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CAFOD earns ‘rapid response’ status for humanitarian emergencies
The Department for International Development (DfID) has appointed CAFOD as one of the first UK aid agencies to pre-qualify to receive government funds when an international crisis strikes.
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TAGS: 165.Aid, 265.Emergency news, 263.News
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Climate Justice: Catholics unite as campaign launches
Rich countries’ greed threatens millions says CAFOD director on launch of Climate Justice campaign
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Ending a culture of domestic violence
Young wife and mother Chhuo Khom tells how learning about her rights as a woman in Seam Reap, Cambodia helped her to end the abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband
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Sareth is deputy village chief in a Cambodian community where the empowerment of women ensures its development stays in the hands of the local people
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Heidi Thorsen reflects on why helping communities rebuild after the tsunami is about more than just building houses, and asks what it really means to be someone's neighbour
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The struggle for indigenous rights
Under constant threat of destruction of their society, environment, livelihoods, and at times even their lives, Brazil’s indigenous people are learning their constitutional rights
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The government asked Lord Ashdown to review the way the UK responds to emergencies around the world. We welcome the publication of his report.
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Urgent call for new rules which put morality at heart of financial system
Bishops, business leaders and the Catholic community in England and Wales are all calling for companies to ‘open up their books’ to help prevent corruption and enable poor communities to benefit from the wealth generated by natural resources, such as minerals, oil and gas.
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TAGS: 17.Campaigning, 267.Campaigning news, 287.Extractives, 131.Open up the books, 260.Private Sector, 322.Transparency
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Thirst for change: What did the G8 deliver?
On 15 May, we delivered over 60,000 Thirst for change actions to David Cameron, calling on him to use his influence to help bring clean water and safe sanitation for all. The G8 on 18-19 May was a crucial opportunity for him to push other countries to act on water poverty, how did he do?
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TAGS: 17.Campaigning, 267.Campaigning news, 177.Millennium Development Goals, 130.Thirst for change, 178.Water
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Rio +20: Brazil’s indigenous people speak out for greener, fairer future
Twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil, more than 100 government representatives from around the world, including Britain’s Caroline Spelman and Nick Clegg, will attend the Rio+20 Summit in June.
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TAGS: 17.Campaigning, 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 26.Climate Justice, 127.Rio
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