Third webinar: The Way Forward ?

This third webinar took place on Thursday 29 July.

As always, the exchanges were translated live into English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

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Webinar replay

The third and final webinar of theme 1 takes place on 29 July at 14:30 UTC/GMT. It will aim to identify future collective actions for the Forum and its participating organisations to fight against the trend of increasing land grabbing and privatisation of the commons.

List of panelists :

  • Miloon Kothari - India - Independent Expert (Moderator)
  • Rajagopal PV - India - Ekta Parishad
  • Hortense Kinkodila Tombo Dolores - Congo - Via Campesina
  • Glory Lueong - Cameroon - FIAN International
  • Michael Taylor - Italy - International Land Coalition

The different parts of the webinar with subtitles

Introduction by Miloon Kothari - India - Independent Expert

Summary of previous exchanges

Speech by Rajagopal PV - India - Ekta Parishad

Intervention by Hortense Kinkodila Tombo Dolores - Congo - Via Campesina

Speech by Glory Lueong - Cameroon - FIAN International

Speech by Michael Taylor - Italy - International Land Coalition

Participants' questions & panelists' answers


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Ekta Parishad is a mass people's movement for land rights with 250,000 active landless members. It is considered one of the largest people's movements in India and has an iconic status globally. Ekta Parishad is known for several important successes, including securing land rights for nearly 500,000 families, building a grassroots leadership of over 10,000 people, protecting forests and water bodies, and developing several laws and policies related to land reforms in India. Ekta Parishad is famous for the scale of its social mobilisations, with its last mobilisation in 2018 attracting 25,000 landless people from across India.