Author: Kathleen Kollman Birch

2021: A Year Highlighting Child Labor

Posted by Kathleen Kollman Birch | Jun 1, 2021 | Summer 2021, World Watch

The United Nations has named 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labor, which involves an estimated 152 million children worldwide.

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Water Defenders Face Dangerous Challenge

Posted by Kathleen Kollman Birch | Mar 1, 2021 | Spring 2021, World Watch

A new book documents how courageous water defenders in El Salvador made the Central American country the first nation in the world to ban metal mining.

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Vatican COVID-19 Commission Examines Pastoral and Social Challenges of Pandemic

Posted by Kathleen Kollman Birch | Dec 1, 2020 | Winter 2021, World Watch

Pope Francis asks Vatican COVID-19 Commission to focus on four social issue areas: security, economics, ecology and health.

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Upholding Human Rights During the Pandemic

Posted by Kathleen Kollman Birch | Sep 1, 2020 | September October 2020, World Watch

U.N. official accuses various countries of alleged human rights abuses under the guise of...

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COVID-19 Jubilee Debt Relief

Posted by Kathleen Kollman Birch | Jul 1, 2020 | July August 2020, World Watch

Debt relief campaign seeks to help impoverished countries struggling with COVID-19 pandemic avert...

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