<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Some of you got back to us saying that the link did not work. I am sending the revised link and the QR code with this email.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Do let us know if there is any problem in registering.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Look forward to meeting you on the 19th<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Dear
Friends,</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">We’re excited to invite you to a powerful virtual
event at CSW69 on Structural Violence Against Women in Agriculture, hosted by
Mahila Kisan Adhikar Manch-MAKAAM or the Forum for Women Farmers' Rights in
India (<a href="http://www.makaam.in" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">www.makaam.in</a>)
 with support from SOPPECOM (<a href="https://www.soppecom.org/aboutus.htm" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://www.soppecom.org/aboutus.htm</a>)
 and ANANDI (<a href="https://anandi-india.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://anandi-india.org/</a>)
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">This is a virtual event at the CSW69 (<a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/commission-on-the-status-of-women/csw69-2025" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/commission-on-the-status-of-women/csw69-2025</a>)
on Structural Violence Against Women in Agriculture. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Women are the backbone of agriculture worldwide, yet
they face unequal land rights, lower wages, lack of credit access, and
exclusion from policies meant to support farmers. When crisis hits—crop
failures, debt, climate change—it’s the women who bear the heaviest burden,
managing households, caregiving, and often being left alone to deal with
mounting debts. In conflict zones, these struggles are even more severe, with
women farmers displaced from their lands, caught between armed conflicts, and
often subjected to gender-based violence.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Topic: Structural
Violence Against Women in Agriculture </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Date: 19th March 2025</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Time: 6 pm IST/EDT 8.30
a.m</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Duration: 90 mins<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Click on the link below or scan the QR code in the
attached poster to register:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">So, here is the registration link: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Sg-XaR2bQHGPmnii4lK6AA" target="_blank" style="font-kerning:none;color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><b><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17)">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Sg-XaR2bQHGPmnii4lK6AA</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Join an inspiring discussion with women leaders from
Asia, Australia, Costa Rica, and conflict-affected regions who are organizing
rural women, fighting for land rights, and reshaping the future of farming.
Hear the stories of women navigating displacement, resisting land grabs, and
rebuilding their lives against all odds.</span><span style="line-height:120%"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Do circulate in your circles widely.</span><span style="line-height:120%"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">In solidarity</span><span style="line-height:120%"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Seema Kulkarni and Sejal Dand for MAKAAM</span><span style="line-height:120%"><span></span></span></p>





</div><br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------<br><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><i>Seema Kulkarni</i><br><i>Senior Fellow, Society For Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM)-<a href="http://www.soppecom.org" target="_blank">www.soppecom.org</a> <br></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><i>National Facilitation Team, Mahila Kisan Adhikar Manch (MAKAAM)-<a href="http://www.makaam.in" target="_blank">www.makaam.in</a><br></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><i>Core Member Feminist Policy Collective (FPC)-<a href="http://www.feministpolicyindia.org" target="_blank">http://www.feministpolicyindia.org</a> <br></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><i>phone: 9423582423<br></i></span></div><b></b><br><div>___________________________________________<br><br><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>