On May 13, 2021, the military and police came to evict 85 Ava Guarani indigenous families and bulldoze their buildings to make way for the cultivation of soybeans for the international market. The land is [read…]
South Sudan is the world’s youngest country. Recently, the nation completed ten years of independence. South Sudan ranks behind Syria, Venezuela, and Afghanistan, with 2.2 million refugees. Most of them fled to neighboring Uganda, a [read…]
VIVAT Members in Timor Leste have submitted a report for the third cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Timor Leste (Read here…). JPIC groups of the SSpS and SVD congregations and the Maliana Diocese [read…]
The Divine Word Missionaries in the Philippine SVD Central Province, under Fr. Jerome Marquez, SVD, have heeded the call of Laudato Si. The leaders mobilized the whole SVD Central Province, every parish, school, and office [read…]
The United Nations Human Rights Council held its regular 47th session from June 21 to July 13, 2021, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The hybrid Council met with most statements delivered virtually. The [read…]
Trafficking in persons has a tremendously and long-lasting negative impact on victims. They experience traumatic disorders, material losses, health problems such as sexually transmitted infections, mental disorders and even death. Read the statement here: Trafficking [read…]
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