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50 years on: it’s high time to eliminate violence against women

The 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the first day of the 16 days campaign against Gender Violence. Then… The date was chosen to commemorate the...

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16 days of activism: Annie Bungeroth

Annie Bungeroth is a photographer and film maker. She has undertaken projects with CAFOD on many occasions, and she visited AVEGA East in Rwanda on three different occasions. On one of those occasions...

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Liberate Mukagihana

Liberate is a counsellor and paralegal with AVEGA East. She does group counselling and one-to-one counselling and now trains other counsellors. Her door is always open – any hour of the day or night. I...

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16 days of activism: Justine Greening, Secretary of State, International...

Justine Greening I am personally very concerned about the increasing challenges internationally to protect women’s rights. Progress has been hard won and we must ensure that women’s empowerment and...

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16 days of activism: Sarah Davison

Sarah is a writer and journalist who worked with CAFOD for several years. During that time she travelled to Musha and met the women of Avega East. She made this film about her time there. Gender...

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16 days of activism: what can we do?

Joy works full time in CAFOD’s London office, and believes passionately in facing and ending gender violence. Her name has been changed to protect her family and friends. Reading the stories and...

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“Women have broken their silence”– rebuilding lives after violence in Nicaragua

Carmen Perez Rodriguez lives in Los Aresales in Jicaro, Nicaragua. The area is very sandy and it’s often difficult to grow crops. Carmen was violently abused by her husband who went on to leave her and...

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International Women’s Day: Working together for equality in Ethiopia

Yadviga Clark is CAFOD’s Gender Coordinator. Today, on International Women’s Day, she shares the story of Dawi from Ethiopia whose community is coming together to tackle challenges faced by women and...

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The long road to peace in Guatemala

At the beginning of a new year, Laura Ouseley in our communications team has been looking into the situation in Guatemala and hoping for a brighter and more peaceful future for Guatemala’s indigenous...

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