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“Cooperation is a strength and a powerful signal”

Partnership welcomed between FBOs and UN on women’s rights
“Cooperation is a strength and a powerful signal”
10 July 2018
Partnership welcomed between FBOs and UN on women’s rights (LWI) - Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has said faith-based organizations and the UN’s committee on the elimination of discrimination against women (CEDAW) ...
Putting women’s rights on the UN agenda
5 July 2018
Faith organizations learn UN mechanisms to promote women (LWI) - Feminist faith actors will be critical to ensuring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are implemented, the director of the UN Women liaison office in Geneva has told a women’s human ...
Finding justice in context
4 June 2018
Bible study at CEC assembly highlights issues of justice and the responsibility of the church
French churches push for gender equality at all levels
1 May 2018
Statement on balance and equity between women and men in the church endorsed
Faith actors vocal in promoting women’s rights
26 March 2018
LWF delegates showcase work in panel discussion at Commission on the Status of Women (LWI) The voices of the LWF and other faith-based organizations (FBO) have been heard at a parallel event to this year’s 62 session of the UN’s Commission on the Status ...
Proud to tell people LWF has a gender justice policy
23 March 2018
LWF Council Member Ranjita Borgoary writes about what it means to participate United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women A woman from a village never dreams of participating in a UN meeting. But a dream has come true.
Half of humanity activating its rights
19 March 2018
LWF delegate Larry José Madrigal blogs from the world’s largest gathering on women’s human rights The United Nations is a metaphor for the world in all its diversity, complexity and contradiction.
Preventing sexual harassment in the office: from policy to practice
8 March 2018
Commitment to make workplaces safe for all (LWI) - The LWF continues its work to ensure a safe workplace that extends beyond policy to practice.
Fair living and working conditions for women
26 February 2018
Women in Central Western Europe discuss the gender gap and “MeToo”
An oasis of peace against gender-based violence
6 December 2017
Peace Oasis in Za’atari contributes to 16 days of activism (LWI) - As the global community is mobilized for 16 days of activism against gender based violence, men and women in the Za’atari refugee camp have shared experiences and a moment of peace. LWF ...
Knowing Who We Are Key to Ending Gender-Based Violence
1 December 2017
Rev. Dr Faith Kokubelwa Lugazia on the 16 days of activism to overcome Gender-Based Violence Tanzanian theologian Rev. Dr Faith Kokubelwa Lugazia says churches that remain silent in the face of gender injustice are renouncing their prophetic role and she ...
Precious in God’s Eyes
25 November 2017
16 days of activism to overcome gender based violence (LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is encouraging church leaders to speak up publicly against gender-based violence. Joining the interfaith campaign “Precious in God’s Eyes,” LWF leaders have ...
Global churches act together for climate justice in call to COP23
5 November 2017
The World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance and Lutheran World Federation - together representing more than half a billion Christians worldwide - are issuing a united call for action on climate justice, the largest call of its kind in history.  In a joint ...
“Here we stand!”
16 August 2017
A visual message from Wittenberg on women’s ordination (LWI) – Over 120 women pastors from 18 countries have sent a strong signal during the Reformation celebrations in Wittenberg. Coming together under the motto “Here we stand!” and wearing clerical ...
“Sister, carry on!”
15 August 2017
WICAS meeting of bishops and women in church leadership
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