Vincentian Family at the U.N.
World Refugee Day 2024: a Day of Reflection on the Plight of Refugees
The definition of refugee also includes stateless persons, returnees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons (within their own country).
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.
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.
What history rhymes with a future of justice and peace?
The history of Social Development at the UN continues to echo but more rhymes are needed so that it leads to a fulfillment of the promises of placing people at the center of development, eradicating poverty, providing productive employment and decent work, and creating social inclusion.
International Conference on Homelessness
DePaul University, in partnership with the Ruff Institute on Global Homelessness and the International Journal on Homelessness, hosted what may have been the largest-ever convening on global homelessness.
Resolutions and the New Year
New Years’ resolutions, a common practice, and a good one if it focuses our energy and determination towards valuable goals.
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls
Women and girls suffer greater injustices than men and responding to this with action and hope is a focus of the United Nations and the Vincentian Family.
Looking Forward to the 67th Commission on the Status of Women at the UN
We are beginning to feel a sense of excitement brewing at the United Nations as we get closer to the start of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Young People: The Future… and the Now!
I wonder if it’s even possible to say something new on climate change. There’s so much material available about it already, dissecting the issue from every angle