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  • 21 May 2009
    Health in a time of 'flu is a right, not a commodity

    When people hear the word 'health' they think immediately of medical matters, says Juan Michel. But health is also an issue of clean drinking water, nutritious food, a safe work environment and essential care accessible at the community level - not least in a time of flu panics.

  • 19 May 2009
    World Vision concerned about growth of child labour in the downturn

    Aid and development agency World Vision has warned that the continuing global financial crisis and the damage it is causing local economies is forcing more and more children around the world into the worst forms of child labour.

  • 13 May 2009
    Men's mental health a major concern, survey suggests

    Respected mental health charity Mind has this week published a disturbing new report presenting evidence that the recession is having an adverse affect on men’s mental health, in particular. It dovetails with a week of awareness-raising.

  • 13 May 2009
    Kenyan church leader in row over polygamy and marriage bill

    Kenyan church leaders have become embroiled in an argument about a draft marriage law with a clause on polygamy. But civil rights activists say that the bill could end a range of abuses, and that church practise should not be imposed on the whole of society.

  • 11 May 2009
    Clergy back California civil rights ad campaign for same-sex marriage

    California’s leading gay rights organisation is launching an ad campaign to promote acceptance of gay marriage, and is also forming a coalition of 1,000 clergy to help change negative religious attitudes towards same-sex unions.

  • 7 May 2009
    When reconciliation theology colludes with injustice

    The Anglican Consultative Council heard a report on the Listening Process around the sexuality debate yesterday.

  • 4 May 2009
    Canadian native people receive Papal apology for abuse

    Pope Benedict XVI has met privately with a delegation of Canadian native people to express his sorrow for the abuse suffered by indigenous children in Canadian residential schools. The meeting took place at the end of last week.

  • 2 May 2009
    Methodists issue flu guidelines but church leaders avoid viral hype

    The Methodist Church has circulated guidance among church leaders in the event of an H1N1 flu pandemic in the UK. Anglican, Catholic, Free Church and independent church leaders are asking people not to overreact to the media hype.

  • 1 May 2009
    Kenya Youth Peace Summit encourages envoys of social change

    More than 200 young people from many faith backgrounds, travelling from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Tanzania and the United States, gathered this month at the Kenya Youth Peace Summit in Nairobi.

  • 29 Apr 2009
    Amnesty says children and justice must come first in Pearce case

    Amnesty International has welcomed news that Marnie Pearce, a British woman jailed in Dubai for adultery, has been released. But it says that the decision to deny her custody of her children must be reversed.