Naoise Kavanagh's blog

International Women’s Day 2010

Every year on 8 March people celebrate International Women's Day. This year Concern Worldwide has a number of events to mark the day while highlighting the plight of some of the women we work with.

London Triathlon

Will Byrne took part in the London Triathlon last year, as part of a team raising money for Concern.

Here is his encouraging account.

Haiti: picture gallery

Here is a selection of our latest photos from Haiti, taken by Ed Kenney.

Emergency relief to reach over 150,0000

Concern Worldwide has announced the beginning of a six month emergency recovery and rehabilitation programme in Haiti. This will target 150,000 people who were affected by the  earthquake.

Jean Jean's story

Charleton Richardson, Jean Jean as he is known here, has lived in Port-au-Prince his whole life. He has been with Concern since they first started work in St Martin more than 15 years ago.

Audio: update from Haiti

Last night, Dominic MacSorley, Emergency Coordinator for the Concern’s Haiti earthquake response, was interviewed for World Focus, a show that is broadcast on PBS, in America.

Women farmers make themselves heard

Rose Mubita, Chairperson of the Mongu District Farmers’ Association in Zambia, attended the launch of Concern’s new report on women farmers in the UK. This is her account of the experience:

Hard bargaining in Copenhagen

Talks were suspended yesterday for five hours at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen. Suspicions were raised by the African group, supported by the G77 – representing  130 developing nations - the conference was in danger of collapsing the Kyoto Protocol. 

Appealing to Copenhagen

The largest and what is being considered the most important UN climate conference opens today 7 December. To coincide with this, 56 national newspapers in 45 countries are sharing a common editorial – an appeal to Copenhagen.

Sixteen days: picture gallery

The 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign, run every year, to highlight the injustice of gender-based violence.