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LWF leader encourages Indian churches to preach, teach and speak out against sexual violence
No justification for violence against women
12 December 2019
LWF leader encourages Indian churches to preach, teach and speak out against sexual violence (LWI) - Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has encouraged of all LWF member churches in India to step up efforts to stop violence ...
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, ...
Stepping up to lead the church in Ghana
29 November 2019
The president of the ELCG shares hopes and challenges of empowering a new generation of leaders in his country (LWI) - Rev. John Shadrack Donkoh was elected President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana in March 2018, taking over from his predecessor, ...
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 ...
Taking responsibility for God’s creation
24 September 2019
Encouraged as sisters in faith
29 August 2019
Women leaders overcoming boundaries of gender, culture and social status
Kenya moving towards gender equality in church and society
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 ...
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 ...
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