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Rise For Rural Women’s Dignity, Recognition, And Political Power
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 8:43 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
Statement of the Asian Rural Women's Coalition (ARWC) in Commemoration of the International Women’s Day 2026. More >>
FROM THE GROUND UP: New Report Exposes Widespread Pesticide Risks In Bangladesh, India, Laos & Vietnam
Sunday, 21 December 2025, 7:31 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
The report also documents dangerous and preventable practices that greatly heighten exposure. More >>
Fact-Finding Mission Exposes Systemic Failures Behind Mass School Poisoning In The Philippines
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 7:29 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
The tragedy in Pis-anan is not an isolated incident but a sign of systemic failures. The Philippines, ranked 30th worldwide in pesticide imports, allows the use of many pesticides banned elsewhere due to weak regulatory systems. More >>
PANAP Flags Major Concerns Over COP30 Agriculture Text: ‘A Step Back For Climate And Food Security’
Sunday, 16 November 2025, 3:48 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
The SJWA is the formal process under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with agriculture and food security. More >>
Rural Women Rise For Rights And Resilience: PANAP’s Unequal Fields
Saturday, 18 October 2025, 4:29 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
Highlighting the struggles and strength of women in Southeast Asia on land, labour, and social protection. More >>
World Hunger Day 2025: Ceasefire Not Enough, 150 Groups From 26 Countries Demand Justice For Palestine
Thursday, 16 October 2025, 7:26 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
Amid the fragile ceasefire in Gaza brokered by President Donald Trump, strong global sentiment remains to hold Israel and its supporters, such as the US, accountable for the atrocities committed against Palestinians. More >>
Gaza Ceasefire Deal: Lasting Peace Means Justice For Victims Of Genocidal Famine, War Crimes
Friday, 10 October 2025, 6:44 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
PENANG, Malaysia - Regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) today said that the reported ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is a necessary step to urgently halt the bloodshed and enable a much-needed surge in humanitarian aid amid the raging ... More >>
Climate Imperialism: How False Solutions Attack Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 5:03 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
Imperialism is using the crises that it brought about through reckless plunder of the planet's resources to perpetuate further its inherently unsustainable, destructive, and exploitative development model built on accumulating capital, extracting super ... More >>
UN Famine Declaration Confirms Israel's War Crimes Against Palestinian People
Monday, 25 August 2025, 6:11 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
The Penang-based regional network stressed that the famine in Gaza is inextricably linked to the deliberate destruction of Palestinian agricultural systems and systematic denial of humanitarian aid, including food. More >>
As Philippines Hosts Regional Meet On Human Rights, Country Is Deadliest In Asia For Farmers, Indigenous Peoples
Sunday, 17 August 2025, 2:33 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
PANAP urged the Marcos Jr. administration to show that it truly respects and upholds IHL and human rights principles by halting the military’s offensive, allowing an independent and credible probe of the reported human rights abuses, and making those ... More >>
Switzerland (Ba Sel) Court Advances Proceedings Against Syngenta
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 3:37 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
The plaintiffs state that the poisonings back in 2017 were the result of the use of Polo – a pesticide developed, produced and sold by Syngenta. More >>
On Earth Day, A New Report Reveals Safer Pest Management Options Beyond Chlorpyrifos
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 3:58 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
A global assessment by the United Nations has highlighted the urgent need for countries to ban chlorpyrifos and support its listing under Annex A of the Stockholm Convention for global elimination. More >>
PAN Asia Pacific Launches Groundbreaking Report On Pesticide Residue Impacts In South And Southeast Asia
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 8:17 am | PAN Asia Pacific
Environmental contamination is a key finding of the report. Pesticides have been detected in soil, water, and even household dust, affecting not only human populations but also wildlife, pollinators, and soil health. More >>
Celebrating Women In Agroecology This Women's Month
Saturday, 8 March 2025, 6:45 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
PANAP’s book, Women in Agroecology: Towards Pesticide-Free Communities, features a compilation of stories of women who are survivors of pesticide poisoning and their journey to agroecology. More >>
No Pesticide Use Week (NPUW) 2024 - A Call For Corporate Accountability And Agroecological Transformation
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 10:29 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
Hazardous pesticides banned in Europe are still being manufactured by European companies and exported to countries with weaker safety regulations, creating a double standard in pesticide use. More >>
COP29 Baku Harmoniya, Initiative For Corporations, Not Farmers
Friday, 22 November 2024, 9:17 am | PAN Asia Pacific
Amid corporate agriculture’s presence and influence at climate talks, Malaysia-based Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PANAP) dismissed a COP29 initiative as a scheme favoring big corporations over real climate solutions and farmers’ welfare. More >>
Stop Harassment Of Filipino Farmers Resisting Land Grabs – PANAP
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 7:34 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
Such display of power by state security forces sends a chilling message to local communities that resist land and resource grabbing, especially in the Philippines where there has been continuing and worsening attacks against peasant organisations. More >>
Honor Indigenous Peoples, Fight Against Land Grabs And False Solutions
Friday, 9 August 2024, 7:57 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
We stand in unwavering solidarity with Indigenous communities worldwide, who bravely defend their lands, resources, livelihoods, and ways of life against profit-driven encroachment, exploitation, and destruction. More >>
‘Victory’ For Farmers: Groups Welcome End Of FAO #ToxicAlliance With Pesticide Industry
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:12 am | PAN Asia Pacific
PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) joins civil society & Indigenous Peoples organisations in welcoming the end of a three-year controversial partnership agreement between the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and CropLife International, an association ... More >>
World Environment Day 2024: Protect Pollinators To Restore Land And Biodiversity
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 6:25 pm | PAN Asia Pacific
Leading up to World Environment Day, PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) and its partners from across the region held various activities to underscore the need to protect pollinators and safeguard children’s rights to a clean and healthy environment. More >>
