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KAIROS at UNCSW67 – Tackling the gender digital divide
March 24, 2023
Women and girls face a digital divide. There has been no framework to address this – until now. On March 18, Member States at the UN 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) agreed to an outcome…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
“Inspiring and humbling.” UN women’s events lead discussion on digital access and security
March 24, 2023
I attended the 67th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) during its first week: March 6-11, along with Lucy Talgieh, the Women’s Project Coordinator at Wi’am: Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center and a KAIROS Women of Courage: Women, Peace…
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Technology, cyber space and total isolation – UNCSW67
March 23, 2023
I could not guarantee my arrival to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW67). I do not take the trip and journey to New York with ease. I do not take for granted how many people, organizations and supporters…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
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
International Women’s Day Greeting from UNCSW67-Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age
March 7, 2023
The theme of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) is “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.” This theme…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Everybody Needs a Home
February 28, 2023
Toronto city started tracking deaths of homeless people in 2017, when an average of 1.9 died per week; in 2021, an average of 4.3 of the unhoused died each week.This was one of the stark statistics researchers Sandra Fawcett and…
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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
Unearthing Solidarity: Global Voices on Mining Justice
February 27, 2023
Generally, we consider gold as a noble matter, but we can state that its extraction in the most of the cases is full of violence. – Fr. Dário BossiTwo things stick with me, haunt me, from the webinar, “Unearthing Solidarity:…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
KAIROS celebrates Black voices of resistance during Black History Month
February 27, 2023
KAIROS celebrated Black History Month with a roundtable event on February 22, 2023 that brought together speakers of African descent and of the Diaspora and Indigenous communities in Canada to reflect on Black Resistance in the arts, environmental and social…
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Voices of Resistance: A celebration of Black History and Imagining Futures
February 16, 2023
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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
Take Action – Keep up the pressure on Bill C-226 to end Environmental Racism
February 2, 2023
Canada has no strategy to include environmental justice or racism in its environmental assessment or planning – not yet. The federal private member’s Bill C-226, which is before the House of Commons, addresses this shortcoming. Officially called “An Act respecting…
Post filed in: Corporate Accountability, Ecological Justice
KAIROS Wish List 2023
February 1, 2023
KAIROS 2023 WISH LIST As we emerge from a year of mounting crises, we are encouraged by the growing calls to center the leadership of Indigenous peoples, women, and youth in decisions related to transitioning to a just and sustainable global…
Post filed in: Calls To Action, Corporate Accountability, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Migrant Justice
Joint statement of the ENSS on Pope Francis’ ‘pilgrimage of peace’
February 1, 2023
Joint statement of the Ecumenical Network on South Sudan on Pope Francis’ ‘pilgrimage of peace’Member organizations of the Ecumenical Network of South Sudan (ENSS), including KAIROS Canada, have released a joint statement calling on the global Church and for governments…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Statements
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 January…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, 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
May your heart be at rest and comforted with peace this Christmas.
December 21, 2022
2022 has been a year of amazing grace and tenacious courage. As the world opened up, with both anticipation and trepidation, we invited the return of some former normalcy and also continued to fervently adjust and learn the newness of…
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African and Indigenous women voices essential for climate action
December 20, 2022
Post filed in: Africa, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Op Eds
Stop the Deportation of Climate Activist and International Student Zain Haq
December 19, 2022
Join those who are urging Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Refugees, Sean Fraser, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to immediately suspend and revoke deportation proceedings against Zain Haq.Zain is “a known and respected peaceful activist in our midst, and…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
COP27 may be over but the delegates’ voices continue
December 19, 2022
It’s a few weeks since I returned from COP27, held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where I accompanied the KAIROS Canada and For the Love of Creation delegation. Delegates included Indigenous partners and youth from Turtle Island, and KAIROS Women, Peace…
Post filed in: COP27, Ecological Justice
COP 15 on biodiversity as ecological justice
December 19, 2022
The Biodiversity COP 15 in Montreal with 10,000 delegates from around the world is coming to an end. The conference’s objective is to determine the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The astonishing collapse of the abundance and variety of living beings worldwide…
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KAIROS urges full regularization of the undocumented from federal government
December 16, 2022
The federal government is discussing the terms of a regularization program for people who are undocumented in Canada. KAIROS Canada has been calling for Status for All for years.On December 15, Aisha Francis, KAIROS’ Executive Director, sent a letter to…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
International Human Rights Day
December 16, 2022
OFP Celebration of Women Human Rights DefendersThis 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, teacher…
Post filed in: Global South
KAIROS Holiday Closure
December 12, 2022
As the year draws to a close, KAIROS Canada is deeply grateful to its members, partners, network and donors who help make our work in faithful action for justice and peace possible.Please note that the KAIROS offices will close on…
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What impact will your Christmas donation to KAIROS have?
December 8, 2022
A significant one. Your donation to KAIROS’ Women, Peace and Security program will have 4X the impact! Juan Rachael Michael Roberto standing in front of the COP27 sign.Juan Rachael Michael Roberto and her colleagues are bringing women and youth together to…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Statements
Violence Against Women and Mother Earth
December 4, 2022
Mother Earth suffers through her daughters and with them. She exists and persists, and along with her daughters, they thread their lives and territories. Violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, and peace and to…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
How my trip to Egypt for COP27 brought me a deeper connection to my land, my culture and myself
December 1, 2022
I wasn’t sure COP27 was for me, until key experiences showed me I belonged.I have never been good at saying no.So when I heard of an opportunity to attend this fall’s UN COP27 climate summit, I jumped at the opportunity,…
Post filed in: COP27, Ecological Justice, Media Releases
