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Wednesday 10 April 2013
FI hosts Southern Cone Workshop on Human Rights and Environmental Justice
From February 11 to 15, FI hosted a workshop in Cordoba, Argentina for 20 Franciscans from the Southern Cone—Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. There were 20 participants including sisters, friars, SFO, and representatives of JUFRA. The aim of the ...
Wednesday 10 April 2013
FI Partners in Peru Make Advocacy Mission to Washington and New York
Representatives of FI partner organization GRUFIDES (Group for Training and Advocacy in Sustainable Development) traveled to the United States from March 10 to 19 for a series of advocacy and network-building activities. With Grufides, Mercy ...
Wednesday 10 April 2013
FI Workshop and Fact-finding Mission in Jamaica
FI was hosted in Jamaica by the Franciscan Sisters of Alleghany in Kingston. During a one-day workshop on using UN mechanisms to promote human rights, 40 religious from around Jamaica gathered to discuss the role of human-rights advocacy in Catholic ...