Women

Women Leaders in LWF Churches in Asia Set Course for Inclusive Participation

BANGKOK, Thailand/GENEVA, 18 April 2013 (LWI) – One of the oldest and well known groups of the Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia (GKPI) in Medan is a women’s church choir which “is never absent at church on Sunday, no matter what,” Tetty Aritonang told a recent regional women’s meeting of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Bangkok, Thailand. She underlined the group’s contribution to church life, but decried the general lack of understanding about inclusive participation of many women, men and youth actively serving the church today.

The GKPI women’s desk coordinator was among the participants in the LWF Women in Church and Society (WICAS) regional meeting held prior to the Asia Church Leadership Conference (ACLC), hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thailand, 10-15 April.

International Women’s Day 2013

GENEVA, 7 March 2013 (LWI) – On the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD), marked globally on 8 March, a video from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) titled “Women and Men Are Created in God’s Image” highlights some of the critical issues for LWF’s commitment to gender justice in both church and society.

“A promise is a promise: time for action to end violence against women” is the IWD theme for 2013.

LWF Women’s Networks Support Struggle for Gender Justice

GENEVA, 28 February 2013 (LWI) – The World Day of Prayer (WDP), marked globally in many countries on the first Friday of March is a day for women worldwide to affirm that prayer and action are inseparable and both have immeasurable influence.

For The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) it is an occasion to reflect on the issues that relate to women’s empowerment and leadership, and to gender justice in community and within the church, says Rev. Dr Elaine Neuenfeldt, executive secretary for Women in Church and Society (WICAS) at the LWF.

Junge’s Open Letter Emphasizes Need to Break Silence over Violence against Women

GENEVA, 15 January 2013 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge says the brutal assault and rape that led to the death of a young woman in New Delhi, India, stands out as a painful reminder that “the achievement of gender justice is a matter of life and death.”

In an open letter to the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (UELCI), 14 January, Junge offered the LWF’s prayers for strength and courage upon the bereaved family and all who mourn the loss of life through such ruthless violence.

Kenyan Church Projects Says “No” to Female Genital Mutilation

KAPENGURIA, West Pokot, Kenya/GENEVA, 7 December 2012 (LWI) – For seven days, she ran through bushes, climbing trees to escape animals, living off wild fruits and the little water she could find. Her feet were swollen and blistered.

Having endured a painful, dangerous and illegal female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision, imposed on her by her parents, she was determined to escape a forced marriage to an old man and a life without a future.

Mission and Development Director Elaborates Outcome of Global Consultation

WITTENBERG, Germany/GENEVA, 6 November 2012 (LWI) – Renewing theological education and formation that responds to and gives meaning in an ever-changing society is an urgent task for The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), says Rev. Dr Musa P. Filibus, director of the LWF Department for Mission and Development.

Theologians and Development Workers Underline Women’s Contribution

GENEVA, 30 October 2012 (LWI) – The critical need for gender justice in theological education and in defining development programs was one of the key themes discussed at two recent international meetings of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Germany.

LWF-Supported Solar Panel Program Engages Women Engineers

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, 10 August 2012 (LWI) – Thanks to the courage of six local women, life has improved drastically for the people of three small villages, a couple of hours south of Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott.