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LWF Youth secretary Ms Pranita Biswasi, addressing the side-event on a human rightsâ perspective in climate action processes at the UN Office in Geneva. Photo: LWF/F. Wilches

Call for human rights-based climate action

LWF Youth secretary says climate change disproportionately impacts women, youth, indigenous communities

(LWI) – Meaningful climate policies and action must address the human rights perspective of the disproportionate impact of climate…

The LWF-run Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

A ray of hope for Palestinian cancer patients

LWF Augusta Victoria Hospital inaugurates state of the art PET/CT Scanner

(LWI) - A ray of hope for cancer patients from Palestinian territories, thanks to a new X-ray machine. From now on cancer patients can benefit from modern diagnosis…

Human rights defenders have expressed concern about the partiality of justice in handling the situation. Photo: ILUGUA

Guatemalan church defends right to peaceful protest

Church stands with human rights defenders, calls for criminal investigations into destruction of water conduits

(LWI) - The Guatemala Lutheran Church (ILUGUA) has called on the…

Yuri Novgorodov, Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Photo: LWF/A. WeyermÃ¼ller

The long road to public recognition

Interview with Yuri Novgorodov, Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan

(LWI) - Since 2005 Yuri Novgorodov has been the bishop of a church that has been fighting for its right to exist and for…

The leadership of the Honduran church presenting the 2019 general assembly statement in front of the Martin Luther bust in Tegucigalpaâs public square. Photo: Roger Rivas

Church solidarity with Hondurans demanding justice and human rights

Lutheran church supports protests against privatization of health and education

(LWI) - The Christian Lutheran Church of Honduras (ICLH) has declared its solidarity with…

18-year-old Julian Appl was elected into the church council of his congregation. Photo: private

The youngest ombudsperson in all Bavaria’s congregation councils

Julian Appl: “My grandma was thrilled”

(LWI) - The congregation council in Hohenstadt in the Hersbruck deanery has elected 18-year-old Julian Appl as its ombudsperson – very probably the youngest person in the…

The LWF was part of a delegation that recxently met with survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Mukwege Foundation

Call for state responsibility in fight against sexual violence in DRC

Survivors’ voices at the center of shadow report to CEDAW committee

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is among five civil society organizations calling on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government to urgently assume its…

Members of the Executive Committee of the ELCT Women's Department display their national banner. All Photos: ELCT Communication/Evans Ayo

Tanzania: Towards full women’s inclusion in the ordained ministry

ELCT women pastors and theologians celebrate milestones in a 30 year-journey

(LWI) - Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) recently marked three…

2018 Women Human's Right training. Photo: LWF/George Arende

LWF announces scholarships in theology, development and diakonia

Empowering through education

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is calling for scholarship applications for studies and training related to theological, diaconal and development work. “We encourage all churches to submit…

International guests move from the Town Church to the premises of the LWF Center Wittenberg and the ELCA Wittenberg Center during the joint anniversary celebrations. Photo: GNC/LWF Florian HÃ¼bner

Wittenberg: Bringing together people from all over the world

LWF Center and ELCA Center Celebrate 10th and 20th Anniversaries

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Wittenberg Center, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this…