This International Day of Peasant Struggles, 30 years on from the 1996 Eldorado dos Carajás massacre where 19 Brazilian landless peasants were killed by police, check out that is going on in the SWIFT project to support agroecological practices and women and LGBTQI+ farmers across Europe.

Webinar: Raising awareness about Gender Responsive Budgeting in agricultural policies

Join us for an online discussion on Raising awareness about Gender Responsive Budgeting in agricultural policies, to exchange perspectives on how Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) can help create more inclusive and equitable agricultural policies. 

📅 20 April 2026
🕒 15:00 – 16:30 CET
📍 Online
 🔗 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/Swift-GRB
🗣️ EN, ES, FR

Speakers:

  • Louise Legein (OXFAM)
  • Elena Schubert (DG-AGRI B.3, Unit for social sustainability)
  • Tania Lucia Benito (Ministero español de agricultura, pesca y alimentación)
  • Kirstin Eckstein, farmer in Austria (OBV – Osterreichischer Bergbauernverein, member of ECVC)
  • Facilitation: Jessica Duncan, Rural Sociology Group, Wageningen University

Soil Sisters Podcast Series: Voices Rooted in Resilience

The Soil Sisters podcast series treats listening as feminist. Its episodes map barriers like land  access, precarity, migration, care burdens, and low institutional trust; however, Soil Sisters’ guests lift up everyday strengths such as mutual aid, territorial markets, cultural memory, and collective organising. Check out the new episode (episode 5) on feminist agroecological schools and catch up on the other episdoes on the SWIFT portal or Spotify now!

Talking about the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

How can the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform for 2027-2034 become more gender-inclusive? This was explored by farmers, EU policymakers, researchers, and civil society organisations during the Policy Dialogue held in Brussels on 2 October 2025, organised by Oxfam as part of the SWIFT project. Hear from Maria, livestock farmer in Galicia, below and check out the rest of the videos here.

Calling all farmers, researchers, policy makers and CSOs – join our agroecology and feminism conference from 2-4 December!

At this moment of chaos and interconnected crises, marked by climate change, biodiversity loss, democratic backsliding and the expansion of armed conflicts we are witnessing a rapid erosion of collective rules. Wars are devastating lives, territories and the climate, while food is being used as a weapon. In this context, the need to advance food sovereignty, agroecology, and feminism is more urgent than ever.

In this context, we are creating spaces for horizontal discussions and creation of alliances among social movements, researchers and civil society to advance feminist agroecology and solidarity across the world. Farmers, policy makers, researchers and CSOs will gather in Brussels in December to share contributions and experiences relating to feminism and agroecology.

If you are interested in sharing your experiences or learning from the depth of knowledge developed within the project and beyond, head to the SWIFT website for more info, the call for proposals and registration.

Soil Sisters Comic: Women at the Heart of European Agriculture

How can we explain the issue of gender in European agricultural policy in a visual and accessible way? “Soil Sisters” answers just that question! The comic book that takes readers on a journey through the experiences of women and gender-diverse people in rural areas — exploring the challenges they face in their daily lives, the solutions they create, and the structural changes needed in policymaking to transform the EU farming sector towards gender justice and equality. Read the comic now!

Dig deeper into the experiences of farmers in the project

Want to understand more about the experiences of women and LGBTQI+ farmers who are participating in the SWIFT project? From Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Georgia, the Netherlands and beyond, listen to women and non-binary farmers telling their own stories around agroegology, food sovereignty and feminsim, in their own languages. Check out the SWIFT playlist here.

Share your climate adaptation story

Climate change is deeply impacting agroecological farming. The SWIFT (Supporting Women-Led Innovations in Farming and Rural Territories) project invites farmers and farmer groups to create short videos (3–7 minutes) showcasing the challenges they face and the strategies they use to adapt to climate chaos.

No technical experience is needed. Your story matters. The videos will support awareness campaigns and peer-to-peer training for young farmers, and will be shared via the YouTube channel of Centro Internazionale Crocevia.

We especially encourage women, young people, migrant agricultural workers, and LGBTQIA+ farmers to participate.

Interested? Contact: swiftclimatevideos@upv.es