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Posts Categorized: Advocacy
May 30, 2013
from Amnesty International Two members of the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan, Reverend Idris Joshua Idris Nalos and Pastor Trainee David Gayin, were arrested from their homes by security forces on 19 May. They are being detained incommunicado, without access to a lawyer or their family, and are at risk of torture or other forms… Read more »
May 24, 2013
Why do followers of Jesus work in the public arena – that part of our life where communities and countries and corporations and the nations of the world make policies that shape our common life? What theological principles and Biblical stories call us to and sustain us in such ministry? How do we witness and… Read more »
May 16, 2013
From our colleagues in the Office of Public Witness Ask the State Department to Deny Entry to Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie In 1989, Farouk Mohammed Ibrahim, a former science professor at the University of Khartoum, was arrested for his outspoken criticism of the Sudanese government. For twelve days, he was held in one of Sudan’s notorious… Read more »
May 16, 2013
Remarks by Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador-at-Large Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the high-level meeting on the Appraisal of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. AS DELIVERED Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I’m pleased to join so many partners and stakeholders today to discuss progress and the path… Read more »
May 1, 2013
An estimated 1.2 million children all over the world are annually exploited through prostitution, pornography, and trafficking. Some travelers use tours and hotels as venues to exploit children. Without clear policies and training, staff are not equipped to identify and react to such behavior. You can take a stand against the sexual exploitation of children… Read more »
April 25, 2013
Below is a message from Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on World Malaria Day. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL — MESSAGE ON WORLD MALARIA DAY 25 April 2013 Since world leaders adopted the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, a broad partnership of governments, United Nations entities, philanthropies and businesses has combined to protect hundreds of millions of people from… Read more »
April 22, 2013
An update from our partners in the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship: Friends, Thank you to the many of you who have already begun reaching out in response to our urgent action this Saturday. We wanted to provide A CORRECTED E-MAIL ADDRESS and a few critical updates based on some of the feedback we have received… Read more »
April 22, 2013
Our partners in the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship have asked that we share the information below from our partners in ministry of the Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia. Yesterday we received an urgent communication from the Rev. Jaira Barriga of the Presbytery of the North Coast in Colombia concerning the murder on April 12, 2013, of… Read more »
April 8, 2013
Last week, I hosted a workshop at the Compassion, Peace and Justice Training Day in Washington, DC. The workshop focused on global discipleship and food and hunger advocacy within the international community. Participants looked at three critical global issues around food and hunger policy: soil, water and land grabbing. Participants talked about ways in which… Read more »
March 8, 2013
On Friday afternoon, an advocacy delegation from Ecumenical Women visited the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. The delegation met with Ambassador Shin Dong-Ik, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. From the ambassador, they learned about Korea’s work on the Security Council. They… Read more »
