The Europe We Want: Women, food and communities – what pathways toward sustainability?
Brussels (Belgium), 09/03/2026
The workshop “The Europe We Want: Women, food and communities – what pathways toward sustainability?” brings together community-led initiatives and feminist perspectives to explore how women and communities are shaping just and sustainable food futures in Europe.
This is the second event of the advocacy campaign Communities for Future: Good Food for All, grounded in ECOLISE’s policy positioning paper Reclaiming the Future of Food: Community Pathways to Resilience, Justice and Regeneration.
Across Europe, women and gender-diverse people are at the forefront of community-led food initiatives that enact the right to good food in practice. Through seed saving, biodiversity education, shared access to land, agroecology, permaculture, community building through care, and regenerative ways of transforming their environments they are shaping everyday pathways towards more just and sustainable food systems. Taking place during the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 (IYWF), the workshop explores the intersections of eco-feminism, food justice, and community-led regeneration, with a specific focus on the right to food as a collective and political responsibility. By connecting lived community-led practices with feminist political ecology and policy advocacy, this workshop invites participants to reflect on what kind of Europe we want, and how food, care, and collective action can become central pillars of a more just and sustainable future.
Learn about the Right to Food and sign the European Citizens’ Initiative Good Food for All!
Join us to celebrate women farmers and peasants who nourish our bodies and sustain our struggles for rights, while building inclusive alliances that strengthen community-led practices and political momentum for good food for all!