News
16
Jun
Human rights council: advocating with communities from local to global to local
16
Jun
The 50th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) started this week, The Action for Justice unit leads the Lutheran World Federations’ (LWF) advocacy work at the sessions, connecting local communities to global platforms by facilitating the presentation of oral statements by member churches and country programs.
16
Jun
Human rights council: advocating with communities from local to global to local
16
Jun
The 50th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) started this week, The Action for Justice unit leads the Lutheran World Federations’ (LWF) advocacy work at the sessions, connecting local...
8
Jun
Strengthening gender justice and women’s leadership
8
Jun
Women leaders representing all regions of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) gathered in Geneva on 8 June for a Pre-Council meeting
31
May
Tanzania: new program on theology, gender and leadership
31
May
Sixteen women and men from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches across Africa have begun training as part of a new gender justice program established in memory of the pioneering...
30
May
Venezuelan church prioritizes women’s needs on path toward livelihood recovery
30
May
Hidden from the visible impact of complex humanitarian crises are the tough choices women in low-income communities often have to make between catering to their own critical needs and providing food...
5
Apr
Stepping up vocational training for Palestinian students
5
Apr
The LWF and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) have stepped up their collaboration to strengthen vocational training opportunities for young Palestinian women and...
17
Mar
CSW66: Women must lead the way out of climate crisis
17
Mar
Women may be more likely to die in climate related disasters, but they are also increasingly driving the movement for cleaner energy sources and more sustainable ways of living. During a panel...
10
Mar
Feminist theology for a just and inclusive church
10
Mar
When Wanda Deifelt was riding the bus to school from her country village in southern Brazil, she never dreamed that she would go on to become a role model in the struggle for gender justice in her...
9
Mar
A pioneer in cancer treatments for Palestinians
9
Mar
As a young boy living up in the West Bank, Fadi Atrash decided at an early age that he wanted to be a doctor when he grew up. The effects of a prolonged healthcare crisis in his country, provoked by...
8
Mar
Uphold rights and dignity of women fleeing conflict
8
Mar
On International Women’s Day, the Lutheran World Federation’s General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt has called upon “the international community, churches and leaders worldwide to work together to...
9
Feb
LWF urges Uganda to protect vulnerable women
9
Feb
The LWF and partner organizations working in Uganda are calling on the government of the East African nation to enact reforms and implement existing legislation on the protection of women in...
28
Jan
From Swedish countryside to global church coordination
28
Jan
Growing up on a farm in the southern Swedish countryside seems a far cry from the high-flying career in international development and mission that Eva Christina Nilsson has been pursuing for almost...
10
Dec
16 Days: theologies of anger, resistance and hope
10
Dec
Gender justice activists from different parts of the Christian world met together on 8 December to discuss ways of responding to the ongoing injustice, discrimination and violence against women in...
9
Dec
LWF President commends strength of Cameroon communities served by livelihood programs
9
Dec
On his visit to the LWF Country Program in Cameroon, the LWF President, Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa, applauded the strength and resilience of the communities served by LWF in Gado where refugees...
3
Dec
Tanzania: faith leaders highlight rights of people living with disabilities
3
Dec
The vital role of religious leaders and faith-based organizations in ending gender-based violence was at the heart of a conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 29 November entitled ‘A wealth of...
25
Nov
16 Days: LWF steps up commitments to end gender-based violence
25
Nov
At the start of the 16 Days campaign to end gender-based violence , the LWF has reaffirmed its “unwavering commitment” towards ending "one of the gravest forms of violations of the human rights...
23
Nov
Tanzanian church hosts regional gender justice resource hub
23
Nov
The LWF sees theological education as a way to promote systemic change for greater gender justice in the church and in society. That principle was at the heart of the launch, in October, of the...
16
Nov
COP26: LWF Delegates “disappointed but not disheartened by the lack of results”
16
Nov
While there have been some positive outcomes to the UN climate conference COP26, the path to climate justice is still very long.
11
Nov
Strengthening communion relations in Africa
11
Nov
An extended Lutheran Council in Africa consultation held by the LWF from 22-25 October in Ethiopia, reflected on common concerns in the Africa region particularly the church’s role in the public...
4
Nov
Anne Burghardt: Hearing God’s word in a secular society
4
Nov
Meet Rev. Anne Burghardt from the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, who took up her new role as General Secretary of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) on 1 November.
1
Nov
LWF welcomes new General Secretary Rev Anne Burghardt
1
Nov
The LWF welcomes its new General Secretary, Rev. Anne Burghardt from the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELC), who takes up her new role on 1 November, All Saints Day 2021. She is the first...
6
Oct
“I heard of signs of peace in South Sudan, so I decided to come back”
6
Oct
Since October 2019 the LWF World Service has been working with partners to promote the socio-economic integration of returnees and receiving communities in Magwi County. The county is situated in...
28
Sep
First woman ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi
28
Sep
The Lutheran World Federation communion of churches celebrates the ordination of Rev. Bertha Godfrey Munkhondya, first woman ordained to the ministry of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran...
17
Sep
Tanzania: The journey of a woman pastor with her indigenous community
17
Sep
In this Voices from the Communion Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, the first ordained Maasai woman pastor in the Southern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, talks about her passion...
17
Aug
COVID-19: India’s churches help women achieve economic independence
17
Aug
As tailoring requests from the Lutheran congregation in the Chindwara region of India began to pour in, other women took notice of the formerly impoverished mother of five daughters, now, an...
3
Aug
Churches must join forces to combat crime of human trafficking
3
Aug
On the UN’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, survivors shared stories of escaping from their traffickers and helping others to find hope in the wake of such deeply traumatic experiences. The...
16
Jul
Churches raise prophetic voice for justice and inclusion
16
Jul
Lutheran churches in Colombia, Indonesia and Namibia have launched new reports reviewing their countries’ performance toward achieving the United Nations SDGs. At a webinar on 14 July, held as a side...
29
Jun
LWF’s Hélène Ralivao Fund awards first scholarships for women in Africa
29
Jun
The legacy of Malagasy Lutheran Church pioneer woman theologian Hélène Ralivao will live on through a new program dedicated to women’s theological education and leadership development in Africa. The...
