Tour examines women’s crucial role as peace defenders
HALIFAX, NS—Kairos is bringing together peace advocates from Colombia, Palestine and Canada's First Nations communities to highlight the global role of woman as defenders of human rights.
The Living Courage tour runs from June 7 to 24, with stops in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Julie Graham, education and campaigns coordinator for Kairos, says the ecumenical tour aims to draw parallels between the experiences faced by women around the world, and look at what can be done both locally and globally to uphold human rights.
"Women face particular threats and problems whenever there is a conflict situation," she says, "At the same time they are likely to be cut out of peace negotiations, when and if they happen. But women have so much to bring to peace negotiations, so much to bring to our society as we wean ourselves off violence."
The tour examines issues like gender violence, conflict, militarization and colonization, with an emphasis on Canada's accountability to uphold human rights. Speakers include Claudia Castellanos Roncancio from the Popular Women's Organization in Colombia and Lucy Talgieh, women's project coordinator at Wi'am: Palestinian Conflict Center in Bethlehem. The women will also attend the next Truth and Reconciliation Commission event, an opportunity to hear and document the stories of native residential school survivors, in Saskatoon.
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