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Marking a Decade of Rights-Based Advocacy LWF launches anniversary edition of report on Rights-Based Approaches
Creating a just future: responsible theology and transformative learning in Asia A week of learning and commitment to justice, dignity, and leadership.
Planting Hope: Reforesting Nicaragua’s Dry Corridor 7,000 trees planted through the “Sowing the path to COP30” campaign
Speaking out on violence against women and girls in Chad Chadian women's rights defenders raise issues at CEDAW briefing
Iraq: Protecting women’s rights, reforming law (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has addressed the UN Human Rights Council highlighting key women's rights issues during the council's s
