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Rev. Judith VanOsdol, LWF program executive for Gender Justice and Women's Empowerment. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

LWF’s invitation to “Walk our Talk” and end violence against women and girls

Program executive Rev. Judith VanOsdol talks about 16-days campaign and gender justice

(LWI) - This year’s global campaign to end violence against women and girls is an opportunity for the Lutheran communion “to renew and reaffirm our…

A group of participants in LWF's transformative education program for freed Haliyas in Baitadi, Nepal. Photos: LWF Nepal

From silent humiliation to advocacy for social change

LWF work with Nepal’s Haliya community targets women’s rights and education

(LWI) - Thirty-year-old Basanti Mahar of Bashulinga village in Nepal says talking to other women about alcohol-fueled domestic abuse in their community has…

LWF food security project in Shumes hah, Lalibela, Ethiopia. Through a cash-for-work program, local farmers build irrigation channels and terraces for food and water conservation. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

COP24: Global church bodies urge transformative action to protect the most vulnerable

Press Release: LWF, WCC and ACT Alliance reiterate calls for just implementation of Paris Agreement

As the United Nations (UN) climate summit kicks off in Katowice, Poland, global church organizations…

Government thanks Liberia’s faith-based organizations for education and peacebuilding

LWF ‘Waking the Giant’ program launched in Monrovia

(LWI) - The Liberian government has commended faith-based organizations for their critical role in providing education and enhancing peace building in the country.

Speaking during…

The LWF has urged members of the global community of states to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights today by reaffirming commitment to the declaration and to safeguarding freedom, justice and peace in the world. LWF general secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge (left) and LWF President Archbishop Musa Panti Filibus (right). Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

70 years on: Upholding the dignity of every human being

LWF urges global community of states to safeguard the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has urged members of the global community of states to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal…

A crop of jatropha, an oil fruit used for biofuel production in central Mozambique. Photo: Justa Paz

Nothing to extract from the golden oil fruit

Mozambican land rights advocates seek justice for victims of risky investments deals

(LWI) “They came as thieves!” says 65-year-old *Antonio. He is among farmers in Grudja village, central Mozambique, where a standoff exists between a…

Acolytes of the Lutheran Church in Liberia prepare to lead the march protesting all forms of violence in the Thursdays in Black campaign. All photos: LCL/ Linda Johnson Seyenkulo

Liberia’s Thursdays in Black campaign amplifies efforts to end gender-based violence

Lutheran Bishop Seyenkulo sees “potential to change our world for the better”

(LWI) - The launch of a Thursdays in …

The âOspedale Evangelico Betaniaâ in Naples, Italy. Photo: Michele Attanasio

Hospital in Naples marks half century of ‘open arms’

Villa Betania Evangelical Hospital provides care for poor and undocumented migrants

(LWI) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy (CELI), a member of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has been…

Mayerlis serves woman leader Aida a meal of sarapa â rice and chicken wrapped in a Cachibou leaf. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Churches accompany ex-combatant communities through delicate peace process

FARC ex-combatants live fragile peace in Colombia

(LWI) In the far northwest – long one of the country’s most precarious regions – the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia IELCO) supports communities through a difficult and slow-moving…

Kenneth Mtata during a visit at the Ecumenical Center. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Zimbabwe Council of Churches calls for end to violence

Statement says the country’s crisis can only be resolved through dialogue and consensus building

(LWI) - The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has appealed for an end to the violence which erupted in…