FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 9, 2021 Washington, DC – Today, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a press release noting that the IMF Executive Board supported the “general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).” The new allocation of $650 billion is...
By: Josh Schlicht, AFJN InternJune 24, 2021 In the last year, a twitter trend known as the #WeAreTired Movement has taken Nigerian social media by storm. This tag advocates for the women of Nigeria, who are tired of sexual and domestic violence which is often ignored...
June 19, 2021 Today we celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest celebration of emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the United States. Beginning in Galveston Texas, it is now celebrated every year on June 19th. In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a federal law...
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The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) invites you to join AFJN Policy Analyst, Ntama Bahati Jacques, for a United Nations Civil Society Organization side event “Unraveling Child Labor in the Mining Industry in the Congo Basin” on Friday, June 18,...
June 16, 2021By: Sr. Eucharia Madueke, SNDdeN Today the 16th of June, we celebrate the International Day for the African Child. This day, 46 years ago, hundreds of black South African school children lost their lives demanding for their rights to be educated in their...
June 12th is the annual World Day Against Child Labor that was started by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2002. The sad reality is that “over 218 million children around the world” are deprived according to the International Labor...
Josh Schlicht is an undergraduate at the University of Colorado Boulder. His field of study is International Affairs with a minor in both German and Business. He will finish undergraduate degree in the Spring of 2022. Josh is passionate about Human Rights and conflict...
On May 25, 2021, at 2:00 am ET (US and Canada; 9:00 am Kenya) the Africa Faith and Justice Network premiered a video sponsored by the Coalition for Africa’s Liberation and Restoration in honor of the 1-Year Anniversary of CALAR’s “A Declaration:...
The Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) are back virtually in 2021 advocating for Climate Justice! This years is Imagine! God’s Earth and People Restored. EAD 2021 is an opportunity to support this global movement centered on and led by the people and communities most...
