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Tackling violence against women in Uganda
By Sean Farrell, Trócaire Country Representative in Uganda For many women in Uganda, violence is not an is...
Read ArticleLast November, an earthquake struck the San Marcos region of north-western Guatemala, killing 41 people and leaving over...
Read ArticleTrócaire’s Power Up campaign protects human rights workers
By Trish Groves, Campaigns Officer “On 24 March 1980, Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered while celebrating Mass in t...
Read ArticleProviding aid to Syrian refugees
Fleeing Syrians arrive in Turkey and Lebanon in urgent need of support. They arrive hungry, fearful and often traumatise...
Read ArticleTrócaire’s Eoghan Rice reflects on key issues raised at our hugely successful 40th Anniversary Conference ‘...
Read ArticleTrócaire at the UN Commission for the Status of Women
This week, representatives from Trócaire are at the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW...
Read ArticleBy Lawrence W. Mwagwabi, Kenya Governance and Human Rights Programme Officer, 28 February 2013 On March 4th, Kenyans wil...
Read ArticleTake action to empower isolated communities this Lent
This Lent we’re celebrating communities in India who have come together to demand their rights and create a better fut...
Read ArticleIf people don’t have a voice, then what is it all for?
By Tine Frank You can improve people’s farms, increase the number of children enrolled in schools, treat – and even ...
Read ArticleTragedy behind the headlines in Myanmar
Trócaire’s Emergency Manager, Maurice McQuillan, writes from northern Myanmar, where ethnic conflict has displaced 85...
Read ArticleWomen challenging oppression in Guatemala
by Lorraine Keane. My visit to Guatemala with Trócaire was a week of incredibly mixed emotions; delight at seeing how T...
Read ArticleEquality in the balance as Obama visits South East Asia
By Suzanne Keatinge, 15 November 2012 The streets of Yangon and Phnom Penh are being hastily cleaned up – and blocked ...
Read ArticleLife-changing gifts in action in Malawi
The gift of goats had a life-changing effect for the lives of the Thole family in Malawi. For years husband and wife, Ch...
Read ArticleParticipation and inclusion: celebrating Human Rights Day 2012
by Julian Waagensen This year’s Human Rights Day (10 December) highlights the importance of inclusion and the right to...
Read ArticleLasting solution needed to Congo conflict
Trócaire’s office is based in Kinshasa, the country’s capital city, but our programmes are implemented by local par...
Read ArticleA cycle to work scheme that can save lives
This is a cycle to work scheme with a difference. At the Chinyika Clinic in Zimbabwe’s Gutu District, Janet pedals unt...
Read ArticleMary Thole (28) from Malawi has a shrewd eye for buying clothes. When she displays her second-hand clothes on a mat outs...
Read ArticleWhy Ireland must ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements
By Justin Kilcullen, Executive Director of Trócaire.This article was first published in The Irish Times on 4 Octo...
Read Article‘There is no justice here’ – Waleed’s story
Waleed Abohanya was farming his land when the soldiers came. There were dozens of them, supported by dozens more policem...
Read ArticleSmall stones building mountains in Zimbabwe
by Bríd Dunne, Trócaire Education Officer Upon arriving at Amazon school in the Insiza District, our Zimbabwean collea...
Read ArticleBilly’s Big Cycle raises funds for Central America
Trócaire supporter Billy Lavelle is pedalling against poverty by cycling an incredible journey from Alaska to Argentina...
Read ArticleDiscord amidst democracy: Myanmar’s ethnic woes
The news from Myanmar these days is relentlessly positive. The release of political prisoners, including that of Aung Sa...
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