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 Organization's (ILO)...
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: Africa Remember Who...
On May 20th, 2021, the National Catholic Reporter's Global Sisters Report published an article titled, "Sisters fight Nigeria trafficking with networking, advocacy and collaboration" by Patrick Egwu. Sr. Eucharia Madueke of AFJN speaks on the positive impact that...
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...
April 9, 2021 SenatorsUnited States SenateWashington, DC RE: Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights waiver at the World Trade Organization Dear Senators, Greetings from the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), a faith-based, non-partisan coalition...
April 2021 marks the 27th year since the events referred to as the Rwandan Genocide took place, leading to an estimated 800,000 people killed, we are appalled to see a steady increase in the level of atrocities, repression and brazen disregard for human life exhibited...
March 17, 2021 Re: Establishing the Senate Human Rights CommissionDear Majority Leader Schumer, Republican Leader McConnell, Senator Menendez, Senator Risch, Senator Klobuchar, and Senator Blunt, We, the undersigned Catholic Religious Organizations, members of the...
The Africa Faith and Justice Network is one of several organization who sent a letter to The Honorable Antony J. Blinken, United States (U.S.) Secretary of State, expressing the need for a U.S. Special Envoy Africa's Great Lakes Region. The letter "The Need for a...
On March 23rd, 2021, the Human Rights Watch featured an article titled "The Need for a US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region". AFJN's policy analyst Jacques Bahati is listed as a signer of a joint letter to the U.S. Secretary of State regarding a growing crisis...
On March 23rd, 2021, the Human Rights Watch published an article titled "Need to appoint a US special envoy for the Great Lakes. Joint Letter to United States Secretary of State". AJFN is mentioned as a signer of this letter advocating for increased attention and...