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Africa: Prayer and action towards justice and peace Youth, gender, and climate justice at heart of discussions
Americas: Leadership conference opens in worship Church leaders gather under theme of ‘Embodying the Word’
Papua New Guinea: bringing the good news to the remotest places LWF Council member from PNG shares stories of working in some of the most inaccessible places on earth
Australia: searching for a way forward together As bishop of the church in Australia and New Zealand, Paul Smith led the Convention which approved women’s ordination
Venezuela: Support for the “people of the water” LWF brings humanitarian aid to remote indigenous communities in the Orinoco delta
Building a network to support women in the church The new gender justice coordinators for Central and Eastern Europe reflect on priorities and challenges in their region
“Glimmer of hope” as CSW69 concludes in New York Commission on the Status of Women ends with the adoption of declaration calling for eradication of gender-based violence
CSW: Countering the pushback on women's rights Launch of new publication featuring advocates who attended Beijing Conference and those who continue their work today
Ethiopia: 25 years of women’s ordination EECMY Celebrates the 25th anniversary of women’s ordination to pastoral ministry
30 years on: Beijing Conference on women’s rights Commission on the Status of Women will review three decades of implementing roadmap for women’s empowerment
