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A volunteer welcomes 40 people from Lebanon at Charles de Gaulle airport on Monday, January 29, 2018. Families and individuals will be living in different regions, depending on reception possibilities. Photo: Jean-Michel Hitter/FEP

Churches in France open “Humanitarian Corridors”

Safe passage for refugees from Lebanon

(LWI) - Churches in France, among them the LWF member church, have united to welcome refugees to the country. The “Humanitarian Corridors” project follows a similar example from Italy. Its purpose is…

Members of the Colombian Commission of Jurists detail the situation in their country at a Human Rights Council side event on 16 March 2018. Photo: LWF/ Peter Kenny

Increase of attacks on human rights defenders in Colombia

LWF supports Colombian Commission of Jurists

(LWI) - Despite the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the main guerrilla group, human rights violations continue. A parallel report assembled by the Lutheran World Federation…

MarÃa Cristina RendÃ³n, program assistant in LWF Women in Church and Society speaks at the panel discussion. With her is LWF delegate Larry Madrigal Rajo, and Iman Sandra Pertek (right).

Faith actors vocal in promoting women’s rights

LWF delegates showcase work in panel discussion at Commission on the Status of Women

(LWI) The voices of the LWF and other faith-based organizations (FBO) have been heard at a parallel event to this year’s 62 session of the UN’s…

Demonstrators at the 2018 March For Our Lives in Washington D.C. Photo: Creative Commons Rosa Pineda

Young people against gun violence

“I believe if you see something wrong, you have to have the courage to stand up and speak out”

(LWI) - Young Lutherans were among the many coming together and lending their voices to the March for…

Prayer to overcome violence. Photo: Eugenio Albrecht

Church in Paraguay pledges to support new anti-violence law

“As a church, we cannot remain silent.”

(LWI) - Paraguay has brought into force new measures to curb violence against women and girls, a move the Evangelical Church of the River…

The LWF Council has repeatedly advocated for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

LWF pushes for peaceful resolution of conflict in Syria and respect for international law

Strengthen the international instruments of justice and peace

(LWI) - Expressing “grave concern over the dangerous escalation of the conflict in Syria” The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) condemns any use of chemical weapons in…

A mother and her child in one of the LWF health centers. The child is being treated for severe malnourishment. Photo: LWF DRC

13 million Congolese in need of support

Humanitarian needs have doubled since 2017

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is calling partners and donors to support the emergency response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The United Nations have indicated that DRC is…

Dr Ojot Miru Ojulu has been appointed new Assistant General Secretary for International Affairs and Human Rights

“We must speak out against injustice”

Dr Ojot Miru Ojulu appointed LWF Assistant General Secretary for International Affairs and Human Rights

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation has appointed human rights expert Dr Ojot Miru Ojulu to the position of Assistant General…

The statement calls for social and climate justice, and support for climate change-hit countries. Climate change can affect weather severely. A tropical storm in El Salvador left devastated fields in its wake. Photo: LWF/M. Boulogne

“Fighting against the commodification of everything”

LWF and ecumenical partners urge new economic system serving all

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) together with ecumenical partners has called for “an alternative financial system” embracing the experiences of those left out of…

A woman clears a plot of land in Moxico, Angola. Although the land belongs to the community, village chiefs can lease it to outside investors. All photos: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

Securing land and livelihoods in Angola

LWF works to protect communities from land grabbing

(LWI) - In Angola, farming communities are vulnerable to losing their land. Foreign investment presses its way into the country, endangering small scale farming and authorities offer…