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Zoraya Urbina, LWF Central America advocacy officer . Photo: LWF

A blanket that shelters us equally

This year, the 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) put women’s participation in public life at the center of its deliberations. The theme for this year was Women’s full and…

ILUGUA General Coordinator Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Ãlvarez Cabrera. Photo: LWF/M. Haas

Guatemalan Lutheran Church’s Álvarez on the Importance of LWF Membership

Greater Visibility of Advocacy and Human Rights Work

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) accepted the Guatemalan Lutheran Church (ILUGUA) into membership at the June 2014 Council meeting in Indonesia, bringing the total…

Decades of struggle for legal recognition of his land came to nothing for Don Francisco Siguic. Now the LWF and a Guatemalan human rights association hope to obtain land ownership titles. Photo: LWF/C. KÃ¤stner

Protecting earth and identity

LWF supports Maya communities in Guatemala

(LWI) - If anyone knows about bureaucracy in Guatemala, it would be Francisco Siguic, 65. He has been trying to get a land title for more than 40 years.

Siguic, or Don Francisco, is a…

An indigenous ceremony in Guatemala, honouring the earth and creation. Respect for the environment runs deep in the indigenous communities of Guatemala, many of whom now see their traditional way of life threatened by infrastructure projects. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

Guatemala Lutherans speak out against killing of human rights activist

Indigenous communities “most affected when defending their way of life”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation Central America Program, together with the Guatemala Lutheran Church (Iglesia Luterana Guatemalteca, ILUGUA), an LWF member…

President Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Cabrera of the LWF member church ILUGUA, which also belongs to the Communion of Lutheran Churches in Guatemala. Photo: ILUGUA

A setback in the fight for justice

Lutherans in Guatemala protest expulsion of commissioner investigating impunity and corruption

(LWI) - The Communion of Lutheran Churches of Guatemala has expressed regret and objection to the government's expulsion of the Commissioner of…

A group of women participants at MLCâs jubilee. Photo: MLC

Precious in God’s Eyes

16 days of activism to overcome gender based violence

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is encouraging church leaders to speak up publicly against gender-based violence. Joining the…

LWF Hub team leader JÃ©sus Rodriguez (center) coordinates the aid work in Guatemala. Photo: LWF

Help for volcano victims in Guatemala

LWF ensures coordination of emergency response

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is ensuring that agencies mount a coordinated response to the emergency caused by volcanic eruptions in Guatemala at the beginning of June. Food,…