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On #HumanRightsDay and this last day of the #16DaysofActivism Against Gender-Based Violence, KAIROS’ Rachel Warden reflects on finding hope in local courage and everyday acts of activism — even as global human rights violations escalate.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #EndGBV #HumanRights
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Murray Pruden (Cree First Nations) urges us to create communities where #TwoSpirit youth are safe, supported and never alone - because every story deserves to continue.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #TwoSpirit #2slgbtqiaplus
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Indigenous “warrior” once meant protector, partner, caregiver. Connor Sarazin (Algonquin) urges men to reclaim that role and stand against the systemic violence facing #Indigenous women.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #HeforShe #MaleAllyship #MMIWG
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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#Migrant women’s quiet acts of care are activism. Leah Shifferaw writes about the reality of structural violence in Canada’s migration system & the solidarity that sustains hope & resistance.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #MigrantWorkers #Status4All
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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“In activism I find hope.” Patricia Mungcal of the National Council of Churches in the #Philippines carried the stories of disaster-hit communities to #COP30 and returned with a renewed commitment to collective action & justice.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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In today’s #16DaysofActivism reflection, Gabriel Duar of the #SouthSudan Council of Churches shares the importance of #maleallyship in confronting gender-based violence & strengthening communities.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #MaleAllies #HeforShe
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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In today’s @theglobeandmail.com, KAIROS’ Beth Lorimer says foreign aid isn’t the problem — debt and an unfair financial system are. Canada should back debt cancellation and local, women-led development.

Read: tinyurl.com/3yxrj7ja @globalaffairs.canada.ca

#ForeignAid #AidWorks
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Brandi Bilodeau, #indigenousrights Coordinator, shares reflections from #COP30 on how colonial violence, extractivism & gender-based violence are deeply intertwined & why small acts of courage & care are essential to systemic change.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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KAIROS joins 250+ civil society orgs urging Canada to protect its #FeministForeignPolicy commitments. With human rights under attack globally, Canada needs to strengthen these policies, not roll them back. Read the open letter calling for urgent action.

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#GenderPolicy
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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“Without gender justice and environmental justice, peace will not be possible.” Organización Femenina Popular’s Zarith Torres & Kelly Campo connect gender justice, environmental justice & peace.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #EndGBV
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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In today’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence post, Tarek Al-Zoughbi of Wi’am reflects on what it means to be a #MaleAlly in the struggle for #genderjustice.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #HeforShe #MaleAllyship #MaleAllies #Palestine
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Small acts disrupt systemic violence. In today’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence reflection, KAIROS’ ED, Tania Principe calls us to challenge harmful systems & stand with movements advancing justice.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #EndGBV
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Activism grows when young women & girls are heard. Today’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence reflection highlights the youth-led Conversation Circles at the Mary Ward Centre & their powerful calls for change.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #EndGBV
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Everyday care = everyday activism. Today, Diala Ghattas of Wi’am: Palestinian Centre for Conflict Transformation shares how her daily work supports Palestinian women facing escalating violence & dispossession.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #EndGBV #Palestine #WestBank
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Longing for community & hope? Join the KAIROS BC-Yukon Story Sharing Circle Sat, Nov 29 (10am PT).
Hear justice stories on climate, right relations, & human rights. Come for solidarity, leave inspired!
All welcome.
Register: link.kairoscanada.org/bc-yukon
#Justice #Solidarity #KAIROS #Community
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Women are protecting survivors, documenting human rights violations & shaping lasting peace in the DR Congo. Hear from Chantal Bililu of Héritiers de la Justice in today’s reflection for the 16 Days of Activism.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #EndGBV #DRC
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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In her video reflection on the 16 Days of Activism, Priscilla Ajak of the #SouthSudan Council of Churches highlight women’s leadership in trauma healing, reconciliation & sustainable peacebuilding. The work transforms communities.
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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism # #EndGBV
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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We start the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence w/ a powerful reflection from KAIROS' Silvia Vasquez-Olguin who reminds us that #activism lives in our everyday acts of care & courage.

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#KAIROS16DaysofActivism #16DaysofActivism #EndGBV
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Letter to @hilltimes.com KAIROS’ Alfredo Barahona calls on #Ecuador & Canada to stop criminalizing #Indigenous land defenders & uphold their rights & decisions in the face of harmful mining projects.
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#corporateaccountability
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November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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In this @rci.bsky.social article, KAIROS’ Silvia Vásquez-Olguín w/ #KAIROSCOP30 Delegation speaks of the difficulties of civil society to be heard at #COP30 where industry loudly defends their interests.
Eng translation: link.kairoscanada.org/silvia...
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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KAIROS’ Danielle Kamtié was in Uganda for the #FECCLAHA forum. She writes that youth & church leaders are crucial shapers of solutions for holistic peace. Their voices on the Youth Peace & Security agenda and #SDGs are essential to transform systems - zurl.co/r46L4

#ClimateJustice #YPS
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Banks and hedge funds profit from unfair loans to vulnerable nations. 54 countries spend more on
debt than on hospitals or schools. The system’s broken and it’s costing lives. Time to fix global debt for good.

Sign the petition: link.kairoscanada.org/jp

#turndebtintohope #unfairloans #debtjustice
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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At COP30, KAIROS pressed Canada: Climate finance is a responsibility, not charity. We demand scaled-up, predictable, gender-transformative support for communities already hit hard by the crisis. Justice cannot wait.
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#ClimateJustice #ClimateFinance #KAIROSCOP30
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Brief article on The Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement & the Upcoming Referendum in Ecuador on whether to rewrite the world’s only constitution that recognizes the Rights of Nature, with sharp comments from✍️
@lughiotto.bsky.social -TNI

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November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Let this song be a prayer for justice – and a push for change.

Call on leaders to turn debt into hope.

✍️ Sign the Jubilee petition: kairoscanada.org/jubilee-202...

#turndebtintohope
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM