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Image During a 30 March webinar, four ordained women from Mexico, Austria, Tanzania and Malaysia talked about the challenges they face and responsibilities they share in bringing an alternative voice to the highest levels of church leadership. Photo: Composite Public Theology: Echoing Miriam’s prophetic song Women theologians from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America weave “constructive anger” into melodies of hope (LWI) - Women working in public theology today are echoing the prophetic voice of Miriam, Moses’ sister, who protected life and…
Image Ms Christine Mangale of the Lutheran Office for World Community in New York, speaking at a session of the CSW61 Photo: LWF/A.Hillert Urgent task of implementing women’s rights LWF’s program director in New York office looks at conclusions of UN Commission on the Status of Women (LWI) - A month on from the 65th session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)…
Image Newly elected president of the EKD Synod, Anna-Nicole Heinrich, during the EKDâs synodal meeting which took place mostly online. Photo: epd-bild Germany: Anna-Nicole Heinrich youngest president of EKD synod Heinrich: “My church has shown courage in electing me to this office” (LWI) - This weekend Ms Anna-Nicole Heinrich was elected as the new president of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)…
Image In the LWFs womenâs networks, lay and ordained women strengthen and support one another in prayer and action. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano Evaluation and outlook for women's network in Central and Western Europe Continued engagement for women’s empowerment and gender justice (LWI) – "It is important to take stock halfway between the last LWF Assembly in Namibia in 2017 and the next Assembly in Poland in 2023, and to identify the issues for…
Image Women from the Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia (GKPI) gathered at a church in Medan City, North Sumatra in August 2019 to hear about ways of implementing the LWFâs Gender Justice Policy in their own local context. Photo: Friztian Tobing New commitments to promote gender equality At Generation Equality Forum, LWF pledges to accelerate action to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (LWI) - As the Generation Equality Forum unfolds in Paris, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has pledged to accelerate…
Image Recipients of the honorary degree from Faculdades EST: from left to right, Dr Maricel Mena-López, Dr Nancy Cardoso, Rev. Dr Lori Altmann, Rev. Dr Mercedes Garcia Bachmann and Dr Wanda Deifelt. Photos: Private Latin American women honored for theological research Brazil’s Faculdades EST awards honorary degree to five theologians from different Christian traditions (LWI) - Five renowned Latin American women from different Christian traditions will be awarded an honorary degree by Faculdades EST,…
Image Photo: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash Advocacy at local level a key focus of annual women’s human rights training LWF and partner faith-based organizations prepare trainees to lead regional capacity building (LWI) – Nearly 60 delegates from faith-based organizations around the world are meeting online for the annual training on advocacy for women’s…
Image Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Photo: Courtesy Tanzania: The journey of a woman pastor with her indigenous community Voices from the Communion: Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, the first Maasai woman pastor (LWI) - “My testimony has been drawing many people to Christ,” says Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, the first ordained Maasai woman pastor in the…
Image Rev. Bertha Godfrey Munkhondya is the first woman ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi. Photo: David Mangâenda/ALCINET First woman ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi May her “ordination inspire girls and women to pursue theological education and respond to the call to ministry" (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) communion of churches celebrates the ordination of Rev. Bertha Godfrey Munkhondya…
Image Members of the Synod of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland vote to ordain women. Photo: Agnieszka Godfrejów-Tarnogórska Polish church votes to ordain women pastors LWF welcomes the decision by the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has welcomed the decision by the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg…