MA Math at the Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting (IPM)
 The
M.A. Math has again been instrumental in drawing the attention of
government representatives and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to
the issue of the escalating rate of suicide among farmers. This took
place at the Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting (IPM) for the
seventeenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
(CSD-17) held at United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York February
23rd - 27th.
 During
the IPM, government representatives presented short speeches detailing
the positions of their countries and regions on the issues that are the
focus of CSD-17: agriculture, rural development, land, drought,
desertification and Africa. The views of civil society were put forth
through Major Groups representing international and local NGOs, Women,
Farmers, Youth and Children, Indigenous People, Scientific and
Technological Community, Workers and Trade Unions, and Business and
Industries.
 The
M.A. Math participated in the NGO and Women major groups discussing the
broader issue of suicide among farmers, while specifically highlighting
Amma's Farmer Relief Project. Subsequently, the issue of farmer suicide
was mentioned three different times at the IPM during speeches by the
NGO major group representative. It also became part of the agenda for
CSD-17 through the Women's Major Group statement:
Build social capital and resilience in rural communities:
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Empower women from small farming communities by
advocating and insuring the exercise of their rights to secure land
tenure and inheritance, which is of crucial importance especially in
the case of farmers' suicide.
Build resilience of rural communities, especially women and
children, to cope with and recover from natural disasters, conflicts
and epidemic calamities such as the plight of farmers' suicide.
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