Our Pledge to Act: End Child Labour
2021 is the United Nations Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. Child labour can be defined as any work that deprives a child of their childhood. A child who is forced to work instead of play…
Childhood: a time for happiness and love, not hard labour
Call to mind your children, grandchildren, young neighbours, students and children in your extended families, neighbourhood and friendship networks. Now, ponder one…
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
This day was recognised by the UN in 2011. On this day, individuals and organisations worldwide highlight the importance of the rights of older people as prevention against the mistreatment and harm occurring in…
More than a word, Reconciliation takes action
Voice. A notion that is taking centre stage in our world today. Contemplating the notion of voice means contemplating the practice of listening. In order to listen, gazing at one another in silence with…
Landing Pad
Associating menstruation with impurity, degradation, and fear is an unfathomable concept to many of us. However, this is the reality for millions of women and girls worldwide, who struggle with an…
Clean Hands, Happy Hearts
Loreto Vietnam understands the importance of clean water, basic toilets and good hygiene for the survival and development of every human being, especially children. However, many children…
Mission is the Message
Stefania Donaera is a woman from whom the values of Mary Ward truly radiate. Justice, human rights and social needs have been at the core of each personal and professional choice she has…
Committed to the Cause – Working on the Frontline to End Human Trafficking
On Friday the 24th of July, over 300 members of the IBVM/CJ community, from sisters, students, teachers and staff, joined together on Zoom from every continent in acknowledgement of the World…
70 years Enshrining our Rights and Freedoms
Confronted by the worst that human beings can do to each other, the drafters of the International Declaration of Human Rights set about articulating…
Stand Up for Someone’s Rights Today
In this era of Brexit, Trump, Duterte and the destruction of much of the Middle East there is the temptation to retreat to the known and familiar, to build a wall around our own little enclave and focus on my particular concerns. What flows from this is, inevitably, fear…