Archive for September 2010

Joint Statement on the movement of Sisters in Spirit Vigils

September 16, 2010

Aboriginal women and girls are facing the most pervasive human rights crisis in Canada today. The profound impact of violence experienced by Aboriginal women and girls in Canada has created a national tragedy. The disappearance and murder of our Aboriginal…

Post filed in: Indigenous Rights

Le temps de KAIROS : octobre 2010

September 15, 2010

Lire le numéro d’octobre 2010.

Post filed in: En français, KAIROS Times E-Newsletter

Kairos Times: September 2010

September 15, 2010

Read the September 2010 issue.

Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter

Women of Courage delegate Vernie Yocogan writes article on the Colombia tour

September 15, 2010

Vernie Yocogan has posted a great article on the Women of Courage Colombia tour in the ‘Northern Dispatch (nordis) Weekly’, a blog of the nordis Weekly, a people’s newspaper for Northern Philippines: “Women’s Front: Women of Courage visits Colombia” http://www.nordis.net/?p=7682…

Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America

Rights orgs support publication of UN report on human rights abuses

September 10, 2010

Human rights organizations in the DRC call on Congolese government to respond to report in an effort of true reconciliation fileadmin/fe/files/PDF/countires/congo/CongolaiseSurlLeRapportduProjetMapping-Eng.pdf

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L’Onu doit endosser et publier le rapport concernant les violations les plus graves des Droits humains et du Droit international humanitaire commises RDC.

September 10, 2010

LES ORGANISATIONS DE DEFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS DE LA RDC SOUTIENNENT L’EFFORT DE L’ONU DE REHABILITER LA MEMOIRE COLLECTIVE CONGOLAISE ET INVITENT LE GOUVERNEMENT A SAISIR L’OCCASION POUR UNE RECONCILIATION SINCERE. fileadmin/fe/files/PDF/countires/congo/CongolaiseSurlLeRapportduProjetMapping.pdf

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La terre, notre vie

September 2, 2010

La terre, notre vie : les droits des Autochtones et notre commun avenir Campagne KAIROS 2010–2011 Les peuples autochtones du monde entier sont confrontés à un défi unique face à pauvreté : l’accès à l’éducation et l’obtention d’autres mesures d’amélioration de leur…

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Reflections on the Blanket Train

September 1, 2010

Sara Stratton Trinity St. Paul’s and Bloor Street United Churches For the last 18 months or so, the biggest part of my job with the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative has been in the area of indigenous justice. Together with the…

Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections