Are you a young professional interested in Quaker engagement with the UN? QUNO Geneva is hiring Programme Assistants for their Climate Change and Human Rights & Refugees programmes. Apply by 8 May - Swiss/EU/EFTA nationals or those with Swiss work rights. Find out more: quno.org/newsroom/app...
Thank you for coming! π«Ά
#QCEA_GA2026
βMany Friends around the world know Yurii Sheliazhenko from Kyiv. Yurii was detained by the police in Kyiv yesterday, for being a conscientious objector to military service. Please uphold him. We are trying to get more information from local Friends.
More here: ebco-beoc.org/press-releas...
Welcome to the team, Monica Espinosa! π
Monica steps into the role following the well-earned semi-retirement of our long-serving colleague Xavier π
Please join us in giving Monica a warm welcome.π«Ά
π Europe appears increasingly drawn to a military mindset - but is this truly what our societies need?
The question is at the heart of our latest Around Europe.
Read it here π www.qcea.org/.../2026/03/...
International Women's Day is coming! πΉ
β Let's celebrate the women who make QCEA's work possible: Feblezi Huebi, Celina Bebenek, LaΓ«titia SΓ©dou, Monica Espinoza, and Beatrice Romagnoli.
Thank you for everything you do! π«Ά
#IWD2026 #Internationalwomensday2026
"A pamphlet written by a woman in prison in 1666 has gone viral on Facebook.
Margaret Fell, co-founder of the Quakers, wrote βWomenβs Speaking Justifiedβ whilst jailed in Lancaster for her beliefs."
New today in Inside Time:
insidetime.org/newsround/a-...
#InternationalWomensDay
π What has happened at QCEA since December?
Check out our newsletter and find out! π
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Thank you for your help! Good luck to all of the applicants!
Thank you for your support. We are excited about receiving your applications! <3
We are #hiring! Apply by March 6, 2026, to become our next Rethinking Security Programme Officer!
More info π www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...
πSave the date: 30 November-4 December 2026!
Join the exciting retreat organized by us and @qva.org.uk.
Register here π qva.org.uk/qcea/
π Chapter 3 of our Migration Handbook is now available in Arabic!
π Thank you, Yosra Salah, for your your excellent translation!
π Read it here: www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...
"I feel like there is God in me... like there is a candle in me. God is not 'there' but he is here." Sikhuphukile Nare, a Quaker from Zimbabwe, shares her inward experience of worship. You can watch it here, and if her words speak to you, please do help us share her message. youtu.be/6DvxC9N5tZI?...
Thank you for being with us in 2025. Have a quick look at what we achieved in the last year! π
πWe are back! Observe this channel to learn how we turn hope into action in 2026!
π Good news! 10 key messages from the migration handbook have just been translated to Arabic!
Thank you, Iman Soliman, for your work!
Read it here π
www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...
β Martin Touwen (Clerk of the QCEA Executive Committee)
β Niamh Hardiman (Churchtown Meeting, Dublin, Ireland).
@quakerireland.bsky.social
β Michael Eccles (FWCC Europe & Middle East Section).
@mijecc.bsky.social @globalquakers.bsky.social
β Loretta OβBrien (Limerick Meeting House, Southville Gardens Limerick, Ireland. Western Regional Monthly Meeting (WRMM))
β Roger Edmund Cassidy (QCEA Executive Committee, Norway Yearly Meeting, Psychosocial health care provider in rural Sweden).
β Rachel R. Cave (Galway Particular Meeting (Ireland) and Fermanagh Worship Group (Northern Ireland)) @quakerireland.bsky.social
β Jessica Walker-Keleher (Missoula (Montana) Monthly Meeting, North Pacific Yearly Meeting, Quaker United Nations Office - QUNO)
@quakerunoffice.bsky.social
π¨οΈ Read 7 inspiring quotes from quakers in our network explaining what human rights mean to them!
#HumanRIghtsDay
See you at 17:30 (Brussels Time)! π
Still haven't registered? Do it here π www.qcea.org/events/webin...
β Yona Roseman: Conscientious objector, Mesarvot ΧΧ‘Χ¨ΧΧΧͺ- Israel
β Yan Kormilitsyn: Conscientious objector - Ukraine
β Zaira Zafarana: International Advocacy Coordinator, Connection e.V.
β Merve Arkun: Coordinator at Conscientious Objection Watch Vicdani Ret Δ°zleme - TΓΌrkiye
