Comment & Opinion
In depth articles, comment and editorial pieces exploring key areas of global development, written by CAFOD staff, volunteers, partners, and beneficiaries
![]() The struggle for indigenous rights Under constant threat of destruction of their society, environment, livelihoods, and at times even their lives, Brazil’s indigenous people are learning their constitutional rights |
![]() Last chance action on the Climate Bill
MPs are voting on the Climate Change Bill in October - we still need them to push for the UK to cut its emissions by at least 80% |




![More than 700 campaigners rallied before delivering anti-poverty messages to every EU embassy in London [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/campaign_images/trade_justice_campaign_images/embassy_bus/199633-2-eng-GB/embassy_bus_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Fatna (right) brings home wood that she and some neighbours have harvested from outside the camp in Kubum, south Darfur [Paul Jeffery/ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/fatna-right-brings-home-wood/247664-2-eng-GB/fatna-right-brings-home-wood_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Niccollette and Shrirvanie film the aftermath of the Guyanan floods, with support from CAFOD partner Guyana Human Rights Association [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/what-we-do/communications/images/after-guyana-floods/679742-1-eng-GB/after-guyana-floods_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)

![Niccollette and Shrirvanie film the aftermath of the Guyanan floods, with support from CAFOD partner Guyana Human Rights Association [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/what-we-do/communications/images/after-guyana-floods/679742-1-eng-GB/after-guyana-floods_medium.jpg)
![Communities in Sierra Leone learning how to use video to change their own lives for the better by lobbying their leaders for change [Alex Coley]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sierra-leone/images/using-video-to-lobby-for-change/761658-1-eng-GB/using-video-to-lobby-for-change_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)

![Indigenous people's rights are being undermined and ignored by the rich and powerful [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/latin_america_caribbean/brazil/macuxi_boy_with_cattle/241714-2-eng-GB/macuxi_boy_with_cattle_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
![Logo used by eBay to show a seller is donating a percentage of selling price to charity [eBay]](/var/storage/images/images/logos/logo-for-ebay/225341-4-eng-GB/logo-for-ebay_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
![Gabriel Murwa and his wife with their last remaining cow from a herd of 100. The others have all died. [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/africa/kenya/images/gabriel_murwa_and_his_wife_with_their_last_remaining_cow/290005-2-eng-GB/gabriel_murwa_and_his_wife_with_their_last_remaining_cow_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
![The CAFOD-funded National Federation of Fishworkers organises fishermen to defend their rights [Nithila Mariampillai/HUDEC]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/asia/sri_lanka/fisherman_throwing_net/2862-2-eng-GB/fisherman_throwing_net_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)

