MagkaSama Team

Enough Food For Everyone IF: All around the world, people are struggling to feed their families

Nearly one billion people go to bed hungry every night and three million children die from malnutrition every year. Progress has been made in other areas, but hunger is still the great scandal of our age. All around the world, even in the UK, people are struggling to feed their families....

11 elephants poached in Tsavo, Women’s Rights in Libya, Kony can be stopped

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Eleven elephants have been killed in the Tsavo conservation in the past two weeks; Libyan authorities should seize a historic opportunity to promote and protect women’s rights as the country transitions...

Join One Million Bones on June 8 on the National Mall, Washington D.C.

On June 8, one million handmade human bones, created by students, artists, and activists will be laid on the National Mall as a symbolic mass grave and visible petition for bold action towards an end to genocide and mass atrocities. The installation will cover the area between 3rd and 7th...

One Million Bones, a social arts practice to raise awareness of ongoing genocides and mass atrocities

One Million Bones, a project of The Art of Revolution, is a large-scale social arts practice which combines education, hands-on art making, and public installations to raise awareness of ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,...

Women Deliver Conference 2013 starts today

Women Deliver 2013 is the largest global event of the decade to focus on the health and empowerment of girls and women. With the 2015 Millennium Development Goal deadline rapidly approaching, the time is now to deliver for girls and women. Women Deliver 2013 will serve as a global...

Tara Oceans Polar Circle, Bashir and Kiir Meet, Reasons Not to Buy Fur

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Tara left on the Tara Oceans Polar Circle expedition in the Arctic on May 19th from Lorient in France; Bashir and Kiir Meet in Addis As Sudan Reportedly Demands Permission to Pursue Rebels; Winter may be...

Lisa Shannon receives a doctorate of humane letters, Georgetown University

Georgetown University held its commencement festivities this past weekend, and this year’s commencement speakers included women’s rights activist Lisa Shannon. We’ve been supporting Lisa Shannon (she is mentioned in our Inspirational People and committed individuals section) for...

Message on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

United Nations Population Fund is teaming up with partners to spearhead the Global Campaign to End Fistula. Below is the message on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by the Secretary-General: Pregnant women have a great deal to look forward to: the miracle of birth, meeting...

Not One More: Take a Stand Against Hate, Human Rights Campaign

A homophobic gunman shot and killed a 32-year-old man at point-blank range after he unleashed a series of anti-gay slurs at the victim on a Greenwich Village street. Mark Carson, 32, was killed after a gay-bashing assailant asked whether the man he was with was his boyfriend. Carson...

Trading Conflict for Coffee in DRC, Darfur is -not- over, Oslo Freedom Forum

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Trading Conflict for Coffee in DRC; Current media focus on conflicts such as Syria means people can be forgiven for assuming "Darfur is over". It's not, says Olivia Warham, Director of Waging Peace; 2013...