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Delegation members of the Nigerian civil society coalition. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Nigerian human rights defenders lobby governments to help end deadly conflict

LCCN and civil society groups seek intervention on human rights’ violations in Numan Federation

(LWI) - Representatives of a Nigerian civil society coalition from the Numan Federation have called on United Nations (UN) member states to…

Newly ordained Rev. Karla Steilmann Franco: women in the church have made progress but more victories need to be won. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

“I belong to a church where women work with equal rights”

Voices from the Communion: LWF Council member Rev. Karla Steilmann Franco, Evangelical Church of the River Plate (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay)

(LWI) - What are the greatest challenges your church faces today?…

A worship service in a congregation of the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala. Photo: ILAG

New LWF member: Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala

“We enjoy sharing God’s good news”

(LWI) - As a small church comprising predominantly indigenous people, the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala (ILAG) values its…

Rev. Judith VanOsdol, LWF program executive for Gender Justice and Women's Empowerment. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

LWF’s invitation to “Walk our Talk” and end violence against women and girls

Program executive Rev. Judith VanOsdol talks about 16-days campaign and gender justice

(LWI) - This year’s global campaign to end violence against women and girls is an opportunity for the Lutheran communion “to renew and reaffirm our…

A group of participants in LWF's transformative education program for freed Haliyas in Baitadi, Nepal. Photos: LWF Nepal

From silent humiliation to advocacy for social change

LWF work with Nepal’s Haliya community targets women’s rights and education

(LWI) - Thirty-year-old Basanti Mahar of Bashulinga village in Nepal says talking to other women about alcohol-fueled domestic abuse in their community has…

(From left) Judith VanOsdol, LWF program executive for gender justice and womenâs empowerment; Kathrin Wallrabe, ELCS equal opportunities officer and WICAS regional coordinator for Central Western Europe; Bettina Westfeld, LWF Council member and vice-president of the ELCS synod. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Participation of women and men is a theological issue

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony takes up message of Twelfth Assembly

(LWI) – For the first time, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony (ELCS) has passed a law to…

Acolytes of the Lutheran Church in Liberia prepare to lead the march protesting all forms of violence in the Thursdays in Black campaign. All photos: LCL/ Linda Johnson Seyenkulo

Liberia’s Thursdays in Black campaign amplifies efforts to end gender-based violence

Lutheran Bishop Seyenkulo sees “potential to change our world for the better”

(LWI) - The launch of a Thursdays in …

The âOspedale Evangelico Betaniaâ in Naples, Italy. Photo: Michele Attanasio

Hospital in Naples marks half century of ‘open arms’

Villa Betania Evangelical Hospital provides care for poor and undocumented migrants

(LWI) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy (CELI), a member of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has been…

Ms Sally Azar, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Witnessing through dialogue, education and women’s empowerment in the Holy Land

Voices from the Communion: Palestinian LWF Council member Sally Azar

(LWI) - Please tell us something about yourself, and your church?

I was born in…

A congregation of new LWF member church the United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod meets in Santiago de Cuba. The church has more female ordained leaders than male. Photo: United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod

New LWF member: United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod

“Being part of the LWF allows us to give and receive in every way”

(LWI) - When the United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod (IEU-SL), learned it had been…