HungerFREE in India: Land will free us from hunger

In one of three films about Dalit women's struggle in Andhra Pradesh, India, Tirupati Subbamma describes her treatment as a widowed Dalit woman and the hunger that she and her children have endured as landless labourers.

Land would provide for their immediate needs but would also bring a sense of security and women like Tirupati have joined the land struggle and are working with ActionAid/HungerFREE partner Dalit Federation to achieve this.

We are demanding "food sovereignty" for all: people need to be able to provide for themselves in a self relient and self sufficient manner.

HungerFREE India has mobilized thousands of Dalit women to fight for land rights and it is now a movement. Since 2007, 7,000 acres of land has been secured for 5,000 women and the fight is ongoing. Find out more about the campaign: http://tinyurl.com/dbhtgp

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• actionaid
• hungerfree
• hunger
• india
• dalit
• land
• rights
• untouchable

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