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Women theologians at the third LWF International Conference on Hermeneutics. Photo: LWF/ I. Benesch

Seeking Matthew’s Wisdom for Today

By Barbara Rossing and Magdalena Ya-Shalongo

Of our four gospels, Matthew may be the one most favorable to women’s leadership in the early church. Matthew is the gospel where “women and children” are explicitly noted as present at…

De-Stabilizing the Emergent Binary of Empowered Girl vs. Muslim Girl

By Shenila Khoja-Moolji

In 2012, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl then twelve years old, was shot in the head by a member of the Tehrik-e-Taliban, a tribal-political formation in Pakistan. While she recovered shortly thereafter,…

Our churches must be role models for gender justice, says Christine Mangale of the Lutheran office at the UN headquarters

Empower women, secure sustainable development

Christine Mangale from the Lutheran office at the UN headquarters in New York analyses the role of faith-based organizations in ensuring women’s inclusion and participation in sustainable development.

The United…

Christine Mangale, of the Lutheran Office for World Community, attended CSW61 and issued a call for churches to promote dignity. Photo: WCC/Albin Hillert

As people of faith, we must work for women’s empowerment

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The Lutheran World Federation’s Women in Church and Society attended the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, held annually at the UN headquarters in New York. This year’s…

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: Larry Madrigal stands in front of the stained glass mural that inspired his mother at the 1994 CSW. Photo: L Madrigal

Half of humanity activating its rights

LWF delegate Larry José Madrigal blogs from the world’s largest gathering on women’s human rights

The United Nations is a metaphor for the world in all its diversity, complexity and contradiction.

Thousands of women and hundreds of…

Ranjita Borgoary gives a presentation at a meeting associated with the Commission on the Status of Women. Photo: LWF

Proud to tell people LWF has a gender justice policy

LWF Council Member Ranjita Borgoary writes about what it means to participate United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women

A woman from a village never dreams of participating in a UN meeting. But a dream has come true.

It is a…

On opening day of CSW68, LWF panelists take part in a discussion on ways in which they are working to financially empower women. Photo: St Peter’s Church NY/J. Lewis

Tackling poverty, transforming women’s lives

On the opening day of the 68th Commission on the Status of Women, LWF delegates showcased successful work to support women's financial empowerment

Horn of Africa call to end hunger — A group of Turkana – a pastoralist community near Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya – walk home from an LWF-supported farm in Nakoyo. The community is learning how to grow diverse crops as a changing climate and extended dry seasons has made their traditional livelihoods of keeping livestock increasingly difficult. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF joins call to fight hunger at Horn of Africa

LWF and partners call for more sustained assistance to the Horn of Africa. The humanitarian response must be fully funded to mitigate the effects of climate injustice in the re and urge donors to address the impact of climate change and climate…

UNFPA's Dr Azza Karam (left, speaking) said the situation in Brazil, as presented by Rev. Cibele Kuss (right), highlighted the need to share experiences about religious intolerance across similarly affected countries in the South. Photo: LWF/C. RendÃ³n

Interfaith collaboration can reduce gender inequality

Religious fundamentalism threatens sustainable development

(LWI) – Collaboration between The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) has helped address gender inequalities and violence against women, delegates…