Global South

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…

Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, WPS

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…

Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, Uncategorized

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…

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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 here Partenaires 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…

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South-South exchange meeting between the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan

July 20, 2023

Disponible en Français ici Five 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…

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Take Action to ensure that Canadian funding to the Government of the Philippines does not harm human rights defenders.

June 15, 2023

KAIROS joins the United Church and a growing number of churches and civil society organizations in expressing grave concern that the Canadian government is inadvertently enabling continued attacks on human rights and human rights defenders by providing financial, programmatic, and…

Post filed in: Global South, Human Rights, Philippines, Social Justice

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…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, Latin America, Media Releases, Social Justice

SSCC Statement on Nonviolence

April 26, 2023

“Put your sword back in its place …”(Mathew 26:52) The South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC), a KAIROS partner and participant in the Women, Peace and Security program, issued a powerful statement on nonviolence after the Ecumenical Peace Pilgrimage to…

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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…

Post filed in: Africa, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South

OFP’s International Women’s Day statement denounces violence against women as a Humanitarian Emergency

March 9, 2023

On International Women’s Day, KAIROS partner, Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), released a statement calling attention to and denouncing the increase in violence against women in the region of Magdalena Medio, including the assassination of Sandra Lozano on March 7.   The…

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Transforming dreams into reality in Colombia

February 28, 2023

I am visiting Colombia for the first time as the new Latin America Partnerships Coordinator. And this is the first time anyone from KAIROS had visited in three years, since the pandemic began. We started in Colombia with the Organización…

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

Budget 2023: Urge support for women peacebuilders

February 9, 2023

Last year, the federal government took a step toward fulfilling a promise it made during the 2021 Throne Speech. That promise was to increase Canada’s international assistance budget each year, and invest in sustainable, equitable, and feminist development that benefits…

Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, Indigenous Rights

KAIROS calls for the release of water and land defenders in El Salvador.

January 27, 2023

The flow of the river water cannot be detained for long! KAIROS, along with other 251 Organizations from 29 countries has signed a solidarity statement calling on the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against leading Water Defenders arrested on…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Global South, Latin America

International Human Rights Day

December 16, 2022

OFP Celebration of Women Human Rights Defenders This year on December 10, International Human Rights Day, KAIROS partner, the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP) in Barrancabermeja, Magdalena Medio, Colombia, celebrated the lives of Women Human Rights Defenders like Evangelina Marin Rueda,…

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The delegation to COP27 begins

November 8, 2022

The KAIROS and For Love of Creation Delegation begins! On November 9, delegates arrive in Sharm El Sheikh Egypt from across the Global South – South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, West Bank, Colombia, Ghana, Ecuador and the Philippines-…

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KAIROS brings to COP27 its Blanket Exercise and an event on gender, conflict & climate

November 8, 2022

In Egypt, KAIROS leads a Blanket Exercise on November 12, and partners with Equality Fund on Global South Perspectives on Climate Justice, Peace and Conflict, and Gender Equality, an event in the Canadian Pavilion, November 16  (Ottawa: Unceded Algonquin Territory)…

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