Archive for March 2022

Tabled: Two new bills asserting that Human Rights and Accountability are Non-negotiable

March 30, 2022

A people and planet first approach to business is long overdue. This is why KAIROS welcomes the tabling of two corporate accountability bills in the House of Commons today. These two bills seek to address deficiencies in the way Canada…

Post filed in: Corporate Accountability, Gender Justice/Women of Courage

Indigenous Women’s March in defense of land and natural resources in Brazil

March 28, 2022

Highlighting MERE Hub Brazil  Led by Indigenous women, Indigenous people mobilized in 2021 to counter governmental attempts to further dispossess and displace them of their lands and territories. The Brazilian government is seeking to open large areas to both domestic…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Latin America

KAIROS launches new resources for the health and safety of migrant agricultural workers

March 24, 2022

KAIROS Canada’s Empowering Temporary Foreign Worker (ETFW) Project will be hosting a special event to launch new resources for temporary foreign workers. These resources, developed with community partners in the project across Ontario and the Maritimes, represent a diverse range…

Post filed in: Migrant Justice

The urgency to defend water from corporate abuse

March 22, 2022

Canada’s weak corporate accountability laws are threatening communities for protecting the water that sustains them. Water is critical for life. Why, then, are Canadian extractive companies allowed to threaten it and those who defend it? Today is World Water Day…

Post filed in: Corporate Accountability, Ecological Justice

L’événement ONU virtuel de KAIROS mettra en lumière le rôle clé des femmes dans la paix et le développement durable, 22 mars

March 8, 2022

8 mars 2022 (Journée Internationale de la Femme)  Toronto – Traité no 13 avec les Mississaugas du Crédit  QUOI  L’intersection des conflits, de la crise climatique et de l’injustice économique et du rôle puissant des femmes dans la paix et…

Post filed in: En français, Media Releases

KAIROS virtual UN event to spotlight women’s key role in peace and sustainable development, March 22

March 8, 2022

March 8, 2022 (International Women’s Day)  Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit  WHAT  The intersection of conflict, the climate crisis and economic injustice and women’s powerful role in peace and sustainable development, will be the focus…

Post filed in: Media Releases

This International Women’s Day register for a Women of Courage workshop at the UNCSW66

March 7, 2022

FRANÇAIS | ESPAÑOL | ENGLISH | Joignez-vous à nous pour un atelier sur les Femmes de Courage lors de la Commission des Nations Unies sur la condition de la femme (CSW66) Joyeuse Journée Internationale de la Femme!  Aujourd’hui, nous reconnaissons…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice, En Español, En français, Gender Justice/Women of Courage

Urge your MP to ensure women peacebuilders are well funded in 2022/23 Budget

March 6, 2022

The Canadian government made an important promise in 2021.   That promise, if fulfilled, will help to effectively address urgent challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and conflict that affect us all, nationally and globally.  In the 2021 Throne Speech,…

Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage

KAIROS joins partners in condemning the assassination of human rights defenders Teófilo Acuña Ribón and Jorge Alberto Tafur in Colombia

March 2, 2022

On February 22, Teófilo Acuña Ribón and Jorge Alberto Tafur, two well respected human rights defenders working for land rights in Colombia were killed. Teófilo and Jorge Alberto are two of thirty-three human rights defenders murdered thus far in 2022…

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

Kaji’ Ajpop Strengthens Indigenous Women’s Rights in Guatemala

March 1, 2022

KAIROS has a long history of working with partners in Guatemala on Indigenous rights, environmental and land defense, and gender justice. In 2021, KAIROS began exploring a new partnership and supporting the work of Kaji’ Ajpop, an association that promotes…

Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Latin America

Amplifying the call for peace

March 1, 2022

KAIROS joins member churches, global ecumenical movements, partners and people from around the world including from within Russia in calling for an immediate end to all acts of war and military aggression in Ukraine.  Canada and the international community must…

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