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Please click here to read the: Mercy Global Action, Advent reflection from Denise o’ Boyle.
Mercy Global Action, Advent reflection from Denise o' Boyle.
Please click here to read the: Mercy Global Action, Advent reflection from Denise o’ Boyle.
Project IRENE, (IL Religious Engaging in Nonviolent Endeavors), an initiative of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in Illinois, USA, to impact systems change beneficial for women and children, reflect on the successes of the past year in combatting human trafficking and incorporate them into their ADVENT Liturgy, which is shared below.
Feel free to adapt the Human Trafficking 2018 document, to suit your own jurisdiction.
Please click the links below to read:
(a) Declaration by the Religious Leaders against Modern Slavery;
(b) Stories of Support for Victims of Human Trafficking;
(c) The Liturgy.
More information about Project IRENE at:
projectirene@aol.com | www.projectirene.org
www.facebook.com/projectirene
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications.
The latest from the IOM Missing Migrants project reveals startling statistics regarding the deaths of migrants. In a review of the following areas, ‘’Fatalities by month,’’ ‘’Recorded migrant deaths by region,’’ ‘’Recorded migrant deaths by region of origin’’ and ‘’Top causes of death in 2017,’’ the research tracks incidents involving migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, who have died or gone missing whilst in the process of migration towards and international destination.
More at: http://missingmigrants.iom.int/
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications.
Aneta Grabowska, RENATE Secretary, shares with us an account of the training by the Bakhita Network in Poland, which took place in Czestochowa, 17-19th November 2017. The report was prepared by one of the French speaking sisters attending the programme and the report is also available in Polish, at: http://www.siecbakhita.com/index.php/wiadomosci/150-byc-o-krok-przed-warsztaty-zrealizowane-przez-siec-bakhita
There is a photo gallery at: http://www.siecbakhita.com/index.php/component/phocagallery/category/19-byc-krok-przed-warszataty
Adapted by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications.
A two-days course on ‘’Successfully leading teams and oneself” was organised by the ERSTE Foundation Academy (NGO) and offered to non-governmental organisations from Eastern and Central Europe. The course took place in , 12-13 October, 2017. It was led by Prof. Wolfgang Mayrhofer, head of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Management and Organisational Behaviour, Department of Management, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Austria. RENATE member, Aneta Grabowska, took part in this course on behalf of PoMOC Association from Poland.
Workshop Description:
The capability for successful leadership is not something you are “born” with, albeit this will be no disadvantage. Leadership can be learned and acquired. Professionalisation of management must not be limited to technical/instrumental professionalisation through increasingly applying management concepts and instruments (e.g. strategic development and controlling). Above all, it also means professionalisation of leadership, be it establishing appropriate structural arrangements, interpersonal leadership and improving it through training and learning, and leading yourself to become a holistic leader.
Top-leadership skills are related to knowledge and behaviour of leaders, i.e. how they can influence their employees´ behaviour but also their ideas, emotions and values, their attitude towards organisational goals and strategies, their commitment and identification as well as the more general organisational culture.
In addition, leadership today more than ever, means leading in and with teams; the leader as “lone wolf” or “great person”-theories are outdated. The focus now is on social processes within teams. Leaders will continuously have to prove themselves within teams and to be prepared for the dynamics of such teams.
Lecturer:
Prof. Wolfgang Mayrhofer conducts research in the area of comparative international human resource management and leadership, work careers, and systems theory and management. He has authored and co-authored more than 180 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles and has authored, co-authored and co-edited 29 books, among them most recently: Mabey, C. & Mayrhofer, W. (Eds.). 2015. Developing Leadership. Questions Business Schools Don’t Ask. Los Angeles et al.: Sage.
Why participate?
Participation in this course was very useful to:
The time at the course in Vienna was well invested and allowed participants to look at the different approaches to leadership and leadership styles, leadership motive patterns and behaviour. A life cycle of teams: forming -> storming -> norming -> performing -> adjourning, was also discussed. A practical exercise of building a LEGO tower was a good test for all participants who faced not a very complex task but with some conditions to consider. It was interesting to see the results which did not necessarily satisfy all. It was important to discuss and understand the conclusions. Prof. Mayrhofer encouraged all to reflect either in groups or individually, on our personal leadership skills and style. He said: ‘’As a leader your most important task is to be successful through others”.
Global leadership ideals, setting goals, the role of motivation and the roles which have to be filled in in a successful team were described and discussed within the group with further practical exercises.
Compliments to the Prof. Mayrhofer for the training programme! Thank you to the organisers for making it happen!
Aneta Grabowska
(Workshop Description comes from the official information from the programme organisers).
Edited by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications.
‘’The Mediterranean has today become the world’s biggest cemetery leaving deep wounds on humanity’s conscience that will over a period of time produce historical scars to serve as a testimony to the ineptitude of our generation in dealing with this problem, ’’ said the Speaker of the Nigerian government House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, speaking at an international conference on Women Empowerment and the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons: Partnership Between Nigeria and Italy, organised by the President of Italian Chamber of Deputies, Ms Laura Boldrini, in Rome, Italy on Tuesday, 21 November, 2017.
Mr. Dogara called on the international community to take drastic measures to combat the rising spate of human trafficking, especially from Africa to Europe. He invited everyone possible to collaborate together to combat what he identified as the root causes of human trafficking, hopelessness, extreme poverty and greed. Mr. Dogara pledged the commitment of the Nigerian authorities and urged the Italian authorities ‘’…to arrest and prosecute its citizens who are involved because it takes two to tango.’’
Mr. Dogara’s full address is available here: Speech by Mr Yakubu Dogara in response to deaths of 26 Nigerian women in the Mediterranean sea 5 Nov 2017.
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications Person.
INVITATION
FOR THE CEREMONY OF OPENING OF LEGAL AID OFFICE
AND
OFFICE OF COORDINATION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
“For an effective justice in support of citizens”
On the occasion of the international day of violence against women, Ministry of Justice, in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Protection,
We have the honour to invite You:
On Saturday, 25 November 2017, at 10:50 hrs.
Hall of the Ministry of Justice
With the support of the Foundation “Open Society for Albania” OSFA
To mark the International Day of Violence against Women, 25 November, 2017, Mary Ward Loreto Albania and staff who are RENATE members, will be attending the formal launching of a new Legal Aid Centre in Tirana this weekend to support abused women. It is expected that this new centre will not only be a support to victims and survivors of domestic violence but it will also be a catalyst for change, encouraging people to find their voice in the face of violence and abuse.
For news after the event, please see: www.albaniahope.com
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications Person.
Address to the Security Council Open Debate on “Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Trafficking in Persons in Conflict Situations,” at the United Nations in New York, 21 November, 2017.
The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, called on the international community to work towards the eradication of slavery by confronting all of its economic, environmental, political and ethical root causes, emphasizing the importance of preventing and ending the wars and conflicts that create conditions for traffickers to exploit victims.
Full address available at: https://zenit.org/articles/archbishop-auza-attack-root-causes-of-slavery/
Adapted by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications person.
An annual campaign by UN Women, the 16 Days of Activism Against gender-Based Violence Campaign aims not only to end violence against women and girls, but to also ensure nobody is left behind. The campaign further aims to raise awareness and ignite a global conversation about the need for inclusive and sustainable programmes, policies and resources in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Beginning on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and running until 10 December, International Human Rights Day, the campaign originated from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute, which was coordinated by the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership, in 1991.
This year’s theme ‘’Leave No One Behind: End Violence against Women and Girls,’’ celebrates the unifying nature of one of the essential principles of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, while emphasising the importance of worldwide efforts to ‘’reach the furthest behind first.’’
It is intended to create advocacy opportunities to highlight one of the core visions of the 2030 Agenda, of a ‘’just, equitable, tolerant, open and socially inclusive world in which the needs of the most vulnerable are met.’’
RENATE member, Denise Boyle, fmdm, shares with us a hugely valuable resource in the format of a series of pamphlets created by her colleagues in the ‘Future We Need’ group (FWN), especially in honour of the 16 Days of Activism. The first 7 pamphlets are available here:
DAY 1 – ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Final (1)
DAY 2 16 days Leaflet-FGM Final (003)
Day 3 – Sexual harassment MOC
Day 4 BL Child Sexual exploitation FINAL
Day 5 Cyber Bullying 16 Days of Activism MOC Final
DAY 6 Girls Not Brides db
Day 7 – Social Violence Violence in the Work Place MOS FINAL
More information at: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/what%
20we%20do/evaw/16%20days%202017%20action%20plan%20final%20shortened.pdf?la=en&vs=2848
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications Person.
RENATE member Clare O’ Mahony RCGS, shares with us an update on how she marked the EU Day against Human Trafficking, 18 October 2017, by leading an ecumenical prayer hour in the city-centre Church of Ireland, together with Catholic, Church of Ireland and Presbyterian colleagues and friends.
They braved Storm Ophelia to gather in prayer before dashing back to the shelter of their homes after the wonderful prayer service together, united in their common mission.
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications Person.