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Ms Kausilya Damai, member of the local government of Nawadurga Rural Municipality in western Nepal. Photo: LWF Nepal
Nepal: Woman leader Damai chronicles her journey from bondage to leadership
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8 Mar 2019
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  • Theology
8 Mar 2019
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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr. Martin Junge speaks at an interfaith panel on the opening day of the Vatican conference on Religions and the Sustainable Development Goals. Photo: GCCM
Faith-based organizations are “uniquely placed to support” UN’s 2030 Agenda
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7 Mar 2019
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  • Unity
7 Mar 2019
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Participants at the Working Together meeting in Geneva. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Strengthening partnerships to support holistic mission and service
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5 Mar 2019
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  • Communion
5 Mar 2019
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ELCT Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Onael Shoo. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Tanzania: Presiding Bishop calls for leadership values that foster unity
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4 Mar 2019
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4 Mar 2019
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Rev. Sílvia Genz is the first woman to take office as the pastor president of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB). Photo: LWF/A. Weyermüller
Brazil: Building bridges in challenging times
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1 Mar 2019
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  • Climate
1 Mar 2019
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Icelandic pastors and bishops after the consecration of Rev. Agnes Sigurðardóttir as bishop of Iceland in 2012 (seventh from right, front row). Bishop Guðmundsdóttir is fifth from the left in the front row. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
Church of Iceland offers equal opportunities for women
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28 Feb 2019
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28 Feb 2019
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Viviana Machuca (left), representing the Colombia inter-church platform DIPAZ, and Sara Lara (right), director of the human rights program of IELCO, in Geneva for the CEDAW shadow report on Colombia, meet with Rev. Dr Martin Junge (center), LWF General Secretary. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Colombia: Pushing for peace and women’s rights
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26 Feb 2019
  • Theology
  • Justice
26 Feb 2019
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Participants in the women’s self-help group Tesfa (‘hope’) gather for the day. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert
Ethiopian church empowers communities to thrive on their own
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22 Feb 2019
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  • Communion
22 Feb 2019
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Ms Desri Maria Sumbayak, LWF Vice-President for Asia and Council member Ms LoeRose Mbise, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Photo. LWF/Albin Hillert
The LWF Strategy in Bahasa Indonesia and Swahili
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21 Feb 2019
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21 Feb 2019
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