The Blue Food Assessment and its Implications
September 22, 2021
Bryan P. Galligan, S.J. Global food systems are in the spotlight this week with the highly controversial UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) planned for Thursday,
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OUR MISSION & IDENTITY
Committed To A Just, Poverty-Free And Ecologically Regenerative Africa
The Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA) is a diverse community of faith-
inspired Jesuit NGOs, also known as Social Centers, related Jesuit institutions,
individual Jesuit peace and development activists and scholars working collaboratively
to fight poverty and related injustices around Africa empowering marginalized voices,
communities and groups, and facilitating policy innovation to enable people to unlock
their potential, exercise their rights and manage their own lives
Our Commitment
We work to challenge unjust policies and practices and to promote the respect of people’s rights.
Our Shared Values
The dignity of the Human Person. Cooperation & Collaboration .The common good. Equality •Preferential option for the poor •Integrity of creation •Cultural diversity
Our Vision
JENA works towards a just, poverty-free and ecologically regenerative Africa where people can unlock their full potential, free from direct, cultural, and structural violence.
Our Network & Collaboration
JENA facilitates the establishment, extension, and strengthening of connections and relations among Jesuit organisations, scholars and activists from all over Africa, the world, across national, cultural boundaries and age barriers, passionate and committed to fostering development, justice, peace and ecological regeneration
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The JENA Secretariat supports Affiliates, their partners and allies to coordinate their work in advocacy and campaigns, and humanitarian and development work with the intent to challenge and achieve positive change in six areas referred to as Change Goals. JENA shall focus its resources on six Change Goals through various Thematic Working Groups representing each of the following themes:
Governance and Inclusive Political Participation
Rethinking African Development
Peace, Security and Sustainable Development
Responsible Business and Corporate Accountability
Domestic Resource Mobilization
Climate Justice and Food Security
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from the JENA Blog
Rethinking Ocean Governance: From Fisheries Extractivism to Blue Justice
September 9, 2021
Bryan P. Galligan, SJ In the wake of a devastating annual report on hunger and malnutrition, and in the lead-up to the controversial UN Food
Special Drawing Rights: Salvation for African Countries in the face of increasing debts and COVID-19 induced economic crisis?
September 3, 2021
By Andebo Pax Pascal, Research and Advocacy Officer – Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA) of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM).
Tax and Debt Justice: Why the Catholic Church Must Seek to be involved now.
August 26, 2021
By Pascal Pax Andebo, Research and Advocacy Officer, Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa. Imagine hearing your Parish Priest, as part of his preaching, telling
JENA’s Focus on Youth: Africa Regeneration Indaba for Young People
August 18, 2021
JENA’s Focus on Youth: Africa Regeneration Indaba for Young People Charlie Chilufya, S.J. In Africa, August is the Month of the Youth. It
Afronomicslaw Symposium: The Economy of Francesco: A Global South Perspective on Pope Francis’ Call for a More Inclusive Global Economy – Call for Blogs
June 29, 2021
From the beginning of his pontificate in 2013, Pope Francis has consistently issued a call to radically rethink the global financial order, to envision “a
"The distribution of SDRs still reproduces the inequalities of the global financial system, as they are allocated in proportion to IMF members’ quotas, and are heavily skewed towards rich countries."
https://www.jenaafrica.org/index.php/2021/09/03/special-drawing-rights-salvation-for-african-countries-in-the-face-of-increasing-debts-and-covid-19-induced-economic-crisis/
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