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16 Days: Churches stand against gender violence 

LWF member churches organize activities promoting ‘Awareness, Action and Accountability’

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16 Days: Churches stand against gender violence 
5 December 2019
LWF member churches organize activities promoting ‘Awareness, Action and Accountability’ (LWI) - Ensuring the promotion of gender justice at every level throughout the communion: that’s the ambitious goal the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has set ...
Breaking the silence about sexual violence
29 November 2019
Survivors of rape bring message of resilience and prevention to Geneva film screening event (LWI) - SEMA is a Swahili word meaning ‘speak out’. It is also the name chosen by an international movement of survivors of rape and sexual violence in conflict, ...
16 Days: End violence against women & children
25 November 2019
Member Churches and Country Programs call for Awareness, Action, Accountability
Searching for treasures of Lutheran tradition
15 November 2019
Women doing theology ask: What does the gospel say about gender in the church today?
Sharing stories, reforming structures
13 November 2019
Women from European churches meet to discuss ways of overcoming injustice, discrimination and violence  (LWI) - Women leaders from Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches across Western, Central and Eastern Europe have been meeting in ...
Justice, dignity and hope 
7 November 2019
Women’s human rights advocacy training for faith-based organizations  (LWI) “It’s about justice, dignity and hope for these women,” Sophia Marcia Reyes concludes. The young woman works for the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Honduras and has just ...
Asian church leaders call for greater interfaith cooperation
7 October 2019
Indonesia hosts conference on promoting dialogue at leadership and grassroots level (LWI) - The Asia Church Leadership Conference (ACLC) has concluded in Indonesia with a call to all churches to work more closely together with other faith communities to promote ...
Implementing gender justice in Asian contexts
1 October 2019
Women meet in Indonesia ahead of regional church leadership conference (LWI) - Lutheran women from across the Asian region meet together on 3 October in the Indonesian town of Pematang Siantar to discuss ways of overcoming violence and promoting gender justice ...
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19 July 2019
KELC promotes theological foundations for gender justice  (LWI) - Rev. Catherine Ngina Musau, head of the Gender Justice Program in the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELC) says the status of women in her country is improving gradually but there are ...
Promoting gender justice in church and society
13 June 2019
A meeting of Lutheran women leaders looks at ways of transforming patriarchal attitudes and structures (LWI) - Working together to challenge patriarchal structures and attitudes was at the top of the agenda as participants in a Pre-Council meeting on women ...
Bridging the gap between gender justice and religious liberty
6 June 2019
LWF takes part in consultation aimed at keeping women’s rights at the heart of efforts to uphold freedom of religion and belief (LWI) - A woman kneels on an empty stage, bowing her veiled head in prayer. An activist for religious freedom enters on one side ...
Faith-based organizations launch publication on women’s human rights
7 May 2019
LWF General Secretary Junge affirms partnerships that influence the local reality (LWI) - The need to strengthen partnerships and broaden alliances to address the growing pushback against women’s human rights emerged as a shared concern at the launch of ...
Mexican church marks 10 years of women’s ordination
12 April 2019
Equal participation in other areas of church life has grown (LWI) - The recent celebration of 10 years of women’s ordination in the Mexican Lutheran Church (ILM) was an occasion to reaffirm the church’s commitment to empower and encourage both women and ...
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Program Executive for Gender Justice and Women's Empowerment

jva@lutheranworld.org

+41 22 791 6578

Ms Maria Cristina Rendón

Program Assistant in Women in Church and Society

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+41 22 791 6270

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