This week at the White House, President Trump’s words and actions shook anyone with respect for human rights and empathy for others. The dismantling of USAID has caused shockwaves...

Today over 200 million girls and women worldwide are impacted by Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or cutting. FGM is the harmful practice of removing, cutting or injuring female genital...

On our television screens, our smartphones and in the headlines, we are living in a time where crisis is being documented in real-time from news reporters and those experiencing...

April 24th marks International Day of Multilateralism & Diplomacy for Peace which was founded after the devastation of the Second World War in 1945 with one central mission: the...

Since October, all of us have seen the horrors of war and violence which continues to tear families apart, ruin childhoods and cause the deaths of thousands of civilians,...

Back in 1993, the General Assembly decided in a resolution that 15th May of every year should be observed as The International Day of Families. This day provides an opportunity...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVW) is an international holiday which recognises the work and efforts of women’s rights activists against gender-based violence observed on...

The death of 84-year-old Jesuit Stan Swamy SJ in hospital, while awaiting bail from an Indian prison, has caused shockwaves throughout the world. Falsely accused of being linked to...

84-year-old Jesuit gravely ill in prison with “headache, fever and cough”

Stan Swamy SJ is an 83-year-old human rights defender in India. He has worked for five decades with marginalised and vulnerable communities, especially the indigenous Adivasi peoples and the...