Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Time to rethink the model: distinctions-based framework is colonial, sexist, and simply doesn’t work
April 22, 2021
Invite us to the table. End the discrimination. And respectfully use a distinction-based approach when it is needed. Not as a blanket approach to exclude women and gender diverse people or other relevant stakeholders.The federal government likes to say it…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
Gender-based violence in Colombia, from the utopia of norms to reality #CSW65
April 20, 2021
Among the many conclusions at the UN Commission on the Status of Women as well as figures and statistics—concrete data and real cases—on the global increase of gender-based violence experienced in the last year due to the pandemic, the specific case of Colombia continues to astonish. In Colombia femicides have increased by 175% compared to last year, with a total of 630 femicides during 2020. Despite this reality, there is a…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
First climate change lawsuit in Ecuador
April 19, 2021
La versión en español de este blog sigue a continuación. The following is a summary and update from Ivonne Yánez of Acción Ecológica (Ecuador) on the status of the first climate change lawsuit to be heard in Ecuador. Acción Ecológica is a KAIROS global partner. Acción Ecológica, together with the Union of People Affected by Texaco (UDAPT), the International…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, En Español, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Latin America
IPMSDL hosts third Women Resisting Extractivism Film Night
April 13, 2021
KAIROS would like to thank the international Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination & Liberation (IPMSDL) for hosting the April Session of the Women Resisting Extractivism Film Club. Over seventy people joined the evening to watch the documentaries Ground Zero and Imaset, which were introduced by Beverly Longid through video. And listen to…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
Extraction, cooptation are not feminist policies #CSW65
April 8, 2021
en français | en españolFrom Zoom link to livestream, across multiple corners of the Earth, and very much in spite of digital inequities, people came together for the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65). The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the United Nations and other organizing entities to undertake a…
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The pandemic will not hinder us from uniting as women #CSW65
April 6, 2021
en français | en españolI was honored to attend the CSW65 from March 15-26, 2021 as part of the KAIROS’ delegation and through the generous accommodation of ACT Alliance. The pandemic may have hindered women from gathering physically but, through technology, participants including here in the Philippines were able to experience New York for two weeks. Indeed, not even a…
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Héritiers de la Justice in DR Congo overcame language challenges to engage virtually in #CSW65
March 30, 2021
en français | en españolKAIROS partner in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Héritiers de la Justice (HJ) participated in workshops during the virtual United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women Session 65, March 15 to 26, 2021 (CSW65) based on a number of themes related to increasing capacity for programming within the framework of the Women, Peace and Security project. HJ focused…
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Women Resisting Extractivism Film Club | “Ground Zero”
March 29, 2021
Join KAIROS’ MERE Hub on Monday, April 12th at 8:00pm EDT (8:00am Tuesday, April 13 in the Philippines) for the third installment of its virtual film club on the gendered impacts of resource extraction. This third session will be hosted by Beverly Longid of international Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination & Liberation (IPMSDL). IPMSDL have chosen the documentary “Ground Zero.” The film…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
I am not alone #CSW65
March 29, 2021
en français | en españolGreetings from Bethlehem. I would like to thank KAIROS for providing the opportunity for me to participate in the sixty-fifth Commission on Status of Women (CSW65) for the first time. I am Minerva Q. Jarayseh, a lecturer in the social science department at the University of Bethlehem, women’s advocate and family counselor. There were many interesting and relevant topics with great panelists outlined in the heavily packed programmes. It was rather unfortunate…
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À propos du premier rapport d’Investigate PH
March 24, 2021
La Coalition Internationale d’organisations civiles, politiques et juridiques (Investigate PH) qui a enquêté sur les violations des droits humains aux Philippines a finalement complété son premier rapport et l’a rendu public lors d’une cérémonie officielle tenue le 16 mars 2021. Ce rapport a dévoilé non seulement l’existence des cas graves…
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Investigate PH releases searing report to the UN on political repression in the Philippines
March 24, 2021
In its first report, released on March 16, Investigate PH warns of intensified political repression in the Philippines since the summer, fueled by the recently enacted Anti-Terrorism Act, and the brutal implementation of a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. The report, which is the first in a series that will be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council 48th Session in September 2021, also…
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Open letter calls on the Canadian government to speak out against killings in the Philippines
March 23, 2021
KAIROS was among sixty-five organizations in Canada (including churches, trade unions and Filipino associations) that sent an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling on him to publicly condemn the killings of human rights defenders in the Philippines. The letter responds to a series of military operations that took place during the weekend of March 4-7, 2021 in which 9 labour and Indigenous leaders…
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The global gender inequality pandemic highlighted at the #CSW65
March 22, 2021
en français | en españolIn the first of the two week of meetings that I have participated in at the CSW65 on March 15-26, 2021, similar issues have been raised by women from around the world and these have been numerous – the impacts of COVID-19 on women and the ensuing vaccine inequity,…
Post filed in: En Español, En français, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Being a part of history #CSW65
March 19, 2021
en français | en españolI am Lucy Talgieh, the Women Coordinator at Wi’am: Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center in Bethlehem, Palestine. I am currently participating in the online 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW65). It was always my dream to take part in the…
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For such a time as this… SHE DARES! #CSW65
March 18, 2021
en français | en español When women who know themselves begin to speak, there is no doubt that their presence fills the room. Even over the internet, a “breath of life” connects the body gathered, as these rooted women ignite passion. Their…
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KAIROS and partners at the UN Commission on Status of Women, March 15-26
March 17, 2021
CSW65 blog seriesA delegation of 20, comprised of KAIROS Women of Courage partners from Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Israel/Palestine, the Philippines and South Sudan and KAIROS partnership staff, is currently participating in the online UN Commission on Status of Women (UNCSW65). The annual UN…
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Stories of Courage, Stories of Change: Women peacebuilders as frontline workers
March 16, 2021
The first blog coming from KAIROS delegates to the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65).
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People before patents, open letter to PM on vaccine equity
March 11, 2021
KAIROS joined 40 civil society organizations in Canada including churches, unions, human rights groups and health organizations in signing an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for greater action from the Canadian government on vaccine equity. The letter calls on Canada to endorse a proposal at the World Trade…
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Call to the Canadian government to take action on vaccine equity
March 11, 2021
A year into the global COVID-19 pandemic, it’s time to “use every tool” to ensure that people world-wide have access to vaccines, argues the head of the World Health Organization (WTO). KAIROS has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to encourage greater efforts toward fair global access to COVID vaccines. The letter…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
KAIROS decries recent raids and massacre in the Philippines
March 10, 2021
KAIROS is deeply concerned about the escalating human rights crisis and ongoing impunity in the Philippines. We join partners in the Philippines and civil society organizations in Canada and around the world in condemning the recent raids and massacre, now known as the Bloody Sunday raids….
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Urge full funding for women peacebuilders
March 8, 2021
Happy International Women’s Day!International Women’s Day, March 8, is observed throughout the world as a day of action for women, a time to reflect on and celebrate advances in gender equality, as well as to raise awareness of the work left to be done. …
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Women Resisting Extractivism Film Club: March 16, 7PM EST
February 28, 2021
Join KAIROS’ MERE Hub on Tuesday, March 16 at 7:00pm EST for the second installment of its virtual film club on the gendered impacts of resource extraction. Hosted by members of the Latin American Network of Women Defenders of Social and Environmental Rights, Nancy Fuentes (Grufides,…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
KAIROS Women of Courage partners at the CSW65
February 25, 2021
March 8 is the annual International Women’s Day (IWD), observed throughout the world as a day of action for women, a time to reflect on and celebrate advances in gender equality, as well as raising awareness of the work left to be done. This year’s campaign…
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Ecumenical Forum for Peace pens open letter to Colombian President
February 16, 2021
“The escalation of the armed conflict and the expansion of violence in addition to the health crisis are putting some human groups and communities at serious risk of extinction—t heir survival is in peril. All this is aggravated by the systematic murder of ethnic…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
Dr. Sherry Pictou on indigeneity, feminism, and resource extraction
February 5, 2021
“I have been working with KAIROS through the MERE project in advocating for accountability and [for a more substantive, authoritative role for] the recently appointed Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, a position that basically remains advisory. My concern is this:…
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KAIROS 2021 Wish List
February 3, 2021
As Canada continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, we recognize that we are in a ‘kairos’ moment. In that spirit, KAIROS Canada wishes the following in 2021… That the Canadian government, provinces and territories:Work with Indigenous family members and survivors, gender-diverse people, and Indigenous nations and…
Post filed in: Calls To Action, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Migrant Justice
KAIROS supports Global Launch of Investigate PH
February 1, 2021
Investigate PH is an independent, international investigation on human rights violations in the Philippines KAIROS joins churches and civil society organizations and leaders from around the world in participating in InvestigatePH, an independent global initiative concerned with the current state of human rights situation in…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Ecumenical letter to Minister Garneau calls on Canada to respond to escalating human rights violations in the Philippines
January 29, 2021
KAIROS, the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada, in solidarity with partners, the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and the Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (EcuVoice), have written a letter to the Minister…
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