Within the framework of a collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) and the Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA), with the scientific contribution of Deloitte, have prepared the expository paper “Bridging the North-South Divide: A Shared Responsibility for Economic and Ecological Justice”, intended to...
As global leaders gather in Washington this week for the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, yesterday I had the opportunity to deliver a reflection on one of the defining moral issues of our time: debt justice.
By Charlie Chilufya, S.J Pretoria, 17 August 2024 - The recent adoption of the Draft Terms of Reference (ToR) for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation marks a pivotal moment in the global effort to establish a fair and inclusive international tax system. This decision, made by the Intergovernmental Committee on International Tax...
From April 15th to 16th, Addis Ababa is proudly hosting the G20 Interfaith Conference, themed “Interfaith Collective Action to foster peaceful coexistence, human dignity, development, preservation of the environment, and to counter hate speech, violence, and xenophobia.” This significant event is marked by the presence of diverse religious leaders, government officials, and international delegates, under...
United Nations Climate Change Conference 2023COP 28/CMP 18/CMA 5Dubai, United Arab Emirates30 November – 12 December 2023 First Part of the High-Level SegmentUnited Nations Climate Change ConferenceDubai, United Arab Emirates, 2023 The first part of the high-level segment (HLS) of COP 28/CMP 18/CMA 5 will be held during the World Climate Action Summit (WCAS) from...
By; Kevin Okoth Ouko-JENA This year’s international climate change conference, 28th Conference of Parties (COP28), will be the first such conference to have a major focus on food. The COPs is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its annual sessions aim to promote institutional and administrative provisions...
By Kevin Okoth Ouko-Research and Policy Analyst-JENA The global landscape is experiencing a compounding series of interconnected challenges that threaten global stability often referred as ‘polycrises’. Adam Tooze, an economic historian from Columbia University and contributing editor of Financial Times, introduced the term “polycrisis” to his readers in October 2022. He argued that with climate...
Shem Otieno from Afrodad speaking as Fr. Charles CHilufya, S.J and other panelists look on.
By:Charlie Chilufya, S.J, The Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network – Africa (JENA) and partners actively participated in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, which ran from 12th to 25th September 2023. Our engagements and dialogues were pivotal, emphasizing the urgent needs and developmental goals of Africa in health,...
The Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA) is a diverse community of faith-inspired Jesuit NGOs, also known as Social Centre’s, related Jesuit Institutions, individual Jesuit peace and development activists and scholars driven by a vision of a just, poverty-free, peaceful and ecologically regenerative Africa.
