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global poverty

October 16, 2009

Micah Sunday to emphasise mutuality in anti-poverty action

Churches throughout the country will take part in 'Micah Sunday' on 18 October, seeking to make a shared difference in the struggle against global poverty and to forge links between communities.
September 17, 2009

Interreligious mobilisation against extreme poverty launched

A global advocacy organisation has launched 'ONE Sabbath 2009-10', a campaign to mobilize people of faith to take action against extreme poverty and preventable disease.
September 16, 2009

Australia urged to take more action on global poverty and environment

Australia is being challenged by church and development campaigners to give more focus to environmental sustainability issues as part of its Millennium Development goals pledge.
August 8, 2009

Christian Aid unveils radical public response to anti-poverty initiative

Christian Aid has announced the public response to key question it has been asking in its 'pOVERty' campaign - with an overwhelming 90% believing poverty really can be eradicated.
June 10, 2009

US government urged to protect most vulnerable from climate change

A senior US church public policy advocate has urged a House committee to increase funding for international adaptation assistance for poor countries in the recently introduced American Clean Energy and Security Act.
June 2, 2009

Economic crisis is a human rights time bomb, says Amnesty

As billions of people suffer from insecurity, injustice and indignity, international NGO Amnesty International is demanding that world leaders invest in human rights as strongly as they are investing in the economy.
May 14, 2009

Christian Aid Week 2009 enlists TV stars to raise funds and awareness

Thousands of volunteers across the country have been involved in raising funds and awareness for the annual Christian Aid Week (10-16 May), the UK’s longest running fundraising week, investing in global justice and anti-poverty action.
May 14, 2009

Australian government urged to continue its progress on aid justice

The Micah Challenge coalition in Australia has welcomed the government’s continued commitment to overseas development in the 2009-10 aid budget announced on 13 May, but says that there is a long way to go in securing justice for the poor.
April 30, 2009

Government investment company neglecting poverty, says Christian Aid

Fundamental reforms are urgently needed at the British government-owned investment company, CDC Group plc, which is supposed to reduce global poverty, UK-based international development agency Christian Aid says today.
April 2, 2009

Progressio wants more decisive action for the world's poor

A pledge by world leaders to pump $1 trillion into the International Monetary Fund will help, “fails to go far enough”, international Catholic development agency Progressio says.