Posts Tagged "Global South"
The African People’s Climate and Development Declaration 2023
September 16, 2023
World leaders gathered in Nairobi, Kenya from September 4 to 8 for the Africa Climate Summit to discuss regional interests ahead of COP28. Civil society raised concerns that Western and corporate interests hijacked the Summit in their push for false…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
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)…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, WPS
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…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, WPS
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…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, WPS
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…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, WPS
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
Indigenous Knowledge in Action – Mayan Women on Local Policy Councils
June 9, 2023
Imagine Indigenous women at decision-making tables from the local level right up to the national, deliberating with communities and governments in the defense of Mother Earth and incorporating Indigenous knowledge and wisdom into state laws? This is something that doesn’t…
Post filed in: Climate Action Week, Ecological Justice
Voices from COP27 – Ongoing Work for Climate Justice
June 8, 2023
In November 2022, KAIROS and For the Love of Creation (FLC) supported a delegation of global partners, and Indigenous partners and youth from Canada to COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The delegation was framed around the theme, Decolonizing Climate Action,…
Post filed in: Climate Action Week, Ecological Justice
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…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South
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
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)…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, Indigenous Rights
