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How do people cope with life without a toilet? What are some of the huge improvements that even simple acts like washing hands can have? By Highlighting the story of Masna from West Java in Indonesia, you can find out. To learn more about this and other social justice issues in Australia and around the world, take a look at OzSpirit.

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Around Australia

International Death Penalty Abolition Day, 1 March  2008

International Treaty to Ban Landmines, 1999, 1 March 2008

Landcare Month, Australia, 1 March 2008

Clean Up Australia Day, 2 March 2008

 

International Women’s Day, 8 March 2008
The UN invites us to recognise that peace and social progress require the active participation and equality of women, and to acknowledge the contribution women make to international peace and reconciliation. A kit of resources produced with the approval of the Bishops of Australia is available at www.acbc.catholic.org.au

 

World Water Day, 20 March 2008
World Water Day 2008 will be celebrated by the UN on Thursday, 20 March. In 2008 the day will highlight issues on sanitation in accordance with the International Year of Sanitation 2008. People around the world are encouraged to celebrate the day to draw attention to the world’s sanitation challenge. More..

 

QLD: International Women’s Day Festival and March, 4 March 2008 The International Women's Day Festival will take place on Saturday 4 March from 12 noon to 3.00 p.m. at the Musgrave Park Cultural Centre, 121 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane.  Entry is free and all are Welcome.  The festival's theme is Women Shaping the Future.   There will be speakers, workshops, stalls and children's activities. For more information and to register your stall to promote your organisation and to support women and families, call 3846 5700 or see Musgrave Park Cultural Centre.

 

For more events in Queensland subscribe to the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission's newsletter by contacting Peter Arndt at:
arndtp@bne.catholic.net.au

 

WA: Kenya for Peace Concert, 1 March 2008
The WA Kenyan Community will be holding a fundraising concert for victims of recent violence in Kenya at the Subiaco Church of Christ Youth Centre (Old Salvation Army Building) Cnr of Barker Rd and Rowland St, from 7pm on 1 March 2007. The concert will feature Sian Brown, Lechnic and other artists. A short film One Day by Richard Sveen will be screened and artwork donated by local artists will be auctioned on the night. For tickets and more information contact KCWA on mobjaaci@hotmail.com or maysian55@hotmail.com or call 0421 446 976.

 

NSW: Public Lecture -Religion, religiosity and the social integration of immigrants in Australia and Canada, 4 March 2007
In a free public lecture to be held at the University of Technology, Sydney, Jeffrey Reitz & Jock Collins will present a review of the recent 2006 census data on religious diversity in Sydney before addressing two dimensions of the relationship between religious diversity and social integration. The first issue to be explored is the way that religious diversity finds an expression in the built environment in Australian cities and towns, including opposition to Mosques and Islamic schools; The second is the antagonism towards, and criminalization of, Islamic immigrants in Australia following the events of 9/11.  The lecture will be held on Tuesday 4 March, 4.30-6pm in the Lecture Theatre, Building 4, Level 2, Room 3,  Broadway campus, University of Technology, Sydney,  745 Harris Street, Sydney (a short walk from Central Railway Station) Please send registration details to: ccs@uts.edu.au.

 

NSW: Talk by Archbishop Odama from Uganda, 10 March 2008
Archbishop John Baptista Odama, of the Gulu Diocese in northern Uganda, is renowned for his peace building efforts in the horrendous twenty-year conflict in the region.
As the senior leader of the Catholic Church in the Diocese, and the President of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, the Archbishop has played an instrumental role as negotiator between the two main warring parties, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan Government forces.
The Diocese of Parramatta and Caritas Australia invite you to hear Archbishop Odama speak on Monday 10 March, 2008 at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Hall, Swanston St, St Mary’s, 6.30pm. Light refreshments will be available from 6.00 pm

 

NSW: Palm Sunday Service and Rally, 16 March 2008
The Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition, together with the Ecumenical Council of NSW, will conduct the annual Palm Sunday Service and Rally at Parramatta Amphitheatre [near Parramatta Railway Station and near the Anglican Church] at 1.30 pm.

 

NSW: Yinalung Yenu: women’s journey - An exhibition celebrating Australian Indigenous women, 21 March 2008  
Discover Indigenous women’s contribution to the Australian community through a new exhibition - Yinalung Yenu: women’s journey - opening at the Powerhouse Museum 500 Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney on 21 March. Through objects, photographs and personal interviews, Yinalung Yenu reveals the many roles Indigenous women have played in Australian society from traditional times to the present.

 

VIC and NSW: Jesuit Lenten Seminars 2008, 5 march 2008
The 2008 Jesuit Lenten Seminars take place in Melbourne on 5 March, and Sydney on 6 March. The topic - Climate Change: Who Pays the Price? will focus on the impact of climate change on the poor. More information:
www.express.org.au

 

For more events around Australia subscribe to the Briefing papers from the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, which can be viewed online at:
www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au