The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) engages with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process to promote human rights in Burundi, coordinating five reports with other civil society actors, with a focus on women, girls and vulnerable groups.

Participants from member churches and LWF country programs in eight African countries met in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to share best practices and challenges in monitoring governments’ implementation of the UN's Universal Periodic Review reports.…

From youth leader in her native Kenya to her current job as head of the Lutheran Office for World Community in New York, Christine Mangale reflects on her journey to lift up the voices of local churches in promoting justice, peace and human…

As G20 leaders meet in Indonesia, LWF and other Christian leaders are urging them to take action towards fairer and more participatory financial systems that can tackle our current social, economic and environmental crises.

Governments urged to take proactive action

On World Refugee Day, LWF joins with Jewish and Islamic partners to highlight faith-based response to refugee crisis

Country programs and member churches join global conversation on human rights

LWB fordert Frieden in Syrien und sagt Verstärkung der humanitären Hilfe zu

(LWI) – Der Lutherische Weltbund (LWB) hat gemeinsam mit Kirchenleitenden aus Russland, Syrien, der Türkei, den Vereinigten Staaten und der Europäischen Union…

Renews Call for a European Welcome

GENEVA, 7 October 2013 (LWI) – Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge has expressed shock and distress at the latest tragic drownings of migrants seeking to reach the…

Call for Meaningful Outcome to Climate Change Negotiations

(LWI) – The official delegation of the Lutheran World Federation to the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 19) has decided to fast in solidarity with the poor and vulnerable…