Search KAIROS
Your search topic philippines returned the following articles:
News
MEDIA RELEASE: Philippine delegation in Ottawa calls for mining justice
February 28, 2017
Delegation includes a Member of the Philippine Congress, Anglican Bishop and Indigenous activists (Ottawa, ON) – Make the overseas operations of Canada’s mining sector open for justice and ensure that Canada plays a leadership role in the Philippines’ peace process…
Post filed in: Media Releases
News
APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION: Call for justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines
April 16, 2014
According to KARAPATAN, the national alliance of human rights organizations in the Philippines, 169 men and women had been victims of extrajudicial killings under the current government of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (July 2010 to December 2013.) From…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
News
Philippine delegation presses Canada for mining justice and leadership in peace process
March 14, 2017
Delegation includes a Member of the Philippine Congress, Anglican Bishop and Indigenous activists (Ottawa, ON) – Make the overseas operations of Canada’s mining sector open for justice and ensure that Canada plays a leadership role in the Philippines’ peace process…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
News
Press Statement: The Rock Hard Truth—Philippine Learning Tour raises concerns about mining-related human rights violations in the Zamboanga peninsula
August 6, 2014
At a press conference at the Iglesia Filipina Independiente in Pagadian City, Philippines Learning Tour (PLT) members Rev. Desmond Jagger-Parsons, Chair of the KAIROS Board, and Linda Wilson, a member of Idle No More, present a joint statement at the…
Post filed in: Media Releases
News
Take action to end attacks against human rights defenders in the Philippines
July 17, 2020
Over the last year the human rights situation has significantly deteriorated in the Philippines. The government has increasingly made use of the process of red-tagging, used to identify many human rights organizations as “front organizations of local communist terrorist groups.” The consequences of red-tagging are dire. Some…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
News
Philippines partners’ visit, August 23- September 3, 2019
September 12, 2019
At the partners’ roundtable on the first day of our visit to the Philippines, Bishop Rex Reyes challenged us to be “credible, consistent and courageous” in our solidarity and advocacy work. This became a theme throughout our trip as we…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
News
KAIROS joins ICHRP in calling on Canada to accompany Maria Ressa and other human rights defenders in the Philippines
July 26, 2022
Maria Ressa, a Nobel Prize laureate and journalist, faces ongoing criminalization by the Philippines government after losing her appeal against the false conviction of cyber-libel. KAIROS joins the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP-Canada) and numerous national…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific
News
International Human Rights Day observed under the shadow of death threats by KAIROS partners in the Philippines
December 13, 2019
On December 10, 2019 our partners from the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and Karapatan, both co-conveners of the Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines, led and participated in protests that commemorated the…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific
News
Our Land, Our Rights, Our Peace: Philippines leaders visit Canada, March 20-April 5
February 24, 2017
Filipino Delegation to appeal for Open for Justice and support for peace process, March 20 – April 5 KAIROS is hosting a five-person delegation from the Philippines, March…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
News
The pandemic will not hinder us from uniting as women #CSW65
April 6, 2021
en français | en español I was honored to attend the CSW65 from March 15-26, 2021 as part of the KAIROS’ delegation and through the generous accommodation of ACT Alliance. The pandemic may have hindered women from gathering physically but, through technology, participants including here in the Philippines were able to experience New York for two weeks. Indeed, not…
Post filed in: En Español, En français, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
News
MEDIA RELEASE: Philippine delegation in Montreal calls for mining justice
February 28, 2017
Delegation includes a Member of the Philippine Congress, Anglican Bishop and Indigenous activists (Ottawa, ON) – Make the overseas operations of Canada’s mining sector open for justice and ensure that Canada plays a leadership role in the Philippines’ peace process…
Post filed in: Media Releases
News
MEDIA RELEASE: Philippine delegation in Edmonton calls for mining justice
February 28, 2017
Delegation includes a Member of the Philippine Congress and Indigenous activist (Ottawa, ON) – Make the overseas operations of Canada’s mining sector open for justice and ensure that Canada plays a leadership role in the Philippines’ peace process are two…
Post filed in: Media Releases
News
KAIROS supports Global Launch of Investigate PH
February 1, 2021
Investigate PH is an independent, international investigation on human rights violations in the Philippines KAIROS joins churches and civil society organizations and leaders from around the world in participating in InvestigatePH, an independent global initiative concerned with the current state of human rights situation…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
News
What is at Stake for Indigenous Women when FPIC is not respected?
April 12, 2015
Vernie Diano from Innabuyog, a KAIROS partner in the Philippines, attended the 59th session of the UN Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) in New York last month. In the following statement, made at an event organized by the…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
News
Continued action needed to end attacks against human rights defenders in the Philippines with killing of Zara Alvarez
August 24, 2020
Zara Alvarez, a brave, well-known human rights defender who worked with a member organization of KAIROS partner Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (EcuVoice), was fatally shot in Bacolod City on the Negros Island on August…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Kairos
Our Land, Our Rights, Our Peace: Philippine delegation tours 6 cities across Canada
KAIROS hosted a five-person delegation from the Philippines, March 20 to April 5, 2017. The delegates visited several Canadian cities to speak about human rights violations in the context of mining projects, including Canadian-owned operations. The tour included stops in Ottawa,…
News
MEDIA RELEASE: Philippine delegation in Calgary calls for mining justice
February 28, 2017
Delegation includes a Member of the Philippine Congress and Indigenous activist (Ottawa, ON) – Make the overseas operations of Canada’s mining sector open for justice and ensure that Canada plays a leadership role in the Philippines’ peace process are two…
Post filed in: Media Releases
News
Assistance in the Wake of Typhoon Haiyan
November 12, 2013
On November 8, one of the strongest storms on record slammed into the central Philippines killing thousands and causing unprecedented damage to communities. Here’s how you can help those in need.
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific
News
Development Free of Fear by Rev. Desmond Jagger-Parsons
September 9, 2014
Rev. Desmond Jagger-Parsons, BA LLB MDiv, is the Head of the Philippine Learning Tour, a delegation organized by KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, with representatives from KAIROS member churches, CUPE, MiningWatch Canada and Indigenous people in Canada. Rev. Jagger-Parsons is…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific
News
Itinerary for Our Land, Our Rights, Our Peace: Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Winnipeg, Toronto
March 8, 2017
Delegation members include: Bishop Antonio Ablon, Philippine Independent Church (Anglican), Zamboanga del Sur Carlos Zarate, Member of Philippine Congress (Bayan Muna PartyList); Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources; Vice-Chair, House Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Anie Bautista, National Coordinator, Ecumenical…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
News
A Deadly Typhoon Strikes the Philippines- and it’s not Typhoon Pablo
December 10, 2012
A reflection from the Philippines by Norma P. Dollaga, a deaconess serving The United Methodist Church in the Philippines. Her organization KASIMBAYAN is a member of EcuVoice, the Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines, a KAIROS partner…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
Kairos
National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)
“Women have been at the frontlines for peace, justice, access to land and resources; however, they need to participate in formal peace processes. Their agenda needs to be amplified and adopted in peace building processes.” Vernie Yocogan-Diano, Program Coordinator, Women, Peace and Security project, National Council of…
News
Fear’s Gift: The story of a young human rights activist in the Philippines
January 20, 2018
The KAIROS Toronto office finally received this long-anticipated Geez issue. KAIROS’ Connie Sorio shares her harrowing story as a young student and human rights activist in the Philippines, and how fear motivated her to take action. Her article also covers…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
News
KAIROS Times: April 2017
April 3, 2017
Countdown is on for the Biggest KAIROS Blanket Exercise Ever Our Land, Our Rights, Our Peace: Philippine leaders visit Canada KAIROS launches Let Justice Roll campaign! Migrant Justice in Prince Edward Island Donor Testimonial Upcoming Featured Partner Featured Resource Spirited…
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
News
Investigate PH releases searing report to the UN on political repression in the Philippines
March 24, 2021
In its first report, released on March 16, Investigate PH warns of intensified political repression in the Philippines since the summer, fueled by the recently enacted Anti-Terrorism Act, and the brutal implementation of a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. The report, which is the first in a series that will be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council 48th Session in September…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
News
KAIROS decries recent raids and massacre in the Philippines
March 10, 2021
KAIROS is deeply concerned about the escalating human rights crisis and ongoing impunity in the Philippines. We join partners in the Philippines and civil society organizations in Canada and around the world in condemning the recent raids and massacre, now known as the Bloody Sunday raids….
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
News
An open letter on human rights to the President of the Philippines
December 10, 2012
4 November, 2012 To His Excellency Benigno Simeon Aquino III, Malacanang Palace, Manila, Philippines Mr. President: KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives unites eleven churches and religious organizations in faithful action for ecological justice and human rights. KAIROS has a long…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific
News
KAIROS Calls for the Release of 43 Detained Health Workers in the Philippines
March 3, 2010
KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives calls for the release of 43 medical and health workers in the Philippines who were arrested on February 6th 2010, in Morong, Rizal province. The 43 medical and health workers were participating in a first…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific