such movements can generate deep and lasting transformations for example womens specific concerns have come to the fore within via campesina a transnational agrarian movement that campaigns for rural peoples access to land territory food water and seeds within a human rights framework see box after the conference via campesina women started to meet in autonomous spaces to define a common agenda in the words of one observer as women spoke from their own experiences of working within peasant and farm organizations a real sense of camaraderie sharing of insights and respect for one another permeated the discussion of potential models and plans for work within via campesina