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New commitments to promote gender equality

At Generation Equality Forum, LWF pledges to accelerate action to prevent and respond to gender-based violence
New commitments to promote gender equality
30 June 2021
At Generation Equality Forum, LWF pledges to accelerate action to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (LWI) - As the Generation Equality Forum unfolds in Paris, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has pledged to accelerate efforts to prevent and ...
Evaluation and outlook for women's network in Central and Western Europe
10 June 2021
Continued engagement for women’s empowerment and gender justice (LWI) – "It is important to take stock halfway between the last LWF Assembly in Namibia in 2017 and the next Assembly in Poland in 2023, and to identify the issues for further work," said ...
Urgent task of implementing women’s rights
22 April 2021
LWF’s program director in New York office looks at conclusions of UN Commission on the Status of Women (LWI) - A month on from the 65th session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the work has only just begun for Lutheran delegates back ...
Women brokering peace in conflict and crisis
25 March 2021
CSW65: Lutherans join other religious actors to focus on including women of faith in peacebuilding processes
Lutheran women share stories of changing social norms
23 March 2021
LWF delegates at CSW65 shine spotlight on ways of challenging patriarchal practices in Mexico and Tanzania
Shaping new narratives of inclusion and equality
17 March 2021
Lutheran gender justice advocates at CSW65 call on churches to step up action to empower women and girls (LWI) - From ancient Greek mythology to 21st century politics, women's voices have been routinely silenced, suppressed and excluded from the public square. ...
A ‘kairos’ moment to empower women and men
18 February 2021
Third ‘Transformative Masculinities’ webinar calls for repentance and the building of positive partnerships (LWI) - The COVID-19 pandemic can become a ‘kairos’ moment of opportunity for men to repent of the sin of patriarchy and create positive partnerships ...
Masculinity and the ministry of encouragement
7 December 2020
LWF webinar: ‘Being (hu)man in a world of violence’ engages feminism and positive masculinities
Building on the Bible to promote positive masculinity
30 November 2020
Webinar series launches initiative on Transformative Masculinities: being (hu)man in a world of violence
16 days to step up action against gender-based violence
25 November 2020
LWF launches campaign with action pack for churches and country programs to engage in local advocacy  (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is calling for stronger efforts to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence, with more resources ...
Postage stamp honors women of the Reformation
26 October 2020
Illustrating the contribution of courageous women
A time to teach and learn “a diakonia of solidarity”
23 October 2020
Voices from the Communion: Rev. Dr Marcia Blasi (LWI) – For many higher institutions of learning around the world, the coronavirus disease pandemic not only ushered in an unexpected shift from in-person to online teacher-student interaction but it also ...
LWF calls for urgent action on women’s rights
1 October 2020
A statement marking 25th anniversary of Beijing conference laments slow pace of progress on gender justice (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is urging world leaders, meeting at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on 1 October, to “safeguard ...
Bible studies highlight gender justice work
29 September 2020
LWF’s network of women in Latin America and the Caribbean provide hope through reflections on pandemic
Embracing sustainable practices and values
28 August 2020
Voices from the Communion: Dr. Mary Philip, Canada  (LWI) – “We cannot go back to what was normal,” says Mary Philip, Associate Professor for Lutheran Global Theology and Mission at the Martin Luther University College, Canada, as she ...
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