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ERI online course creates a buzz for human rights in Misean Cara projects

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World Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10th December, the day when the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. The UDHR is a milestone document, supported by many other conventions and declarations since, which proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political […]

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Loreto Sisters highlight adolescent girls’ empowerment to combat human trafficking

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The global #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence ends today, on World Human Rights Day, and Misean Cara takes this occasion to draw attention to a publication by the Loreto Sisters in India on community-based Best Practices to Prevent Human Trafficking. Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre, supported in different stages by Misean Cara, has had considerable

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World AIDS Day 2020: COVID-19 and the Human Rights lessons we can learn from the HIV/AIDS epidemic

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For World AIDS Day 2020, Misean Cara Project Officer Eamonn Casey (Human Rights & Policy) examines the critical lessons that can be learned from the HIV/AIDS epidemic to ensure a rights-based approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdowns continue to result in multiple, intersecting crises around the world (health,

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World AIDS Day 2020: 25 Years of Support, Life, and Hope through the AAVE Group in Brazil

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Misean Cara has proudly supported the AAVE Group (Grupo Aids, Apoio, Vida, Esperanca) since 2012. Now, in 2020, the AAVE Group are celebrating 25 years of bringing support, life, and hope to people living with HIV/AIDS in the Goiania region of Brazil. Founded in 1995 by Sr. Margaret Hosty, AAVE is an organisation of the

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Misean Cara Welcomes Two New Board Members

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Misean Cara Welcomes Two New Board Members Misean Cara is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members co-opted to its Board of Directors: Ms. Marie Mulvey and Mr. Charlie Lamson. Their co-option on 11th November follows the earlier appointment to the Board of Fr. David Kenneally, a member of the Missionary Society of St.

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Inaugural Misean Cara Climate Action Award Winners Announced

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No corner of the globe is immune from the devastating consequences of climate change. Storms are more extreme, droughts are getting longer, coral reefs are dying, oceans are acidifying, and forests are burning.    At Misean Cara, we are dedicated to action in response to the global climate crisis, working to reduce our energy consumption and

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Misean Cara Congratulates Two Missionary Recipients of Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad 2020

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  Misean Cara Congratulates Two Missionary Recipients of Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad 2020 Misean Cara offers its warmest congratulations to Fr. Kevin O’Hara and Sr. Pat Murray who on 6th November were both recognised with the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad 2020. The awards were conferred by Irish

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Enabling an Effective and Efficient Response to COVID-19 through the Missionary Approach to Development

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A project of the Medical Missionaries of Mary in West Africa to raise awareness about mask-wearing and proper hand-washing technique during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take an extensive toll throughout the world in terms of lives lost, economic impact, and over-burdened healthcare systems. But the impact it is having on people

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Misean Cara CEO Praises Irish Government’s ‘Act of Global Solidarity’

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“No less than in Ireland, communities in the Global South have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic”, Mr. Moffett said. “Lockdowns have stifled economic activity. For the many people in developing countries who live from day to day, this has presented a massive challenge. Schools have been forced to close, and the worry now

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Budget 2021 submission sets out Misean Cara’s key asks of Government

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With Ireland approaching an extremely important Budget 2021 announcement by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe on 13 October, Misean Cara made its budget submission to Government in late August – following up on, and coherent with, the Irish development NGO submission by Dóchas. Misean Cara emphasised that in the current context for sustainable development, with

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