Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

IVF Faces Stigma in Kenya

Millions of babies have been born via in-vitro fertilization since the method was first developed in Britain in 1978; but, IVF technology has been slow to catch on in sub-Saharan Africa. The Nairobi IVF Center opened in 2004 and has since helped more than 2,000 infertile couples have biological children, said head of operations Joy Noreh. “To be African does not mean you are primitive. It is just lack of knowledge in some people that they did not understand what IVF is...

Read complete article

~	UN rights experts urge Iran to halt imminent execution of juvenile Amirhossein Pourjafar

~	General Assembly elects new members to UN Human Rights Council

~	UN General Assembly elects new members to the Human Rights Council

~	UN rights experts urge France to provide safe water, sanitation for migrants in ‘Calais Jungle’

~	Lift protest ban, protect judiciary and preserve civil society role, UN rights experts urge Kenya

~	Central African Republic: UN Special Adviser condemns incitement of violence and hatred

~	UN rights office 'deeply concerned' over arrests of LGBT people in Azerbaijan, Egypt and Indonesia

~	Human rights challenges in Libya ‘massive, but not insurmountable,’ UN rights chief says after visit

~	Silencing opposition voices threatens Cambodian democracy – UN rights expert

~	Attacks against Rohingya ‘a ploy’ to drive them away; prevent their return – UN rights chief