Gender Justice/Women of Courage

Women of courage gather in the Philippines to discuss mining and its impacts

July 23, 2015

KAIROS is excited to support the participation of Indigenous women from Canada and Ecuador in the International People’s Conference on Mining in the Philippines, July 30-August 1, as well as in  solidarity visits to mining affected communities  before and after…

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International People’s Conference on Mining (IPCM) in the Philippines, July 29-August 1, 2015

July 16, 2015

Connie Sorio, KAIROS’ Ecological Justice and Asia-Pacific Partnerships Coordinator, will attend the International People’s Conference on Mining (IPCM) in the Philippines, July 29-1 August 2015. Connie represented KAIROS on the 2015 IPCM coordinating committee. The IPCM is a major gathering…

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SAVE THE DATE! Gendered Impacts: Indigenous Women speak about Resource Extraction, a KAIROS BC Symposium, October 13, 2015

July 15, 2015

“ In a lot of countries women are on the frontline of this resistance and logically so because they are the ones who know by heart and by their Indigenous knowledge how mining, for example, is going to impact on…

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A Time for Hope and Solidarity

June 16, 2015

Guatemalan partner Ana Guadalupe Matzir Miculax joined us in Ottawa for the KAIROS Time for Reconciliation gathering and the closing ceremony of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), May 29-June 3 in Ottawa.  An important part of our work with…

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Gendered Impacts: Indigenous Women and Resource Extraction

May 15, 2015

The report highlights KAIROS’ work with Indigenous women and organizations to increase understanding and awareness of how resource extraction impacts Indigenous women, as well as the role of women in protecting collective rights and the environment.

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