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Misean Cara backs Irish Civil Society call for A People’s Vaccine to tackle COVID-19

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Misean Cara has joined with a group of Irish FBOs and NGOs in actively promoting the People’s Vaccine Campaign for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and related technology. Along with several other organisations including Oxfam, AMRI, Christian Aid and ActionAid, we are lending our voice to the call for vaccine equity and have added […]

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MissionAid April 2021: Delivering education during COVID-19

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Read the latest project updates and news from Misean Cara in the latest issue of our MissionAid newsletter. MissionAid April 2021During the COVID-19 pandemic the impact on education for children worldwide has been profound, but the longer-term consequences can be especially dire for students in developing countries. In this issue of MissionAid you’ll find a special feature

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International Women’s Day 2021: “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”

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This year’s UN theme for International Women’s Day (8th March), is a very fitting one for 2021–“Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” It has been a year of unimaginable challenges and difficulties for everyone in the face of the global pandemic, but today we take time out to celebrate the

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International Women’s Day 2021: “Choose to Challenge”

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The theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is “Choose to Challenge”, an idea that has at its core the aim to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements in a world where gender bias and inequality are still an all-too-present reality for many women. It’s a global day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political

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Misean Cara supports Human Rights Day seminar linking education and child rights

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To mark World Human Rights Day, Misean Cara partner De La Salle Solidarity International is co-hosting a seminar on best practices from around the world in responding to Pope Francis’s Global Compact on Education, launched in October. This is the third annual seminar on children’s rights by De La Salle and partners the International Catholic

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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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