Category - Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance

UN secretary general asked to 'step up to the plate' on right to food

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:23:22 +0100

A group of Christian leaders who campaign for justice in the fight against hunger are calling on the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to 'step up to the plate' and seek tangible results in realising the right to food.

Water needs and conflict is faith advocacy concern in USA

agency reporter — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:23:46 +0000

Deborah Katina from NGO Yang'at in Kenya, will speak on water as both a life sustainer and a conflict creator at the 13-16 March Ecumenical Advocacy Days gathering of faith-based advocates outside Washington DC.

Action over water justice urged on Christians for Lent

agency reporter — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:49:19 +0000

As the season of Lent draws near, the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) is inviting Christians to mark the occasion with reflection and action on some urgent water justice concerns.

US peace and justice activists to hear Palestinian concerns

staff writers — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:41:35 +0000

The head of a church agency providing aid to the Palestinian community will speak on the current crisis during Ecumenical Advocacy Days, the USA's largest annual gathering of Christian peace and justice activists.

Theologians and practitioners team up in HIV prevention struggle

staff writers — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:12:03 +0000

An educational institution in southern Africa is hosting a major theological consultation on HIV prevention called by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), based in Geneva. Participants are expected from across the globe.

Calendar makes Advent a time to remember AIDS struggle

staff writers — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:25:20 +0000

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, evangelical leaders Rick and Kay Warren and the Rev Gideon Byamugisha, the first African Anglican priest to openly say he is HIV-positive, are contributors to an Advent Calendar focussing on HIV-AIDS awareness.

Faithfully tackling prejudice

Simon Barrow — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:58:39 +0000

Religious prejudice has hampered HIV prevention and treatment around the world, but faith groups are also a key part of the solution.

Churches asked to be change agents on World AIDS Day

staff writers — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:09:08 +0000

The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, a partnership involving major Christian development and church agencies, including several in the UK, is encouraging people of faith to take individual and collective responsibility for combatting HIV/AIDS.

Global churches mobilize week of action on just trade and economy

staff writers — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:40:25 +0100

Calling for alternatives to enforced free trade, churches and church-related organizations world-wide, along with other religious groups and community partners, are gearing up for a major Trade Week of Action, from 14-21 October 2007.

Tutu hails people's legal verdict against drugs giant

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:08:21 +0100

Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other global church leaders have welcomed a ruling from the Madras High Court in Chennai that dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of India's patent law from a Swiss pharmaceutical giant.