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Rokiya Begum and Rofiq Ahmed’s family of eight is one of thousands of Rohingya families that fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar for safety and continue to need support. LWF World Service provides humanitarian and livelihood programs to assist displaced families. Photo: RDRS Bangladesh
9 Aug
Bangladesh: Living in displacement, the life of a Rohingya family
Women, Refugees, Rohingya
9 Aug
“I could not eat or drink on the day of the incident. There was a lot of gun fire on the day. Even my house was also burnt,” says Rokiya Begum, a 30-year-old mother of six, living in Cox’s Bazar,...
The Accelerated Learning Program at Tirhaka ALP Center in South Sudan serves children with disabilities, especially refugees, through LWF's inclusive education program. Photo: LWF/C. Mawel
26 Jul
South Sudan: expanding education for children with disabilities
Diakonia, Youth, Women, People with Disabilities
26 Jul
Sarah Philemon is a 32-year-old mother of four from Pamir refugee camp in Sudan. Born in 1990 in Nuba Mountain, she lost her hearing at age 15 when her village was bombarded. As a result, she has...
The Universal Periodic Review is a mechanism used by the Human Rights Council to review the human rights situation of United Nations member states. Photo credit: LWF/C. Kästner
19 Jul
Human rights council: protecting the safety and security of vulnerable groups
Theology, Ecumenical, Interfaith, Advocacy, Youth, Women
19 Jul
“We urge the Government of Uganda to take proactive measures that reduce teenage pregnancy while enabling pregnant teenagers to stay in school,” stated Ester Wolf, Advocacy Officer for Human Rights...
Archbishop Antje Jackelén ends her term as head of the Church of Sweden in October. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert
15 Jul
Sweden: Reformation, reconciliation, and gender justice
Voices from the Communion, Member Churches, Communion Building, ecumenical relations, Gender Studies, Gender, Public theology, Theology, Advocacy, Women, Climate, Catholic-Lutheran Commemoration of the Reformation, Gender Justice, LWF Vice-President
15 Jul
In this Voices from the Communion, Church of Sweden Archbishop Antje Jackelén looks back at her eight years in office that draw to a close on 30 October 2022. She reflects on some highlights, as well...
LWF’s SAFER project humanitarian support point is a welcome sight for migrants in Arauca, Colombia. The transit point works to ensure a safe migration along the routes in Eastern Colombia. Photo: LWF/D. Alvarez 
7 Jul
Colombia and Venezuela: a refugee’s incredible journey home
Diakonia, Women
7 Jul
The Lutheran World Federation World Service is providing humanitarian assistance to more than 168,000 people who have found refuge in Arauca and Casanare, at the Northern border of Colombia, through...
Obongi district, Uganda an LWF staff member speaks with the local community and provides support for women and children. LWF uses a local to global to local methodology where advocacy is conducted at the global level feeding back into efforts at the national and local levels. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
16 Jun
Human rights council: advocating with communities from local to global to local
human rights council, Advocacy, LWF member churches, Women
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...
Delegates from around the LWF communion gather for the women’s Pre-Council meeting in Geneva’s Ecumenical Center. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
8 Jun
Strengthening gender justice and women’s leadership
council, Council 2022, Women, Gender Justice
8 Jun
Women leaders representing all regions of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) gathered in Geneva on 8 June for a Pre-Council meeting
A road on the Cankuzo province, where LWF Burundi has operations. Photos: LWF/L. Gillabert
7 Jun
Burundi: Together on the road to resilience
Livelihoods, livelihood, Women
7 Jun
A brick-colored dirt road contrasts with the surrounding nature of banana trees and rice crops. This road is the red line connecting Bujumbura, the former capital of Burundi, to the small town of...
LWF’s program executive for gender justice and women’s empowerment, Rev. Dr Marcia Blasi and Regional Secretary for Africa Rev. Dr Elieshi Ayo Mungure gather with staff and students for the inauguration of the new theology, gender justice and leadership course at Tumaini University Makumira in Arusha, Tanzania. Photo: Algo Lameck Lwendo
31 May
Tanzania: new program on theology, gender and leadership
Gender, Gender Studies, Leadership, Theology, Communion Building, Women, Women in Church and Society, women in 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...
From left to right: IELV project coordinator Judith Bracho Villegas, Elisabeth Perez de Hands, Yuseidy Bolivar and IELV Pastor President Rev. Gerardo Hands, during a visit to deliver livelihood recovery kits. Photo: IELV
30 May
Venezuelan church prioritizes women’s needs on path toward livelihood recovery
Diakonia, LWF member churches, Churches in Mission, Women, women's empowerment, Livelihoods, Gender Justice, Gender Justice & Women’s Empowerment
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...
Photo: Leaders (women, youth and laypersons) from the Lutheran World Federation Latin America and the Caribbean and North America regions are gathering from 9-13 May for the 2022 Leadership Conference of the Americas. Photo: LWF/A.Gray
10 May
Americas: “God breathed life unto dry bones”
LWF member churches, Communion Building, Women, Youth, Youth Participation, Women in Church and Society, women in leadership, Leadership, Women's Leadership, conference
10 May
Coming together under the theme “God breathed life unto dry bones,” leaders from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Latin America and the Caribbean and North America are gathering...
Outside LWF's vocational training center in Ramallah – front row from left, program director Yousef Shalian, Bishop Ibrahim Azar, LWF Representative Sieglinde Weinbrenner, LWF Regional Program Coordinator Caroline Tveoy and Heather Platt from Canadian Lutheran World Relief. The ELCJHL’s director of education Dr Charlie Haddad and the ELCA’s Rev. Gabi Aelabouni are behind them. All photos: Abd Al Rahman Hadidi
5 Apr
Stepping up vocational training for Palestinian students
LWF member churches, Communion Building, Youth, Women, Livelihoods
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...
Women from Gawar in northern Cameroon building energy efficient clay stoves, as part of an LWF environmental program. Photo: Tcheou Tcheou ABEL
17 Mar
CSW66: Women must lead the way out of climate crisis
Climate, Climate Justice, Climate Change, Gender Justice, LWF member churches, Advocacy, Youth, Women
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...
Rev. Dr Wanda Deifelt, feminist theology professor at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Photo: Luther College
10 Mar
Feminist theology for a just and inclusive church
theological formation, Women, Women in Ordained Ministry, Ecumenical
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...
Dr Fadi Atrash, Acting CEO of Jerusalem’s Augusta Victoria Hospital. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
9 Mar
A pioneer in cancer treatments for Palestinians
Diakonia, Women, quality services, AVH, Augusta Victoria Hospital
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...
A Ukrainian refugee, Masha, with two of her children, at an aid station at the Ukrainian-Hungarian border on 2 March 2022. Masha, her husband and nine children fled from near the Crimean Peninsula and are receiving aid at a shelter where ACT Alliance member Hungarian Interchurch Aid is assisting Ukrainian refugees. Photo: FCA/Antti Yrjönen
8 Mar
Uphold rights and dignity of women fleeing conflict
Theology, LWF member churches, Communion Building, Advocacy, Women, International Women's Rights Day, Gender Justice, Gender Justice & Women’s Empowerment, faith and women’s empowerment, women's human rights, women's empowerment
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...
Women taking part in Focal Group Discussions for post-conflict communities in Pader district in northern Uganda. All photos: LWF Uganda
9 Feb
LWF urges Uganda to protect vulnerable women
LWF member churches, Advocacy, Women, Adjumani Refugee Settlement, CEDAW, women's human rights
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...
Eva Christina Nilsson, director of LWF’s Department for Theology, Mission and Justice. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
28 Jan
From Swedish countryside to global church coordination
Theology, Ecumenical, Communion Building, Youth, Communion, Women, Diakonia, Diakonia. Theology, LWF member churches, Mission
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...
Rev. Dr Jeannette Ada Maina, LWF vice president for Africa. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert
10 Dec
16 Days: theologies of anger, resistance and hope
Theology, Lutheran theology, Gender Justice, Gender Justice & Women’s Empowerment, Gender Studies, Ecumenical, Advocacy, Women, Women in Church and Society, 16 Days of Activism to end gender-based violence, ecumenical relations, Public theology, women's empowerment
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...
Isaiah Toroitich, Head of Global Advocacy leads the LWF Action for Justice that is the focal point for advocacy on Human Rights. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
10 Dec
Human Rights: Our foundational commitment
Advocacy, Ecumenical, Interfaith, LWF member churches, Diakonia, Women, Youth, Climate
10 Dec
Every year on December 10 the world celebrates Human Rights Day. Working for a justice is a foundational calling the LWF has committed to respond to. Isaiah Toroitich, LWF’s Head of Global Advocacy...
LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa with LWF Vice-President for Africa Rev. Dr Jeanette Ada Maina, Bishop Theophilus Shadrach of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, and LWF staff and students in the Gado camp. The students held signs and recited a poem on the importance of education. All photos: LWF/Lucie Alalu Grinstein
9 Dec
LWF President commends strength of Cameroon communities served by livelihood programs
Protection, Livelihoods, Diakonia, Mission, Women, Climate, Advocacy, Youth
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...
Ms Phelister Njile from Tanzania’s northern Shinyanga region, a participant at the 29 November event in Dar es Salaam which brought together doctors, researchers, faith leaders and key partners to end gender-based violence. All photos: Zacharia Osanga
3 Dec
Tanzania: faith leaders highlight rights of people living with disabilities
Gender Justice, Interfaith, LWF member churches, Advocacy, Women, 16 Days of Activism to end gender-based violence, albinism, disability
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...
Dr Bijaya Bajracharya, Country Director of LWF Nepal, Rev. Liria Consuelo Preciado of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Colombia and Rev. Denver Grauman of the Moravian Church in South Africa shared experiences of their work to combat gender-based violence. Photos: Panelists’ own.
25 Nov
16 Days: LWF steps up commitments to end gender-based violence
16 Days of Activism to end gender-based violence, Women, Gender Justice & Women’s Empowerment, faith and women’s empowerment, LWF member churches, Advocacy, women's rights
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...
Rev. Dr Angela Olotu, Dean of the theology faculty of the Tumaini University Makumira in northern Tanzania. Photo: Erick Adolph/ELCT
23 Nov
Tanzanian church hosts regional gender justice resource hub
Gender Justice, LWF member churches, Member Churches, Communion Building, Women, Lutheran theology, women's empowerment, women in leadership
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...
COP26 has concluded, but the LWF will continue to advocate for climate and intergenerational justice and creation care. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
16 Nov
COP26: LWF Delegates “disappointed but not disheartened by the lack of results”
Youth, Action for Justice, Climate, Climate Justice, COP26, LWF member churches, Climate Change, Women
16 Nov
While there have been some positive outcomes to the UN climate conference COP26, the path to climate justice is still very long.
Delegation observes flood site at Mekane Yesus Seminary. All Photos: Refilwe Mofulatsi/LUCSA, Zacharia Osanga/ELCT
11 Nov
Strengthening communion relations in Africa
Communion Building, LWF General Secretary, Lutheran identity, Education, LWF member churches, Diakonia, Advocacy, Youth, Women, Climate, Theology, Consultation, solidarity
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...
LWF’s new general secretary, Rev. Anne Burghardt of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert
4 Nov
Anne Burghardt: Hearing God’s word in a secular society
General Secretary, Theology, Ecumenical, Communion Building, Women, LWF General Secretary
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.
New General Secretary, Rev. Anne Burghardt. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
1 Nov
LWF welcomes new General Secretary Rev Anne Burghardt
LWF member churches, LWF General Secretary, Women, Communion Building, General Secretary
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...
Adyero Paradise (left), a returnee in Magwi County and LWF South Sudan staff member – Lillian (right), a returnee in Magwi County interviewed by LWF South Sudan, September 2021. Photo: LWF/ C. Mattner
6 Oct
“I heard of signs of peace in South Sudan, so I decided to come back”
Advocacy, Human Rights, Gender Justice, Women
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...
Rev. Bertha Godfrey Munkhondya is the first woman ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi. Photo: David Mang’enda/ALCINET
28 Sep
First woman ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi
Women Ordination, Women, Member Churches
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...
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