Gender Justice/Women of Courage
In solidarity with women migrant workers this International Women’s Day
March 5, 2025
Bénédicte arrived in Canada with the same hopes carried by countless migrant women. She sought opportunity, financial security, and a better future for her children.Like many others, she entered through Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program. This program ties migrant workers…
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Happy International Women’s Day
March 4, 2025
This is what women’s empowerment looks like Empowerment means standing together, lifting each other up, and ensuring equal opportunities for all… Whoever needs to hear this today, we see you, we hear you, and we believe you. Because what you say…
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KAIROS 2024 Global Partners Report: building and sustaining hope amidst adversity
February 12, 2025
We’re pleased to share the KAIROS 2024 Global Partners Report, which features the powerful impact of our global partners and global solidarity. From Guatemala to Kenya, KAIROS’ 14 partners—driven by courage, resilience, and a commitment to human rights, ecological and…
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Rise up against gender-based violence! KAIROS’ 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, November 25-December 10
November 25, 2024
Gender-based violence is on the rise globally. Racialized and Indigenous women are particularly affected by multiple levels of gender-based violence and oppression. Women human rights defenders, peacebuilders, community leaders, journalists and politicians are often targeted, attacked and killed for speaking out. Today…
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OFP & KAIROS grieve and denounce the assassination of one of their leaders and colleagues
July 2, 2024
On June 27, KAIROS learned from the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), our partner in Colombia, that their colleague, leader and community organizer, Yoli Maria Toloza Cardoza in Puerto Wilches, was assassinated in her home. They wrote: “On June 27 at 11:00…
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KAIROS reviews Budget 2024
April 23, 2024
While the federal government offered some good news in Budget 2024, which it announced on April 16, it also presented disappointments for KAIROS’ program areas. We are told that Budget 2024 is an attempted balancing act of spending increases while…
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A reclamation of space – how the women of Barrancabermeja, Colombia took back their territory during the OFP’s Humanitarian Mission
March 14, 2024
Spanish/EspañolEarly in the morning on March 9, women from various municipalities around Barrancabermeja, Colombia mobilized to participate and support their sisters from a neighbourhood called Comuna 7 in a march that left Camilo Torres Park at 7 am. Near the…
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International Women’s Day – Peacebuilding in the West Bank
March 7, 2024
In the lead up to International Women’s Day, KAIROS and its partners have been immersed in the Final Reporting for our six-year Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security program with Global Affairs Canada, including Wi’am: Palestinian Conflict Transformation Centre,…
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International Women’s Day in Colombia
March 5, 2024
Seguir en español.There are several reasons to visit our partners, but this March, I will join the Organizacion Femenina Popular (OFP) in Barrancabermeja, Colombia for a common cause – the struggle for equality, women’s rights, and an end to violence…
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Women do the sustainability heavy lifting worldwide
January 23, 2024
Two weeks before the 28th UN climate change conference (COP28) kicked off in Dubai, I was at a women-led nature centre in the heart of Colombia. Conceived and managed by the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), La Comunera is helping to lay the…
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Let’s talk social and ecological justice in Budget 2024
January 19, 2024
Join us in urging Canada to invest in social and ecological justice! The Canadian government is preparing for Budget 2024 and wants to hear from you! This is a great opportunity to voice your support for KAIROS’ priority areas. Please take five…
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Interview with Kelly Campo on La Comunera
December 11, 2023
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Colombia’s kairos moment
November 30, 2023
We are in Colombia during a kairos moment.We are here, specifically, to witness firsthand the work of the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), a KAIROS Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Program partner. The OFP is a long-standing KAIROS…
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My eye-opening visit with the OFP in Colombia
November 27, 2023
I write from the heart of Barrancabermeja Colombia, on a trip that has been an eye-opener for me. I am KAIROS’ Finance Coordinator, and a delegate with KAIROS’ Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) program, visiting the Organization Femenina Popular (OFP),…
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Colombia Visit – Rachel Warden – OFP – Wi’am – Candle Vigil
November 24, 2023
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Solidarity spells M.U.J.E.R.
November 24, 2023
Post from San Pablo, Cantagallo. ColombiaWomen from the neighbourhoods around San Pablo, Sur de Bolivar gathered at the Organizacion Femenina Popular (Women’s House) to discuss the details of the upcoming vigil for peace and against violence and to send a…
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Photo Essay Climate-Conflict-Gender Tour
October 16, 2023
After months of planning, KAIROS and network welcomed its Women of Courage (WPS) partners from September 25 to October 6 with open arms and hearts. This was part of the long-anticipated Climate, Conflict, Gender: KAIROS Canada’s Women of Courage Visit…
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Read all about it! Women Peace and Security at a Glance report for Year Five
August 24, 2023
English Français Español Progress report! Take a glance at KAIROS Women, Peace and Security Year 5 successes! More women impacted by conflict have benefited from psychosocial, human rights and legal support and are actively engaged in peacebuilding processes. More men…
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They are on their way! Women of Courage partners to visit Canada this fall
August 9, 2023
“Supporting women in their empowerment initiatives: a matter for one and all.”Néné Lubala Neema, Héritiers de la Justice, the Democratic of the CongoThey help women victims of war and conflict empower themselves to become effective peacebuilders.They assist women impacted by…
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Interview with Neema Nene Lubala at the WPS South South Exchange in Wau South Sudan
July 31, 2023
A brief interview with Neema Nene Lubala, Héritiers de la Justice participant in Wau, South Sudan, during the Women, Peace and Security partners exchange. In South Sudan the partners were hosted by the South Sudan Council of Churches
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WPS African partner brings WPS program to life at the South-South Exchange in Nairobi
July 24, 2023
We are in Kenya and South Sudan for the KAIROS Women of Courage Women Peace and Security (WPS) program South-South Exchange. This exchange is between KAIROS partners, Heritiers de la Justice (HJ) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…
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Exchanges for peace
July 21, 2023
“Exchanges provide a forum for knowledge exchange and learning of best practices that can be replicated in our country.”We would like to refer to this South South exchange between The South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) and Héritiers de la…
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Rassemblement Sud-Sud d’échange entre la République Démocratique du Congo et le Sud Soudan
July 20, 2023
Available in English herePartenaires d’exécution du Programme Kairos Femmes de courage : Femme, Paix et Sécurité (WPS) respectivement en République Démocratique du Congo et au Sud Soudan depuis avril 2018, cinq délégué-e-s de l’organisation Héritiers de la Justice (HJ) et trois…
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South-South exchange meeting between the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan
July 20, 2023
Disponible en Français iciFive delegates from the organization Héritiers de la Justice (HJ) and three from the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) are meeting from July 17 to 22, 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, to exchange their experiences in promoting…
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Women, Peace and Security Partner Exchange between the South Sudan Council of Churches and Héritiers de la Justice begins in Nairobi
July 17, 2023
From July 16-30, 2023, KAIROS Women, Peace and Security (WPS) partners- Héritiers de la Justice (HJ) from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) – are coming together for a partners’ exchange in Nairobi…
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Canada recognizes KAIROS partner for gender, climate and peace work
June 14, 2023
Global Affairs Canada awards Organización Femenina Popular during the second annual Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Awards Ceremony(Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – KAIROS is thrilled to announce that Global Affairs Canada (GAC) awarded the…
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Story of Change: Hon. Christine’s participation and influence in transitions from conflict in South Sudan
April 21, 2023
At a recent visit to our KAIROS partner, South Sudan Council of Churches in South Sudan, my colleagues Radia Mbengue and Barbara Mangwende and I were privileged to witness the work of SSCC’s National Women’s Programme (NWP) which is supported…
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Thousands of women mobilize in Colombia
April 4, 2023
Thousands of women mobilize in Colombia for presentation of Human Rights Report by National Office of the Ombudsman.Spanish report belowOn March 23, the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), a partner in KAIROS’ Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security program, mobilized…
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