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Sixteen days: picture gallery
Posted by Naoise Kavanagh in Concern Blog | 1 December 2009 |
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The 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign, run every year, to highlight the injustice of gender-based violence.
Sixteen days against gender violence
24 November 2009For 16 days every year, organisations and individuals highlight the injustice of gender-based violence and campaign together to eliminate it.
Need for real leadership over hunger
17 November 2009Heads of states and governments gathered in Rome on Monday, for the third World Food Summit. They unanimously adopted a declaration pledging a renewed commitment to eradicate hunger.
Women, society and the summit
It has been an interesting two days at the Civil Society Organisations Forum. This is running parallel to the World Summit on Food Security 2009 in Rome.
Calling on MPs to take action against poverty
20 October 2009People throughout the UK joined millions across the globe over the weekend to call for an end to poverty and injustice.
Why do we care?
Posted by Tom Arnold in Tom Arnold’s Blog | 1 October 2009 |
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The Irish Government made a commitment to spend 0.7% of its national income on overseas aid by 2012. That amounts to just 70 cent in every €100 by 2012.
The boys are back in town!
U2 returned to their native Dublin last weekend. Their gigs were held in Croke Park, Ireland’s main sporting stadium, which holds over 80,000 people.
Big role for a small nation
08 July 2009Concern has welcomed the public endorsement by the UN Secretary General of Ireland’s past leadership on overseas development, humanitarian assistance, peace-building and peace-making.
“Can we throw our shoes?”
I spent the morning crammed into the Camden Court Hotel with about 100 other people from the Irish charity sector.
Making some noise
This weekend, a group of Concern staff and campaigners took to the streets in London.
