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FI's Denise Boyle, F.M.D.M. Featured in St. Anthony Messenger Magazine

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"Wherever the dignity, equality and basic human rights of an individual or group are denied, Franciscans go into action!" said Sr. Denise Boyle fmdm, Executive Director in an article about Franciscans International published in the August edition of the St. Anthony Messenger magazine.

 

FI Launches Annual Student Human Rights Competition

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Geneva

FI is launching a Human Rights Competition to raise students’ awareness and interest in Human Rights and the work of FI at the United Nations to address injustices that impact on the poor and the vulnerable.

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Celebrated in Thailand

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A "Discourse, Identity and Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Thailand" day was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand to celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People (IP) on 9 August.

 

Advance Regional Human Rights Advocacy Training held in Eastern Africa

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Franciscans International (FI) in collaboration with the Little Sisters of St. Francis (LSOSF) and the Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Franciscans Africa (JPIC FA) held a week long training at the Cannossian Retreat Centre in Arusha, Tanzania in July.

 

Indigenous Peoples Recognised at United Nations

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New York

There was a time when the word 'indigenous' did not appear in the United Nation's vocabulary.

FI participates in vote on new resolution for the rights to water and sanitation

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New York

FI participates in vote on new resolution for the rights to water and sanitation

 

Getting to Zero Nuclear Weapons: Franciscans seek partners to work for this goal

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Clinton, Iowa

"Nobody likes nuclear weapons," said Laura Anderson, coordinator of the Clinton (Iowa, USA) Franciscan Center for Active Nonviolence and Peacemaking (CANV), "but most of us feel powerless to do anything about them. However, we can do something if we work together, and the time is now."

 

Franciscans International 2009 Annual Report Summary Version Available Online Now!

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The Franciscans International 2009 Annual Report - Summary Version is available online now!  Click to download English Summary.  To view the 2009 Annual Report in its entirety click here.

 

 

Trafficking and organised crime epidemic growing

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Geneva

On July 2nd, FI welcomed Ronald Charles Chance to present at the third 'Hear It from the Experts' evening in New York.

At the UN in New York - Promises to keep; and miles to go before we sleep.

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New York

Eight promises were made to every person in the world at the turn of the Millennium by 187 countries, Member States of the United Nations. The countries promised: to halve the number of people living on less than a dollar a day, to ensure primary education for all boys and girls, to promote gender equality, to reduce child and maternal mortality, to provide universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, to ensure environmental sustainability, and to develop an international, rule-based financial system - all by 2015!

 

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