Tim Costello steps down after 15 years at World Vision Australia
Tim Costello, World Vision Australia‘s chief advocate, is stepping down after 15 years with the organisation. Costello, who is one of Australia’s most renowned Christian voices on social justice issues, will continue to lend his expertise to the organisation on issues of global poverty. Tim Costello “After so many years at this wonderful organisation, I […]
SNAPSHOT: DUBAI MARINA SKYLINE
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MUSIC: ANDREA ROBERTSON’S ‘LIVE AT NEW HALL’ AN AUTHENTIC SLICE OF SMALL TOWN AUSTRALIA
MARCUS CHEONG listens to Australian singer/songwriter Andrea Robertson’s latest album…
Action on Canada’s “genocide” requires courage, inquiry chief says
Vancouver, CanadaThomson Reuters Foundation Enacting the sweeping recommendations of a Canadian government report that called the deaths of Indigenous women and girls a “genocide” will take work, commitment, courage and vision, the head of the inquiry said this week. The government inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women released earlier this week blamed the violence […]
Thailand needs neighbours’ help to crack down on slavery at sea – activist
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Thailand’s crackdown on exploitation and slavery in its multi-billion dollar fishing industry will only succeed if its neighbours step up and adopt anti-trafficking laws, said a labour rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Thai fishing vessels are increasingly registering in nearby countries to avoid scrutiny of their treatment of migrant workers […]
How safe is your state? US scores low on human rights
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Police brutality, migrant abuse and Death Row ensured the United States scored poorly among rich countries in a survey released on Thursday assessing human rights from Mexico to Mozambique. The Wellington-based Human Rights Measurement Initiative quizzed experts in all of the 19 nations it assessed, including civil society groups, lawyers […]
CAMEROON: SEPARATIST CONFLICT TRAPS GIRLS IN SEX AND SERVITUDE
A report from the Thomson Reuters Foundation looks at the plight of girls in the midst of Cameroon’s conflict…
Drought leaves 366,000 “one step away from famine” in Madagascar – UN
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Recurring drought in Madagascar’s south has left more than 360,000 people on the brink of famine, a top United Nations official warned on Thursday, urging donors to do more to help people prepare for climate shocks. Ursula Mueller, UN deputy humanitarian chief, said the impoverished Indian Ocean island was witnessing more […]
ESSAY: AS MORE DEVELOPING NATIONS REJECT PLASTIC WASTE EXPORTS, WEALTHY NATIONS SEEK SOLUTIONS AT HOME
In an article first published on The Conversation, KATE O’NEILL, associate professor of global environmental politics at the University of California, Berkeley, looks at how wealthier nations are responding to a growing trend for developing nations to refuse to take plastic waste…
OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S GALATIAN LETTER: BELIEVING THE PROMISE AND FORSAKING FOOLISHNESS, PART III
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at how Paul uses the analogy of a will to explain to the Galatian Christians how God’s promise to Abraham comes to them through faith in Jesus…