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Rev. Dr Martin Junge, LWF General Secretary. Photo: LWF/F. Hübner
Refugees lose many things but never their human rights
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18 Apr 2016
  • Humanitarian
18 Apr 2016
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The ribbon cutting ceremony, led by Bishop Munib A. Younan, holding a child who may be undergoing a bone marrow transplantation in the newly opened Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. Photo: LWF Jerusalem
“Restore hope, revive dreams”
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15 Apr 2016
  • Humanitarian
15 Apr 2016
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Children enjoy recreation activities in an area designated for women at the Davudija camp for internally displaced people, Dohuk, north Iraq. Photo: LWF/Seivan Salim
Deep gratitude to Polish church for refugee support
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15 Apr 2016
  • Humanitarian
  • Churches
15 Apr 2016
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Women in Sanogoan are making the bricks that will form the basis of their new village. Photo: ACT Alliance/Paul Jeffrey
Rebuilding Sanogoan one brick at a time
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14 Apr 2016
  • Humanitarian
14 Apr 2016
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At the 1-3 April synod of the Polish Lutheran church, many theologians and congregation members took part in discussion on women’s ordination to pastoral ministry and supported the move. Photo: Beata Michalek
Ordination of women in Poland: “The church is on the way”
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11 Apr 2016
  • Churches
  • Theology
11 Apr 2016
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A woman rests from stacking bricks in Sanogoan, Kathmandu valley. Photo: ACT Alliance/Paul Jeffrey
Strong women re-building Nepal
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7 Apr 2016
  • Humanitarian
7 Apr 2016
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Rev. Gilberto Mora Quesada said the church ordained Teresa Guadamuz “based on merit and maturity” after a long and sometimes difficult process, in which she always stood firm. Photo: ILCO/Rodolfo Mena Vargas
Costa Rican church ordains committed woman evangelist Teresa Guadamuz
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6 Apr 2016
  • Churches
  • Gender
6 Apr 2016
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Children from an indigenous community in Choco watch the sunrise from a river bank. Photo: LWF Colombia
“End the suffering of thousands”
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4 Apr 2016
  • Humanitarian
  • Justice
4 Apr 2016
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A digital LWI
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4 Apr 2016
4 Apr 2016
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