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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
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
Ethiopia: 25 years of women’s ordination EECMY Celebrates the 25th anniversary of women’s ordination to pastoral ministry
Argentina: from Assembly youth preacher to feminist theologian Rev. Dr Mercedes García Bachmann was among the first women to be ordained in the United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gender Justice: celebrating progress, charting the road ahead Over a decade on from the launch of LWF’s Gender Justice Policy, participants in a three-day consultation reaffirm the importance of keeping the co
Gender Justice Consultation: Faith and human rights The intersection of faith language and human rights discourse was crucial during the drafting of the LWF Gender Justice Policy over a decade ago an
16 Days: Unite to end violence against women and girls LWF urges churches and partners to join the campaign to end sexual and gender-based violence
Empowered for change: new graduates of theology, gender justice and leadership program TGLE third cohort participants encouraged to be “a catalyst of change in church and society”
Europe: Strengthening women in church and society New coordinator and priorities for Women’s Network in Central Western Europe