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Image A community garden run by women in Mberengwa, Zimbabwe, where LWF supports skills development and advocacy training as part of its economic justice and women’s empowerment initiative. Photo: LWF/P. Bangoura Commission on the Status of Women to focus on tackling poverty Representatives from LWF member churches and country programs around the globe are bringing grassroots experience and expertise to the 68th session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women which will be discussing poverty alleviation.
Image Faustina Nillan, national director for women and children in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Photo: Doug Hostetter UN side event highlights churches’ successes in furthering Sustainable Development Goals A parallel event at UN Commission on the Status of Women highlights work of the ecumenical “Waking the Giant” initiative (LWI) - Ecumenical development experts from around the world, meeting at the…
Image Deacon Sue Rothmeyer, Secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Photo: ELCA USA: Keeper of the words for yesterday and today Voices from the Communion: Deacon Sue Rothmeyer (LWI) - Deacon Sue Rothmeyer, Secretary for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), recounts how sometimes…
Image Rev. Dr Angela del Consuelo Trejo Haager, coordinator of LWFâs Latin American and Caribbean Gender Justice Network and Ms Faustina Nillan, ELCTâs National Director for women and children Photo: Private; Doug Hostetter Lutheran women share stories of changing social norms LWF delegates at CSW65 shine spotlight on ways of challenging patriarchal practices in Mexico and Tanzania (LWI) - “Let us be prophetic voices of freedom and justice, even when social norms are difficult to change.” That was the call to…
Image Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (From War to Peace), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, supporting both ex-combatants and the communities they live alongside. Supporting more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization or relapse into violent conflict. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Women brokering peace in conflict and crisis CSW65: Lutherans join other religious actors to focus on including women of faith in peacebuilding processes (LWI) - Research has repeatedly shown that conflict resolution and peace processes that involve women are much more likely to…
