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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)…

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…

Cover photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Highlights of LWF’s work in a unique year of COVID-19 solidarity

LWF Annual Report 2020 is available online

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Annual Report 2020 is available online. Under the theme, “Leave no one behind” it gives…

Malagasy Lutheran Church pioneer woman theologian HÃ©lÃ¨ne Ralivao. Photo: Gustav Steensland/VID

LWF’s Hélène Ralivao Fund awards first scholarships for women in Africa

A legacy to theological education and leadership development

(LWI) - The legacy of Malagasy Lutheran Church (MLC) pioneer woman theologian Hélène Ralivao will live on through a…

Art campaign in Bonn, Germany, on the international day against domestic violence. Photo: Mika Baumeister via Unsplash

Human Rights Council: LWF calls for increased efforts to combat violence against women

Religious communities offer vital support to survivors

(LWI) – In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has called for increased efforts to combat violence against women.

Presenting the…

LWF Council youth delegates hold posters at the launch of the Waking the Giant ecumenical initiative in Geneva. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Churches raise prophetic voice for justice and inclusion

Lutheran churches in Colombia, Indonesia and Namibia launch reports on progress towards UN’s Agenda 2030

(LWI) - Lutheran churches in Colombia, Indonesia and Namibia have launched new reports reviewing their countries’ performance toward…

Webinar showcases churchesâ work to bring support and hope to survivors of human trafficking. Photo: Hermes Rivera on Unsplash

Churches must join forces to combat crime of human trafficking

LWF and WCC highlight need to listen to survivors’ voices and step-up prevention among communities at risk

(LWI) - On the UN’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, survivors shared stories of escaping from their traffickers and…

Rev. Ruth Wolff-Bonsirven of the Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace-Lorraine. Photo: UEPAL

France: Finding the voice of gender justice in Scripture

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Ruth Wolff-Bonsirven of the Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace-Lorraine

Ruth Wolff-Bonsirven was growing up in France’s north-eastern region of Alsace-Lorraine on the border with Germany, all children…

With the LWF Rapid Response Fund, 35 women living in poverty in the UELCI member church areas have regained their livelihoods. A tiffin owner serves lunch. UELCI

COVID-19: India’s churches help women achieve economic independence

LWF supports women seeking safety and income

(LWI) - As tailoring requests from the Lutheran congregation in the Chindwara region of India began to pour in, other women took notice of the formerly impoverished mother of five daughters,…

Recipients of the honorary degree from Faculdades EST: from left to right, Dr Maricel Mena-LÃ³pez, 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,…

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