About FIAN India
Food first Information & Action Network, India, popularly known as (FIAN)
is a registered national section of FIAN International. FIAN is an
international human rights organisation working for progressive
realisation of the right to adequate food, a human right as described in
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. FIAN
India is a network of several independent national FIAN chapters and
coordination working in different federal states of the country. FIAN
India is a grassroots oriented organisation without political or religious
affiliations.
The origin of FIAN India could be traced back to 1991, when different
chapters of FIAN India started taking shape. FIAN India has a federal
structure and it has branches in five federal states of the country i.e.
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Recently FIAN has established an office at Delhi for effective
communication and liaison work. FIAN India aims to increase the
accountability of the State for Full Realisation of Human Right to Food,
so that every person in India can have access to adequate food.
FIAN India intervenes in situations where right to food and livelihoods
are violated. In its work, FIAN units in India cooperate closely with
victims of violations of right to food - landless and small peasants,
rural workers, indigenous people, women, the unemployed and urban poor.
FIAN India's activities include measures of documenting violations of
right to food in the country and to expose these incidents to the national
and international civil society. It also means standing up against unjust
and discriminatory practices that prevent people from feeding themselves.
FIAN advocates for a form of globalisation that respects human rights to
food and feed oneself for all and recognises social and ecological
standards.
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