Such movements can generate deep and lasting transformations. For example, women's specific concerns have come to the fore within Via Campesina, a transnational agrarian movement that campaigns for rural people's access to land, territory, food, water and seeds within a human rights framework (see Box 1.6). 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'.