The definition of refugee also includes stateless persons, returnees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons (within their own country).
Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Ending Poverty and Ensuring Dignity for All
Over the past three years, the number of individuals living on less than $3.65 USD-a-day increased by 165 million. Today, nearly 700 million people worldwide live in extreme poverty, on less than $2.15 a day.
“Seeing” Homelessness Through Data
Street homelessness is in many ways a very visible social and infrastructure issue, while sheltered homelessness and inadequate housing are less obvious to the observer.
A Polycrisis Within a Polycrisis
There has been remarkable activity at the UN this fall.
We are in the Season of Creation
The Season of Creation begins September first on the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and ends October 4 Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Behind at Halftime
If this were a sporting event, the coach would be screaming.
IGH Announces Its Newest Vanguard City, São Paulo, Brazil
On August 7, in São Paulo, Brazil, representatives of the Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH) were delighted to sign the formal Vanguard City partnership agreement…
For Future Generations!
The Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations were adopted in early 2023 and supported by almost sixty leading experts in legal and human rights from different parts of the world.
High-Level Forum (HLPF) reviewing the Implementation of the SDGs coming soon!
The High-Level Forum (HLPF) to prepare the to review the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is around the corner – July 10 – 19, 2023
Creativity, a Vincentian Challenge
One evening in the early 1970s, Michael Pachovas and a few friends wheeled themselves to a curb in Berkeley, Calif., poured cement into the form of a crude ramp, and rolled off into the night.
How do we measure global homelessness?
Access to quality data is essential in addressing the challenge of homelessness.
Climate Change: An Update and a Response
Since starting my work as the NGO Representative for the Sisters of Charity Federation at the United Nations at the start of the year, there is a plethora of justice issues that demand our attention.
