Goals

This Popular University of Social Movements workshop intends to perform a deep and serious discussion, in a form of exchange, on the meaning of the Zimbabwe land reform, looking at its impacts after 15 years. As Zimbabwe is intimately linked with other Southern African countries, the workshop will also look at the current situation in the neighbouring countries, regarding issues such as land, seeds, food, water and climate, aiming to strengthen cooperation and co-learning from the available experiences. Some key questions to be discussed at this workshop are as follows:

1. What can the Zimbabwe land reform teach us?
2. What is the situation of the food question in the Zimbabwe and SADC region?How do we understand the regional policies regarding land, seeds, food and water?
3. What are the climate change issues affecting the peasantry?
4. How do people induced climate changes threaten the livelihoods of peasant farmers in the region?
5. What can be achieved/promoted collectivelly in responding to the challenges facing Zimbabwe and the region on the issue of food, land, seeds, water and climate?

This workshop, to be held in Harare, seeks to strengthen linkages and interactions among movements and civil society organizations, activists, artists and intellectuals. The goal is to amplify our knowledge of the reality about Zimbabwe and the Southern Africa region, contributing to the strengthening of our mutual knowledge and strengthening our commitment and participation in developing common agendas and political actions. No one alone and individually has an answer to the situation we face, but together we can all make an important contribution, sharing reflections on the reality that this raises.