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Image Participants in the 2019 LWF Peace Messengers training workshop in Tallinn, Estonia. Photo: LWF/S.Kit Young peacemakers key to post-pandemic world Webinar showcases vital role of young people in advancing interfaith solidarity, peace and security (LWI) - Young peacemakers from different countries and diverse religious communities held an online brainstorming session on 1 December to…
Image The Federation of Evangelical Women in Italy focuses on womenâs health and wellbeing in a dossier for the 16 Days of activism to end gender-based violence. Photo: Unsplash/Christopher Campbell Italian Protestants publish women’s health dossier For 16 Days campaign, Evangelical Women in Italy shine spotlight on women’s health in light of COVID pandemic (LWI) - Women’s health, from life in the womb, through puberty to menopause, is the subject of a series of…
Image LWFâs delegation to the 65th Commission on the Status of Women brings vital voices of women and girls to ensure a gender just lens on COVID-19 response and recovery. (File photo taken before the start of COVID-19) Photo: Life on Earth photos/Sean Hawkey Gender-just lens needed for COVID-19 recovery LWF delegation to bring local faith perspectives to UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will be taking part in the 65th session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (…
Image Praying at the church of San Lucas of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia, a congregation in the southern areas of Bogotá. (Before COVID-19) . Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert COVID-19: Christians around the globe join ecumenical Week of Prayer On the first anniversary of pandemic, Christian churches and organizations pray for healing and hope (LWI) - One year on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christian churches and ecumenical organizations across the world are coming…
Image Photo by Sam Moqadam on Unsplash COVID-19 response must include ‘Health for all’ LWF joins call to world leaders to ensure that “each life is valued and every person’s right to healthcare is upheld” (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has joined other leaders of religious…
Image Christian churches call on the G20 to reform the international taxation system to provide resources for âglobal public goods and the protection of ecosystems.â In the photo, an LWF refugee staff member from Nigeria checks water and sanitation provision at a refugee camp in North Cameroon: Photo: LWF/C. Kästner Churches appeal to G20: Fix our broken global tax system Churches and ecumenical groups set out proposals to help low-income countries recover from COVID-19 pandemic (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined Christian churches and ecumenical organizations in urging the G20 group of…
Image During the weeks of Vesper Church it is very busy in Stuttgart's St. Leonhardâs Church. Photo: ELK-WUE/Monika Johna Building inclusive societies with universal social protection Ecumenical consultation explores role of churches in strengthening social contract between governments and citizens (LWI) - The COVID-19 pandemic “has clearly revealed the need for social protection for all people. It therefore challenges…
