🗣️ "Despite my husband being murdered, it has only strengthened our #unity, and has made us stronger in our claim to the land," says Maria Leony Denagiba.
💪 On #LabourDay, take a few minutes to stand in #solidarity with Filipino farm workers who risk their lives to fight for #landrights.
This is Maria Leony Denagiba's story. It's also the story of hundreds of land and #environmentalrights defenders in the Philippines, one of the most dangerous places in the world to fight for #landrights -- even though the state has passed an agrarian reform programme to redistribute land to farmers.
🎤 “[Land owners] terminate the farmers once their position is in favour of the agrarian reform, and they use the courts, the police, in order to harass the farmers," Armando Jarilla, National Coordinator of ILC member Task Force Mapalad National Peasant Federation, told us.
👉 Stories like Maria Leony's -- and her strength, #resilience, courage, and #fortitude -- inspire our work for people-centred land governance every day. Help make her voice heard by commenting, liking, and sharing this post.
🔍 Learn more about our work in the Philippines: bit.ly/3Udt9c0
Thanks to Jason Taylor for the stunning videography.