservation. It has helped gather food donations and has set out a collective crowdfunding that has benefitted 130 villages. Currently, items such as crafts and honey, produced by the villagers, help with capital to keep the small agriculture-based businesses running.
Brazil
Empowering small farmers through the cocoa initiative in Brazil
Starting in 2012, in the municipality of São Félix do Xingu, in southeastern Pará, the initiative has supported 310 family members with the “Cocoa More Sustainable” project to enhance the recovery and regeneration of around 1,000 hectares of cocoa plantations through agroforestry systems.
Mobilising the community to overcome crises
In 2015, the Fundão Rejects Dam breach in Minas Gerais threw millions of tons of toxic minerals into the river Doce, which were carried through 600 km until Linhares, where the quilombo is located, heavily impacting the area.
Webinar: Strengthening food security through gender+ inclusive and sustainable small-scale farming
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COMING SOON: ACCTING webinar on building resilience to natural disasters
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Ensuring an Inclusive Farm to Fork Strategy: ACCTING Policy Brief #2
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ACCTING’s agenda for future research
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First meeting with the ten ACCTING pilot projects
On 23 and 24 January, the ACCTING consortium organised a workshop on the evaluation of the impact of the pilot projects. read more
Marginalised communities’ access to healthy and sustainable food: Stories from Thessaloniki
ACCTING is co-hosting an online webinar on marginalised communities' access to healthy and sustainable food together with ... read more
ACCTING Policy Brief #1: For an inclusive and socially just European Green Deal
For an inclusive and socially just European Green Deal: Integrating gendered and intersectional perspectives in Green Deal policies The read more
ACCTING Factsheet: Local is beautiful
Gender+ inclusive agricultural policies and civil society practices for and with small farmers Agriculture and rural areas are central read more
ACCTING Factsheet: Inclusive civil society for an inclusive Green Deal
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ACCTING Factsheet: Empowering employees to help mitigate Climate Change – A business-employees alliance promoting behavioural change towards achieving Green Deal goals
Empowering employees to become agents of change Recognising the important role that companies can play towards fighting Climate Change read more
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