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Global Poverty and Human Rights

SojoAction: Global Poverty and Human Rights

Our commitment to advancing human rights and fighting global poverty is rooted in our understanding of and commitment to imago dei, that everyone is made in the very likeness and image of God. Sojourners has long championed human rights and supported the fight against extreme poverty around the world — from our efforts to reverse repressive U.S. policy toward Central America to our leadership in the anti-apartheid struggle, Jubilee debt cancellation movement, and efforts to advance the Millennium Development Goals. Building on these and other campaigns, we are committed to revitalizing and strengthening U.S. support for global human rights and will work to build the social and political will necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.   

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Global Poverty and Human Rights
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  • An illustration of two people in the bottom left corner of the image who are looking up into the night sky, where the Star of Bethlehem pierces through the clouds.
    January reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle A

    January reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle A

    by Natalie Wigg-Stevenson
  • Black and white image of nuns in a "mother and baby home" line a room filled with children in several cribs
    For more than 70 years, the Irish Catholic Church imprisoned unwed mothers in church-run “Magdalene laundries.” Survivors and their families are still battling for justice.

    For more than 70 years, the Irish Catholic Church imprisoned unwed mothers in church-run “Magdalene laundries.” Survivors and their families are still battling for justice.

    by René Ostberg
  • A group of Filipinos stand together, wearing masks and carrying signs that hold variations on the phrase "Defend Press Freedom"
    Priests and the press have two things in common: advocating for the oppressed, and being targeted for it.

    A Carmelite priest reflects on the threat to journalists — and press freedom — in the Philippines.

    by Ritche T. Salgado