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Joceline, a teacher and farmer, works with the LWF in Burundi to strengthen food security and trains fellow farmers how to save. Photo credit: LWF/L. Gillabert

Human Rights Council: promoting gender justice in Burundi

At the recent session the Human Rights Council, the LWF commended the Burundi government for constructive engagement with the Universal Periodic Review and called for further protection of the rights of women.…

Participants in the 2023 Women’s Human Rights Advocacy Training gathered in Geneva’s Ecumenical Center. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Advocacy training for women’s rights defenders

A training week in Geneva for women and men working in gender justice advocacy in different parts of the world to help them connect local to global

Christians worldwide are praying for peace in Israel and Palestine on 17 October. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Lutherans worldwide join prayer for peace in Israel and Palestine

Lutheran churches worldwide are heeding a unified call for peace prayers in Israel and Palestine on 17 October. Initiated by Christian leaders in Jerusalem, the global plea has garnered support from Christians worldwide.

Protecting civic space, enhancing gender justice

Faith-based organizations discuss ways of responding to recent setbacks in the work of defending women’s human rights

A woman leads the procession into the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem, for the ordination service for Sally Azar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, on 22 January 2023. The LWF voiced deep concern about the siituations of Christians in the Holy Land. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Assembly calls for protection of Christians in the Holy Land

In a public statement, the Thirteenth LWF Assembly voiced concerns about the violence and loss of lives in Israel-Palestine, calling upon the international community and the Government of Israel to respect and ensure access to…

Delegates from LWF member churches discuss and vote on public statements — Delegates from LWF member churches around the globe discuss and vote on public statements during the Thirteenth Assembly, held in Krakow, Poland from 13-19 September 2023 under the theme of ’One Body, One Spirit, One Hope’. Photo: LWF/Jeremiasz Ojrzynski

Assembly calls for more just global economic system

In a public statement, the Thirteenth LWF Assembly called on churches to continue raising their voices for a more just global economic system and a legally binding UN Convention on Taxation to ensure a fairer distribution of the world’s wealth…

Delegates from LWF member churches in the Asia region attending a plenary at the Thirteenth Assembly in Krakow, Poland. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Assembly calls for solidarity with religious and ethnic minorities in Asia

In a public statement, the Thirteenth LWF Assembly called for solidarity with member churches and other communities who are living as minorities in Asia, and for the protection of their human rights and dignity.

Requiem for glacier — With an ecumenical requiem for the Zugspitze glacier, Bavarian churches drew attention to the effects of climate change. The dwindling glacier was blessed in a church ritual. From left, Lutheran Pastor Ulrike Wilhelm and Catholic Pastoral Assistant Florian Hammerl. Photo: epd-bild/Angelika Warmuth

Climate change: Requiem for a glacier in Germany

With an ecumenical ceremony at the top of Germany’s highest mountain peak, churches drew attention to the effects of climate change. The requiem for a dying glacier marked the rapid disappearance of the ice caps of the Alps.

Refugees arrive at the train station in northeast Hungary after crossing the border from Ukraine. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Advocating for migrant and refugee rights at international borders

LWF and partners call for an international mechanism to address the global pattern of human rights violations against refugees, asylum seekers and migrants at international borders at the 53rd session of the United Nations Human…