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In the LWFs womenâs networks, lay and ordained women strengthen and support one another in prayer and action. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Evaluation and outlook for women's network in Central and Western Europe

Continued engagement for women’s empowerment and gender justice

(LWI) – "It is important to take stock halfway between the last LWF Assembly in Namibia in 2017 and the next Assembly in Poland in 2023, and to identify the issues for…

Art campaign in Bonn, Germany, on the international day against domestic violence. Photo: Mika Baumeister via Unsplash

Human Rights Council: LWF calls for increased efforts to combat violence against women

Religious communities offer vital support to survivors

(LWI) – In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has called for increased efforts to combat violence against women.

Presenting the…

Webinar showcases churchesâ work to bring support and hope to survivors of human trafficking. Photo: Hermes Rivera on Unsplash

Churches must join forces to combat crime of human trafficking

LWF and WCC highlight need to listen to survivors’ voices and step-up prevention among communities at risk

(LWI) - On the UN’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, survivors shared stories of escaping from their traffickers and…

Photo: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash

Advocacy at local level a key focus of annual women’s human rights training

LWF and partner faith-based organizations prepare trainees to lead regional capacity building

(LWI) – Nearly 60 delegates from faith-based organizations around the world are meeting online for the annual training on advocacy for women’s…

Participants in the online training included Lillian W. Kantai, LWF Kenya-Somali Program (left) and Sabrina Senger, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil. Photos courtesy

A new phase in faith-based advocacy for gender justice

LWF joins in amplifying lessons learned in affirming women’s human rights and gender justice

(LWI) – Three years ago, the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala (ILAG)…

Adyero Paradise (left), a returnee in Magwi County and LWF South Sudan staff member â Lillian (right), a returnee in Magwi County interviewed by LWF South Sudan, September 2021. Photo: LWF/ C. Mattner

“I heard of signs of peace in South Sudan, so I decided to come back”

LWF works to prepare conditions for a safe return and re-integration of South Sudanese into their home communities

(LWI) - Since October 2019 The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) World Service has been working with partners to promote the…

Dr Bijaya Bajracharya, Country Director of LWF Nepal, Rev. Liria Consuelo Preciado of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Colombia and Rev. Denver Grauman of the Moravian Church in South Africa shared experiences of their work to combat gender-based violence. Photos: Panelistsâ own.

16 Days: LWF steps up commitments to end gender-based violence

Webinar highlights global advocacy and local action to empower women in Asia, Africa and Latin America

(LWI) - At the start of the 16 Days campaign to end gender-based violence…

Ms Phelister Njile from Tanzaniaâs northern Shinyanga region, a participant at the 29 November event in Dar es Salaam which brought together doctors, researchers, faith leaders and key partners to end gender-based violence. All photos: Zacharia Osanga

Tanzania: faith leaders highlight rights of people living with disabilities

16 Days: ELCT supports conference to strengthen role of religious leaders in ending all gender-based violence

(LWI) - The vital role of religious leaders and faith-based organizations in ending gender-based violence (GBV) was at the heart…

Rev. Dr Jeannette Ada Maina, LWF vice president for Africa. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

16 Days: theologies of anger, resistance and hope

Lutheran, Catholic and Methodist women discuss black, decolonizing and feminist theologies for gender justice

(LWI) - Gender justice activists from different parts of the Christian world met together on 8 December to discuss ways of…

Women taking part in Focal Group Discussions for post-conflict communities in Pader district in northern Uganda. All photos: LWF Uganda

LWF urges Uganda to protect vulnerable women

In a Shadow Report to the CEDAW committee, partners call on governments to support women in refugee communities

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and partner organizations working in Uganda are calling on the government of the…