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Encouraged as sisters in faith
29 August 2019
Women leaders overcoming boundaries of gender, culture and social status
Call for state responsibility in fight against sexual violence in DRC
10 July 2019
Survivors’ voices at the center of shadow report to CEDAW committee (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is among five civil society organizations calling on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government to urgently assume its fundamental obligation ...
Young Lutherans raise concerns at Council 2019
21 June 2019
Youth Council members call for action on climate change, gender justice and participation in church leadership (LWI) - Young Lutheran ordained and lay leaders from different parts of the globe gathered in Geneva for a Pre-Council meeting, voicing concerns ...
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 ...
Churches pledge support for Colombia’s human rights defenders
11 June 2019
Geneva event calls for stepped-up efforts to achieve sustainable peace and justice for victims
Human Rights Council: Concern for conflict-affected populations and people with albinism
9 April 2019
LWF’s intervention at 40th session of UN Human Rights Council
LWF celebrates International Women’s Day 2019
8 March 2019
Staff in Geneva office take part in program of activities to raise awareness around gender justice in the workplace (LWI) - How much do men and women in your workplace know about their rights and responsibilities towards ensuring a gender balanced environment, ...
Germany: The long road to equal rights for women in leadership
13 February 2019
Women’s right to vote and their representation in Lutheran synods (LWI) - The year 2019 marks 100 years since women obtained the right to vote in Germany. While celebrating this significant anniversary, a new study has shown that the country’s Protestant ...
Participation of women and men is a theological issue
29 November 2018
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony takes up message of Twelfth Assembly (LWI) – For the first time, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony (ELCS) has passed a law to recognize the fundamental issue of gender justice in the composition of church governing ...
LWF’s invitation to “Walk our Talk” and end violence against women and girls
23 November 2018
Program executive Rev. Judith VanOsdol talks about 16-days campaign and gender justice
“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 ...
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
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” (LWI) – Better conditions for women in church leadership positions, participation in decision-making bodies of the church, fair living and working conditions for women and the MeToo ...
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