On January 16, 2020, the strengthening of a coalition network of sisters by the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned by Julia Freidman in a Business Wire/Conrad N. Hilton Foundation press release. The full article "Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awarded More...
On January 17th, 2020, ACI Africa published an article titled "Nuns in Nigeria Commended for Fight against Human Trafficking at Ongoing Conference" by Agnes Aineah. Sr. Teresa Okure spoke on the behalf of AFJN at a conference against human trafficking in Nigeria. Read...
Nigeria currently has 13.2 million out-of-school children, according to Nigeria's education board. Also, child labor has remained an issue throughout the country despite the Child Rights Act that was signed into law by the federal government. In February, Nigeria's...
On December 18, 2019, the Africa Faith and Justice Network's advocacy for child rights in Nigeria was mentioned by Patrick Egwu in an article titled "Africa Faith and Justice Network advocates for child rights in Nigeria", published in National Catholic Reporter. The...
On October 10, 2019, the Africa Faith and Justice Network Uganda and AFJN executive director, Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, were mentioned by James Roberts and Ellen Teague in their article "Cardinal blames Hong Kong authorities for violence", published in The Tablet. Read...
On October 2, 2019, a campain co-founded by the Africa Faith and Justice Network Uganda was mentioned by Scovia Atuhaire in her article "Clerics launch campaign against human trafficking". The article, published in Monitor, can be found here:...
AFJN's Women's Empowerment Coordinators, Sr. Eucharia Madueke was quoted in Patrick Egwu's article "Nigerians seek security after killing of priests" for the National Catholic Reporter on September 18, 2019. The article highlights AFJN's "public witnessing against...
On September 12, 2019, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned by Valentine Iwenwanne in an article published in Global Sisters Report entitled "Nuns try to fight lure of Europe by offering programs for young Nigerians". Read the full article here:...
On September 13th, 2019, The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation published 'A CASE STUDY Catholic Sisters in Nigeria' by the Catholic Sisters initiative. AFJN is mentioned as a previous grant receiver from The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Read the report here:...
On September 9th, 2019, Mary Lilly Driciru published an article in the Global Sisters Report titled "Consecrated partner to fight trafficking". The report mentions a partnership with the Association of the Religious in Uganda (ARU) and the AFJN creating a workshop...
Ebony Tyson is a rising senior majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in which she recently interned for a volunteer management position for Bridging the Gaps Inc. that find solutions for...
On August 23rd, 2019, Sr. Eucharia Madueke published "Africa Faith and Justice Network and the Damages of Land Grabbing: The Case of the Brewaniase Community, Ghana" in The Journal of Social Encounters: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, 58-74. Read the essay here:...