Posts Tagged "WPS"

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

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…

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

No climate justice without peace, no peace without climate justice

November 17, 2023

In the last couple of years, there has been a growing recognition of the intersecting impacts of climate change, gender, conflict and economic injustice. This climate-conflict-gender nexus is a necessary lens through which peacebuilding efforts must now be considered. In…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice

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…

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

Women peace-builders: an investment Canada cannot afford to overlook

September 15, 2023

Investing in women peacebuilders is not just a moral and effective thing to do, it’s a good financial investment we cannot afford to overlook. The returns are vital and invaluable for all of us and for the planet. A few…

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Women Global South peacebuilders to visit Canadians this fall

September 7, 2023

Disponible en françaisDisponible en espagñol KAIROS’ Women, Peace and Security global partners will speak to empowering impacts of Canadian funded program, September 25-October 6  (Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – With Canada’s assistance, KAIROS Canada’s…

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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…

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

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 Congo They help women victims of war and conflict empower themselves to become effective peacebuilders. They assist women…

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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

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

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

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…

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

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…

Post filed in: Global South

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

Episode 2: Changing the Narrative on Gender Justice in South Sudan: Jackcilia Salathiel’s Story of Courage

January 25, 2023

Our second episode of the KAIROS Women of Courage podcast series features Jackcilia Salathiel, the National Women’s Coordinator at the South Sudan Council Churches’ National Women’s Program. Jackcilia shares her story of courage as a human rights lawyer and gender…

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Donate Today for 4X the Impact – Support Women Working for Peace

November 25, 2022

Celebrate peace and goodwill this Christmas season by supporting the extraordinary work of women peacebuilders. Remember, with every dollar you donate to the Women, Peace and Security program, you’ll unlock $3 in funding from Global Affairs Canada. This means that…

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Connecting the dots

September 28, 2022

Remember connect-the-dots pictures? Many are incredibly simple (like this bunny) – the image sometimes could even be discerned without drawing the lines between dots. But some pictures are much more complicated, with the picture emerging from all those unconnected points…

Post filed in: Corporate Accountability, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Migrant Justice

Call for bolder ecumenical commitment to justice and peace: reflections from 11th WCC Assembly

September 26, 2022

The recently concluded 11th World Council of Churches Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, was quite an experience for the more than 4,000 attendees who participated in the event, in its significance and richness in content. Participants included delegates from WCC member…

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UN Day of Peace –Climate Crisis is a peace issue

September 21, 2022

“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political,  I must listen to the birds, And in order to listen to the birds the warplanes must be silent.”   — Palestinian poet Marwan Makhoul   Today, on the United Nations International Day of…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice

KAIROS and Partners at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches

September 1, 2022

A delegation of KAIROS staff, and two representatives of the KAIROS Women of Courage: Women Peace and Security (WPS) partners from South Sudan and Palestine, are currently participating at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in…

Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage