Canada must increase international aid Le Canada doit accroître son aide internationale

Civil society coalition urges prime minister to boost international aid

In the leadup to Budget 2024, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada and 100+ organizations have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking for Canada’s international aid contributions to be increased in line with its aspirations to global progressive leadership.

Protecting the environment and biodiversity at the heart of community resilience in the Sahel

The SANC2S project involves activities to reduce ecosystem and soil degradation and to sustainably develop for food production.

An advent of progress: the place of women in reforming Ecuador’s law on municipalities

We had the opportunity of observing one of such consultation in the community of Palacio Real in the province of Chimborazo.

Rana Plaza: this cannot be the norm

Canada can and must legislate to halt the havoc that giant global corporations in the fashion and mining industries are wreaking across the planet, from Bangladesh to Brazil and beyond.

An inspiring solidarity visit

Raquel Soto, our first Share Lent solidarity visitor in five years, came from Colombia to share her message of hope and inspire us with her peasant woman’s quest for defending her territory poetically through filmmaking. Here’s a look at the Quebec leg of her visit.

Rana Plaza: Ten years on

A decade since fast fashion and commercial greed claimed the lives of over 1,100 garment workers in Bangladesh, we are rallying to pay homage to their memory and to demand fairer terms and stricter legal protections for workers everywhere.

Sowing seismic change in Haiti

Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada’s Haitian partner ITECA prioritizes women in its post-earthquake PARECOM agricultural recovery program.

A strong and old bond

With renewed definition and focus, The Catholic Women’s League of Canada reaffirms its longstanding support for Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada.

A day of fraternity, a time for change

On this International Day of Human Fraternity, let us heed Pope Francis’s call to “promote a culture of peace” and work to ensure that no one can treat another’s territory like “a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered.”

Category: Justice for women