VILLANUEVA, Nicaragua/ GENEVA, 28 July 2015 (LWI) – Alma Nidia Martinez starts her day at five o’clock in the morning. That’s when she starts housework, cares for her three children, and tends to her…
First Nordic translation of LWF Gender Justice Policy
(LWI) – The first Nordic translation of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Gender Justice Policy (GJP) will help make it part of the life of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland…
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania/ GENEVA, 7. March 2016 (LWI) – It is rather unusual to see women in Mauritania handle large technical equipment, but Bowba mint Brahim and Aichetou mint Khayling connect the large batteries and the solar panels…
(LWI) – “We are six people in our tent,” Sory Rasno, 40, says. “At night the wind keeps us awake. There is no privacy, no space. The children start school this year, but they have no place to study. Here we can forget some of our problems.”
GENEVA, 8 March 2016 --International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March represents an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women worldwide.
JERUSALEM/ GENEVA, 8 March 2015 (LWI) - In a cellphone shop along the main road in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, Ghadeer Altawil is in the middle of her work day.
Ghadeer graduated from the Lutheran World Federation (…
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras/ GENEVA, 8 March 2016 (LWI) – The life of 25-year-old María (not her real name) resembles building a house on quicksand: A futile attempt to create stability in a world that keeps uprooting individuals and destroying what…
Religious fundamentalism threatens sustainable development
(LWI) – Collaboration between The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) has helped address gender inequalities and violence against women, delegates…
Arabic version of LWF Gender Justice Policy launched in West Bank and Gaza
(LWI) - Unequal pay, unemployment, early marriages, and violence against women remain key challenges for women in the West Bank and Gaza, in spite of increased…
The Lutheran World Federation's gender justice policy has been translated into Arabic. LWF member, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, hosted a workshop that incorporated the launch of the Arabic version. The policy…