Theology, Unity, Mission and Justice
Gender Justice
Gender Justice is grounded in the theological concept of men and women, created in God's image as equal in rights and dignity. Gender Justice recognizes and addresses systems and situations of imbalance and injustice, using strategic instruments and capacity building to help transform relationships.
At LWF we work together with our member churches and World Service country programs, developing tools and resources to ensure gender equality at all levels of work and ministry. We do this through awareness raising, action, advocacy and accountability aimed at overcoming discrimination, sexism and violence. Partnering with the United Nations and other secular and faith-based organizations, we have a specific focus on women’s human rights and economic empowerment, as well as the elimination of sexual and gender-based violence in churches and in wider society.
Gender Justice Policy
The Council 2013 approved the LWF Gender Justice Policy. The 2009 LWF faith reflection on gender and power, and inclusivity and gender justice resolutions of the Eleventh Assembly in 2010 laid the foundation for this important tool. The gender policy will assist the communion to achieve equality between women and men by implementing measures that promote justice and dignity.
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The Participation of Women in the Ordained Ministry and Leadership in LWF Member Churches
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A baseline assessment among LWF member churches carried in 2016 on the proportion of women in decision-making positions...
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The Policy in practice
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Impact of the Gender Justice Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Gender Justice policies approach the intersection between gender, race, class, disabilities, religion, human sexuality, contributing in this way to address common concerns to many LAC societies.
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Impact of the Gender Justice Policy in Africa
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The gender justice efforts in the ELCZ started as a project on mainstreaming gender in the church, supported by the LWF DMD and it became a national structure within the church.
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Impact of the Gender Justice Policy in Central Eastern Europe
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The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland promoted discussions on the LWF's Gender Justice Policy, exploring equality and gender balance in the local church and Polish society...
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