EVENT OF OUR LAND IS OUR LIFE WHEN SPIDERS UNITE THEIR WEBS, THEY TIE A LION AEFJN co-organizes a session of the VENRO Lobby event of the German Presidency of the European Union. The details of the session is found following. AEFJN will facilitate the breakout session...
More than 100 Civil society organisations demand a stop to trade talks that will further endanger EU rules on health and the environment and aggravate the climate crisis. A change of course is needed. We have followed the recent talks between the European Commission...
AEFJN takes part in the alliance of over 150 European organisations, trade unions and social movements, campaigning in favour of corporate accountability rules for companies, and against Investor to State Dispute Settlement, a parallel, one sided and unfair justice...
The advocacy work of AEFJN and other Civil Society Organizations (CSO) to stop the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union and African regions has been intense during the last decades. In the last 20 years, the European Union (EU) has tried...
The European Commission has announced a legislative initiative on mandatory due diligence for companies on human rights and environmental compliance that will be required of European companies by 2021.[1] For the first time, such legislation would be mandatory for...
The Governance The United Nations Environmental Assembly has opened a consultation period on the governance of mineral resources in June 2020.[1] This consultation is an opportunity to develop an international treaty requiring all countries to better manage mineral...
More than 100 Catholic Church leaders signed the Bishops’ Statement: “Now more than ever, We need mandatory supply chain due diligence to stop corporate abuse and guarantee global solidarity”. The statement demands States to urgently stop ongoing corporate abuse by...
It is not sufficient to tell people our values but we also embody and live our values. AEFJN is on the frontline of the struggle for sustainable food system and agriculture; and our member Congregations are committed to this value. It is not satisfactory to identify...
The UN United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas was adopted by the United Nations (UN) at the end of 2018 by a large majority (121 votes in favour, 54 abstentions, 8 votes against). This Declaration marks the...
More than ever, covid 19 has created or deepened awareness of the importance and safety of producing and consuming locally. This awareness has increased a growing global consensus on the need to reform food systems to achieve sustainable development goals. From this...
The first case of Covid 19 was diagnosed in Wuhan (China) on December 1, 2019. By January, the epidemic had spread to Southeast Asia, America and Europe, and on January 11, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus proclaimed the Covid 19 pandemic. The...
Introduction Dystocia (i.e., births problem) continue to cause significant maternal mortality in low-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Oxytocin has long been successfully used for the treatment of some dystocia and for the treatment of post-partum...
The model list of essential medicines was created by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1977 to offer governments a reference resource to help in the choice of medicines and the establishment of national essential medicine lists. Essential medicines are those that...
What we can learn from the Corona crisis: A Chance for the Church Pope Francis on Good Friday in front of the deserted square of St. Peter's, deeply immersed in prayer in front of the Roman plague cross, is an image we will not soon forget. Celebrating Easter in front...
What we can learn from the Corona crisis: The End of many (collective) Illusions The tremendous developments in science and technology over the last centuries have enticed us to believe in unlimited progress and to imagine that through science and technology all...
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE CORONA CRISIS: An Invitation to live in Solidarity Crises can bring out the best and the worst in people. The Corona crisis has triggered an unexpected solidarity. Doctors and nurses, pastoral and...
EVENT OF OUR LAND IS OUR LIFE WHEN SPIDERS UNITE THEIR WEBS, THEY TIE A LION AEFJN co-organizes a session of the VENRO Lobby event of the German Presidency of the European Union. The details of the session is found following. AEFJN will facilitate the breakout session...
Looking at the world today, one cannot but be alarmed at the growing inequality at the different levels of our socio-economic organizations. More people, and even nations, are willy-nilly systematically excluded from access to the common good. The tragedy is that no...
Fostering Human Security and Resilience in the future EU-Africa Partnership The Role of Local Communities Thursday 15 October 2020, 11h00 - 13h00 (CEST) Registration Click here to register. You will receive a confirmation email with the details to join the webinar...
