Posts Tagged ‘Peace Building Institute’

Some “not ordinary women” return from peace building study

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

Catholic Women’s League’s Susana Evening and Asela Naisara recently hosted a dinner to welcome back the Pacific women who have been studying peace building at the Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia. The group included Magdalene Toroansi, former minister for women from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville; West Papua human rights activist, Olga Hamadi; Solomon Islands Read more

Fiji’s Elizabeth Krishna at Summer Peace building Institute

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Elizabeth Krishna, 52, of Fiji,who works through the  Catholic Church to combat unemployment and crime and close the gap between rich and poor, was one of 16 women from five regions in the South Pacific who attended the 2013 Summer Peace building Institute (SPI) at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), May 6 -June 14. Krishna says, ” for me, it’s always Read more