• Address: 18 Marunong St Brgy Central District, Diliman, Quezon City, 1100

TFM

TASK FORCE MAPALAD

2007

Member since

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Platforms

Working towards these commitments

Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend, including through eviction, expulsion or exclusion, and with compulsory changes to tenure undertaken only in line with international law and standards on human rights.
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Secure Tenure Rights

Ensure transparency and accountability, through unhindered and timely public access to all information that may contribute to informed public debate and decision-making on land issues at all stages, and through decentralization to the lowest effective level, to facilitate participation, accountability and the identification of locally appropriate solutions
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Transparent and accessible information

Prevent and remedy land grabbing, respecting traditional land use rights and local livelihoods, and ensuring that all large-scale initiatives that involve the use of land, water and other natural resources comply with human rights and environmental obligations and are based on: the free, prior and informed consent of existing land users; a thorough assessment of economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts with respect to both women and men; democratic planning and independent oversight; and transparent contracts that respect labour rights, comply with social and fiscal obligations and are specific and binding on the sharing of responsibilities and benefits. Where adverse impacts on human rights and legitimate tenure rights have occurred, concerned actors should provide for, and cooperate in, impartial and competent mechanisms to provide remedy, including through land restitution and compensation.
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Effective actions against land grabbing

Respect and protect the civil and political rights of human rights defenders working on land issues, combat the stigmatization and criminalisation of peaceful protest and land rights activism, and end impunity for human rights violations, including harassment, threats, violence and political imprisonment
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Protected land rights defenders

Mission

To improve the lives of the rural poor by supporting their initiatives to gain access to land, water and other natural resources essential in attaining a humane and dignified life.
The Task Force Mapalad, Inc. (TFM) is a national federation of farmers, farm workers and individual advocates working for genuine access to land and rural development in the Philippines.

Objectives

- To secure land tenure of farmers and farm workers under the Philippine agrarian reform program.

- To increase farmers’ productivity by mobilizing support for credit capital, sustainable farming technology, marketing and productive services.

- To create a national and local policy environment that favours genuine agrarian reform and rural development, and social justice.

- To develop the capacities of farmers and farm workers in engaging government, civil society and international development organizations for agrarian reform and rural development.

Constituencies

Its constituencies include landless farmers and farm workers.

  • Address: 18 Marunong St Brgy Central District, Diliman, Quezon City, 1100