The Department for Mission and Development’s Desk for Women in Church and Society (WICAS), based in Geneva, accompanies the member churches and the LWF Secretariat with two distinct approaches:
- Practical: providing opportunities for leadership and addressing the varied needs of women
- Strategic: promoting the formulation of gender-based policies and practices to make the LWF an inclusive communion that avails the gifts that women bring
Key Issues
The WICAS Desk is active in a number of thematic areas:
- Gender – work towards an inclusive communion, encouraging member churches to honor LWF gender commitments
- Ordination of women – advocacy for the ordination of women and accompaniment of member churches in their efforts to realize this policy
- Violence against women – challenge to member churches to face violence against women in all forms particular to their specific contexts
- Water – theological reflection on this crucial creation stewardship concern
Regional Coordinators
WICAS has a network of 12 regional coordinators elected in the LWF sub-regions by member church representatives to serve as voluntary workers on behalf of WICAS. This network connects member churches and is a powerful instrument and advocacy tool for the work of the WICAS Desk.
For further information please contact:
Rev. Dr Elaine Gleci Neuenfeldt, Secretary for Women in Church and Society
Ms Catherine Currat, Program Assistant
