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PP5 bis.
Recognizing agrarian distress and the growing inequality of land
ownership in rural areas and the failure of states to carry out human rights-based
agrarian and land reform,
Preambular paragraph 6:
EU
PP6. Concerned also that peasants and other people persons working in rural areas suffer
from the burdens caused by environmental degradation and climate change,
PP6. Preambular paragraph 7:
LVC Nepal, comment
PP6. <Along with the 7th paragraph of preamble, we propose an additional paragraph on
youths addressing the challenges faced by youths in agriculture and recognizing the
importance of attracting more youth in agriculture to transform as well as for the future of
agriculture.>
Preambular paragraph 8:
EU
PP8. Alarmed by the increasing number of peasants and other people persons working in
rural areas forcibly evicted or displaced every year,
Chaudhry, expert
PP8. Alarmed by the increasing number of peasants and other people working in rural
areas forcibly evicted, dispossessed of their homes and lands, or displaced every year,
PP8 bis.
countries,
Also alarmed by the high incidence of farmer suicides in several
Preambular paragraph 9:
Chaudhry, expert
PP9. Stressing that peasant women and other rural women play a significant role in the
economic survival of their families and in contributing to the rural and national
economy, including through their work in the non-monetized sectors of the economy, but
are often denied tenure and ownership of land, equal access to land, productive resources,
financial services and credit, information, employment or social protection, and are often
victims of violence, exclusion, subordination, and discrimination in a variety of forms
and manifestations,
PWESCR, comment
PP9. <Lack of adequate infrastructure for basic rights and essential services in rural areas
results in an unequal and unfair burden of unpaid work on women to provide for these.
Therefore it is important to recognise, redistribute and reduce rural women’s unpaid work
by providing adequate infrastructure, clean renewable energy and better technology
options. We also would like inclusion of digital infrastructure as part of productive
resources available to rural communities.>
Preambular paragraph 10:
EU
PP10. Stressing also that several factors make it difficult for peasants and other people
persons working in rural areas, including small-scale fishers and fish workers pastoralists,
foresters and other local communities to make their voices heard, to defend their human
rights and tenure rights, and to secure the sustainable use of the natural resources on which
they depend,
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