16 Days: Achieving change in Afghanistan
As the 16 Days of Activism campaign gets underway, Jennifer McCarthy reflects on the slow but steady changes our partners are helping to bring about in Herat Province. I have just visited our partners...
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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...
View ArticleSyria Crisis: The darkest shadow of war
CAFOD is working with partners and sister agencies to help refugees fleeing the war in Syria. Here SCIAF Media Officer Val Morgan explores the serious issue of sexual violence towards female Syrian...
View Article“An issue that has been prevalent for too long”– Violence against women and...
Espila Lucy is the Gender Focal Person for CAFOD’s partner Caritas Maralal. She works on all their projects to make sure that gender issues are taken into account from the beginning. She also works...
View Article“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...
View ArticleSamol: Improving security
Samol writes: The security of our community is getting better. In the past there would often be domestic violence, especially when people were drinking alcohol. People before had no businesses and...
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