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Demonstrators in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, calling for the

Pleading for freedom and life

Argentine churches seek state answers over disappeared activist Santiago Maldonado

(LWI) - Lutheran church leaders in Argentina have joined ecumenical and human rights organizations in raising their “profound concern” over the…

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…

Katrine Ringhus, advocacy officer for the LWF country program in Colombia. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

A spotlight on growing violence against defenders of land rights in Colombia

LWF-supported platform says environmental and civil society leaders are targeted

(LWI) - A group of human rights defenders from Colombia has expressed deep concern over increasing violence against environmental and civil society leaders…

UN Office in Geneva. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Supporting civil society’s agenda for human rights

LWF intervenes at UN Human Rights Council

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) intervention at the 36th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), 11-29 September, included oral statements on the human rights…

LUCCWA church leaders and LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge at the summit in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: LWF/Felix Samari

The gift of one another

Lutheran church leaders seek greater stability in West African region

(LWI) - Lutheran leaders in Central and West Africa have called for concerted efforts to overcome poverty and economic injustice in the region, urging continued…

Participants in the Africa Region Advocacy Training Workshop on Gender and Child Rights in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo: Emmanuel Kimweri, ELCT Upendo Radio

Integrity, the hallmark of a prophetic church leader

LWF President Archbishop Musa speaks at African region workshop on gender and child rights

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa has reminded churches of their role as the prophetic voice…

A young girl, refugee from South Sudan, studies in Adjumani, Northern Uganda. Lack of sanitation threatens the improving school enrolment for girls. Photo: LWF/ M. Renaux

An issue of dignity

Improved sanitation to keep female students in school in Uganda

(LWI) - One of every three girls in Uganda misses up to a week of school each month due to a lack of sanitary pads. LWF is working to reduce the stigma of menstruation and to…

Guatemalan Lutheran church leader Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Ãlvarez Cabrera (right) and Anneli Rogeman, We Effect, at the 2017 Lobbyist for Change prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo Ola Richardsson/We Effect

‘The prize gives us hope’

Guatemalan Lutheran church leader José Pilar Álvarez receives 2017 Lobbyist for Change Award

(LWI) – He has been persecuted, arrested and threatened with death, but that did not deter his commitment to fight for the rights of the…

LWF in CAR is supporting displaced communities with food security by supporting groups of agricultural producers and through school feeding programs. Photo: LWF/Central African Republic.

Welcoming renewed UN commitment to peace in Central African Republic

LWF representatives carry message to UN officials

(LWI) - A decision by the United Nations (UN) Security Council on 15 November to add a further 900 peacekeepers to the UN mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been welcomed by…

General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge meets with Indigenous people of Pueblo Nuevo, Colombia. Photo: LWF Colombia/ Diego Ãlvarez

A faith-inspired resistance to violence

LWF General Secretary Junge visits indigenous community in Colombia

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has pledged continuing support for the indigenous people of Puebla Nuevo in Colombia as…