NGO Voice
NGO Voice

NGO Voice

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Our goal is to provide timely multi-media news reporting that highlights U.N. activity in the area of Human Rights as they relate to Catholic Social Teaching. The mainstream media doesn't always give the complete story. Using the technology of the Internet we bring you the "Good" stories in their entirety.

Recent Episodes

Pat Buckley from SPUC on Final UN Human Rights Commission
JUN 22, 2006
Pat Buckley from SPUC on Final UN Human Rights Commission
Pat Buckley from the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC) discusses the transition from the final UN Commission on Human Rights to the newly-formed Human Rights Council. Katie Sofio reports from Geneva, Switzerland, March...
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3 MIN
Ugandan Delegate to the UN Disabilities Convention
JAN 26, 2006
Ugandan Delegate to the UN Disabilities Convention
NGOVoice spoke with Christine Mulindwa-Matuvo about Uganda's position on the contentious language that speaks of "Sexual and Reproductive Services". Ms Mulindwa-Matuvo's comments show the wide gap in understanding of the motive and meaning of such...
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3 MIN
Living with Disabilities - Franciscan University Student and Disabilities Activist
JAN 26, 2006
Living with Disabilities - Franciscan University Student and Disabilities Activist
The debate over including language that acknowledges nutrition and hydration as a basic need and not medical care is central to the issue of quality of life in promoting euthenasia around the world. Listen to Andrea Vrchota, a Franciscan University...
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4 MIN
Society of Catholic Social Scientists Intervention at UN Disabilities Conference
JAN 26, 2006
Society of Catholic Social Scientists Intervention at UN Disabilities Conference
Andrea Vrchota, a Franciscan University of Steubenville student, made an impassioned plea during her intervention to stop the practice of witholding nutrition and hydration as a way of ending the lives of disabled persons on "Quality of Life"...
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1 MIN
Founders of Inclusion International
JAN 26, 2006
Founders of Inclusion International
In much of the world the only life ahead for a person with intellectual disabilities is within an institution. NGOVoice spoke to a mother and her daughter, born with Down Syndrome, who are working to change that practice through their organization...
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3 MIN