(With permission from the author to republish) Hardly anyone who uses digital media thinks about energy consumption and the resulting impact on climate. That’s because we don’t know exactly what digital life, from email to [read…]
On May 13, 2021, the military and police came to evict 85 Ava Guarani indigenous families and bulldoze their buildings to make way for the cultivation of soybeans for the international market. The land is [read…]
I just wrote the reality in our African context, which is so disturbing. We need prayers, and we also need people who will be heard to speak out to save this part of the world. [read…]
South Sudan is the world’s youngest country. Recently, the nation completed ten years of independence. South Sudan ranks behind Syria, Venezuela, and Afghanistan, with 2.2 million refugees. Most of them fled to neighboring Uganda, a [read…]
VIVAT Members in Timor Leste have submitted a report for the third cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Timor Leste (link: https://uprdoc.ohchr.org/index.aspx ). JPIC groups of the SSpS and SVD congregations and the Maliana [read…]
The Divine Word Missionaries in the Philippine SVD Central Province, under Fr. Jerome Marquez, SVD, have heeded the call of Laudato Si. The leaders mobilized the whole SVD Central Province, every parish, school, and office [read…]
The United Nations Human Rights Council held its regular 47th session from June 21 to July 13, 2021, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The hybrid Council met with most statements delivered virtually. The [read…]
Trafficking in persons has a tremendously and long-lasting negative impact on victims. They experience traumatic disorders, material losses, health problems such as sexually transmitted infections, mental disorders and even death. Read the statement here: Trafficking [read…]
Highlights from the webinar on human trafficking – June 23, 2021 The very high demand for very cheap products, the ruthless international competition, and the complexity of the global networks of subcontractors linked to this [read…]
By signing the 2030 Agenda in 2015, the world leaders are committed to achieving 17 goals and 169 targets of Sustainable Development. The SDG 8.7 on decent work for all has its targets to be [read…]
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