Posts Tagged "WPS"

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…

Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage

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…

Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage

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…

Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage

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