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Five LWF vice-presidents: from left to right, Desri Maria Sumbayak, Propstin Astrid Klein, Archbishop Antje Jackelen, Rev. Jeannette Ada Epse Maina and Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Promoting gender justice in church and society

A meeting of Lutheran women leaders looks at ways of transforming patriarchal attitudes and structures

(LWI) - Working together to challenge patriarchal structures and attitudes was at the top of the agenda as participants in a…

Youth members of the LWF Council gather ahead of the 13 to 18 June meeting Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Young Lutherans raise concerns at Council 2019

Youth Council members call for action on climate change, gender justice and participation in church leadership

(LWI) - Young Lutheran ordained and lay leaders from different parts of the globe gathered in Geneva for a Pre-Council meeting…

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 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…

KELC South Coast Church District Gender Justice public participation forum in Mombasa, Kenya. Photo: L. Mwololo

Kenya moving towards gender equality in church and society

KELC promotes theological foundations for gender justice

(LWI) - Rev. Catherine Ngina Musau, head of the Gender Justice Program in the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELC…

The anti-femicide demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa following the death of Uyinene Mrwetyana. Protestors cover a police vehicle with placards. Photo: Discott, via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA)

Churches to act for justice, affirm human dignity

LWF shares deep concern over escalating violence in South Africa

(LWI) - Expressing “deep concern over escalating violence against women, youth, children and foreigners in South Africa,” The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) encourages its…

Pastors and evangelists at a crisis drop-in center, run by the Simalungun Protestant Christian Church (GKPS) in Indonesiaâs North Sumatra province. Photo: LWF/P. Hitchen

Implementing gender justice in Asian contexts

Women meet in Indonesia ahead of regional church leadership conference

(LWI) - Lutheran women from across the Asian region meet together on 3 October in the Indonesian town of Pematang Siantar to discuss ways of overcoming violence and…

Participants in the Global Consultation of Women doing Theology gather outside the Warsaw conference center where they are reflecting on biblical texts and relate them to the challenges they face in their churches today. Photo: LWF/P. Hitchen

Searching for treasures of Lutheran tradition

Women doing theology ask: What does the gospel say about gender in the church today?

(LWI) How did Jesus interact with women in his time? How do the gospel texts challenge us today? How can the treasures of the Lutheran theological…

Men and women take part in discussions on gender justice at the Ohn Taw Gyi South camp for displaced Rohingyas near Sittwe, Rakhine State. Photo: LWF Myanmar/Phyo Aung Hein

16 Days: End violence against women & children

Member Churches and Country Programs call for Awareness, Action, Accountability

The 16 Days of Activism for ending Violence Against Women and Children is an…

Survivors of sexual violence in conflict take part in a three-day training program in Geneva and call for action to end impunity, stigma and silence surrounding such crimes. Photo: LWF/L. Gillabert

Breaking the silence about sexual violence

Survivors of rape bring message of resilience and prevention to Geneva film screening event

(LWI) - SEMA is a Swahili word meaning ‘speak out’. It is also the name chosen by an international movement of survivors of rape and sexual…

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