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  • 13 Mar 2013
    Rohingya Journalism Fund: exposing the terrible truth

    The Rohingya of Burma are a desperate people. Considered “illegal immigrants” without basic citizenship rights by Rangoon, they subsist in impoverished townships and refugee camps where they live in constant fear of the threat of external violence.

  • 12 Mar 2013
    Scottish referendum franchise to be extended to 16 and 17 year olds

    A Bill to give every 16 and 17 year old a vote in the 2014 independence referendum has been formally introduced to the Scottish Parliament.

  • 12 Mar 2013
    Churches to act on violence against women with disabilities

    An ecumenical conference in Johannesburg has identified violence against women and children with disabilities as a priority concern for churches.

  • 11 Mar 2013
    The next Pope, social change and liberation theology

    It is widely assumed that the next pope, whoever it is, will be of a highly conservative disposition, because both Benedict XVI and John Paul II ensured that the College of Cardinals that now exists was shaped firmly in that direction.

  • 11 Mar 2013
    Sri Lankan citizens’ group condemns anti-Muslim hate campaign

    Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority has faced a hate campaign in recent months. The Friday Forum, a citizens’ group which includes former Anglican Bishop of Colombo Duleep de Chickera, has written to President Mahinda Rajapaksa calling on him to act. The letter reads as follows:

  • 11 Mar 2013
    Papal conclave: What lurks behind the white smoke?

    The Conclave of the College of Cardinals starts in earnest this week, when the Master of the Papal Liturgical Celebrations, Monsignor Guido Marini, will solemnly announce extra omnes - or the “outside, all” - and the 115 cardinals will find themselves alone in the Sistine chapel alongside their faith, consciences and beliefs. Dr Harry Hagopian, an Armenian Orthodox Christian and Ekklesia associate who advises the Catholic Church in England and Wales on Middle East and interfaith issues, gives his assessment of what is at stake in the choice that is about to be made.

  • 9 Mar 2013
    ESA/WCA: the gap between official claims and lived reality

    The #ESAendgame online campaign to collect comments and stories concerning people’s experience of Employment and Support Allowance and the qualifying Work Capacity Assessment (WCA), initiated by disability researcher and activist Sue Marsh, has produced around 430 submissions so far (http://t.co/x2oRAeu0Rd).

  • 8 Mar 2013
    Women with disabilities take a stand against violence

    Churches have been urged to respond with prayer and action in the face of an alarming growth of violence against women with disabilities.

  • 8 Mar 2013
    International Women's Day 2013: The gender agenda

    Each year around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Thousands of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women.

  • 8 Mar 2013
    The human cost of WCA and ESA: more #ESAendgame feedback

    Yesterday Ekklesia published a large selection of online responses to disability research and activist Sue Marsh's call for people to kickstart the 'ESA End Game' campaign to challenge the iniquities around Employment and Support Allowance (http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/f31.htm).