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Human Rights

Representatives of refugee-led organizations participating in the 85th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Banjul, Gambia, Photo: LWF/I- Toroitich

Refugees shape discussion at Africa’s human rights body

LWF and partners support contribution of forcibly displaced people to regional and global policies

Justice
Humanitarian
News
29 Oct 2025
Participants in this year’s Women’s Human Rights Advocacy Training, held 13-17 October, in Geneva. Photo: Panuga Pulenthiran

Tools to advance gender justice and equality

LWF and partners host annual training for community advocates of women’s human rights

Justice
Gender
News
21 Oct 2025
LWF Statement

LWF welcomes Gaza peace agreement

Call for sustained international engagement to secure lasting peace 

Communion
Justice
News
09 Oct 2025
A child peaks through the fence between two sections of the reception centre of the Kalobeyei refugee settlement near Kakuma refugee camp. Photo: LWF/ Albin Hillert

Stand up for children in war

LWF and partners issue call to better protect children affected by war and conflict.

Justice
Humanitarian
News
23 Sep 2025
LWF Statement

Statement: Upholding International Law

LWF joins civil society call ahead of UN General Assembly

Justice
Humanitarian
News
19 Sep 2025
Sue Edison-Swift of the ELCA, one of the Lutheran delegates at the Beijing World Conference on Women, holds a placard during a march in July 2025. Photo: P. Edison-Swift
23 Sep 2025

Towards True Gender Equality 1995-2025

Justice
Gender
Event
LWF Senior Advocacy Advisor Fabián Wilches [center] with IELCO Bishop John Rojas, Director of Diaconia Ana Mendivelso, migration ministry Coordinator Johana Morales and Daniel, psychosocial support for migration ministry. Photo: IELCO

Migrants’ rights and dignity at heart of Global Forum in Colombia

LWF brings voices of member churches to Global Forum on Migration and Development

Humanitarian
Churches
Justice
News
01 Sep 2025
Kakuma refugee camp, in Northern Kenya, where LWF has been working for more than 40 years. Photo: LWF/ Albin Hillert

Long-term commitment to refugee rights in Kenya

LWF supports implementation of human rights recommendations 

Justice
Humanitarian
News
07 Aug 2025
Fer Ghanaa Ansari from Musawah speaks at the side event about the reformation of Muslim family law. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner-Meyer

A faith perspective on women’s rights at the Human Rights Council

"God’s gift of human dignity and gender justice”

Justice
News
02 Jul 2025

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