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Progressio has welcomed the outcome of the Cancun climate change summit as ‘a much needed boost’ for the negotiation process, but recognised that what had been achieved was a ‘compromise agreement.’…
Press Release, 13th December 2010
Progressio has welcomed as a ‘breakthrough’ calls for the impact of climate change on global water resources to be addressed by the United Nations. At the Cancun climate change summit in Mexico this…
Press Release, 7th December 2010
Christine Allen (left), Executive Director of Progressio and Bishop John Hine of Southwark Archdiocese, launch a new website dedicated to Catholic Social Teaching. The website www….
Progressio, 1st December 2010
Nearly three decades have passed since the emergence of the AIDS epidemic – untold suffering and death has been caused, but progress in halting and reversing its spread is slowly being made, says the…
Feature, 29th November 2010
Catholic development agency Progressio has welcomed the Pope’s comments that the use of condoms might be justified in certain circumstances to prevent the spread of AIDS.  Christine Allen,…
Press Release, 22nd November 2010
Progressio is a “rare organisation” which has “a high impact on the lives of many of the most socially excluded sections of the societies in which it works”, according to an independent evaluation…
Progressio, 21st October 2010
International development charity Progressio today welcomed the announcement by the Chancellor in the Comprehensive Spending Review confirming that Official Development Assistance (ODA) will rise to…
Press Release, 21st October 2010
The former Prime Minister of Haiti has called for Haiti to seize the opportunity to implement positive changes in the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake that hit the country in January 2010….
Progressio, 13th October 2010
The UK’s Secretary of State for International Development, the Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, today thanked Progressio supporters for their commitment to tackling global poverty ahead of the Millennium…
Progressio, 17th September 2010
New report shows how government, agribusinesses and retailers are failing to curb unsustainable water use in Peru A global standard to tackle unsustainable water management in developing countries is…
Press Release, 15th September 2010