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Community consultations in Mozambique led to a parallel report raising the issue of land rights, women’s rights, the right to justice, and the rights of minorities. Photo: LWF/ S.Oftadeh
Empowering people to claim their rights
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16 Mar 2016
  • Humanitarian
16 Mar 2016
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One half of all refugees at the Za'atari Camp are children. Three brothers from a Syrian family sit, hoping for an end to the conflict. Photo: LWF/Maria de la Guardia
Five years conflict in Syria
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16 Mar 2016
  • Humanitarian
16 Mar 2016
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DMD staff facilitated the LWF online conferences, aimed at highlighting diakonia as an important part of Lutheran church identity. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Helping communities move toward change
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16 Mar 2016
  • Churches
16 Mar 2016
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Young Lutherans in Indonesia want greater participation and visibility in church life. Photo: LWF/ Fernando Sihotang
Young advocates of peace and justice
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15 Mar 2016
  • Churches
15 Mar 2016
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Meeting in Wittenberg, German and Tanzanian Lutheran church leaders stated their commitment to ongoing mutual conversations and exchange. Photo: VELKD/Gundolf Holfert
German and Tanzanian Lutheran leaders affirm mutual solidarity
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11 Mar 2016
  • Communion
  • Churches
11 Mar 2016
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Visiting France in early March, LWF President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, called for a new, concerted effort to renew global commitment to confront the destructive cultural impulses of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Global conflict risks escalating extremism, LWF President warns in France
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10 Mar 2016
  • Unity
  • Governance
10 Mar 2016
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Maria discusses women's rights in her congregation. To protect the young woman from the gangs, she has to remain anonymous. Photo: LWF/ B. Platero
With hope against gang violence
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8 Mar 2016
  • Humanitarian
  • Gender
8 Mar 2016
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LWF and ILC representatives met at the International Lutheran Center in Wittenberg, Germany. Photo: ILC
Global Lutheran bodies discuss the journey from conflict to communion
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8 Mar 2016
  • Unity
  • Churches
8 Mar 2016
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Ghadeer Altawil at her work station in Beit Hanina. Photo: LWF/ Jerusalem
Young women with a knack for electronics
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8 Mar 2016
  • Humanitarian
  • Theology
8 Mar 2016
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