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Image The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: Larry Madrigal stands in front of the stained glass mural that inspired his mother at the 1994 CSW. Photo: L Madrigal Half of humanity activating its rights LWF delegate Larry José Madrigal blogs from the world’s largest gathering on women’s human rights The United Nations is a metaphor for the world in all its diversity, complexity and contradiction. Thousands of women and hundreds of…
Image Ranjita Borgoary gives a presentation at a meeting associated with the Commission on the Status of Women. Photo: LWF Proud to tell people LWF has a gender justice policy LWF Council Member Ranjita Borgoary writes about what it means to participate United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women A woman from a village never dreams of participating in a UN meeting. But a dream has come true. It is a…
Image Women of the Mumanga community gather outside the classroom where their Creative Expression workshop took place. All photos: LWF/O.Schnoebelen Illuminating a village Workshops in Angola restore dignity to impoverished farmers One of the young men in Chinganga…
Image LWF staff support for the Masculinity and the ministry of encouragement LWF webinar: ‘Being (hu)man in a world of violence’ engages feminism and positive masculinities In the course of my parish and teaching ministry, I have encountered sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in many forms. I have accompanied…
Image PhD candidate Rev. Helen Chukka. Photo: Private Facing the “ugly truth” of inter-caste marriages through theological studies LWF scholarship holder explains her focus on Dalit women The caste system is a brutal, systematic, and intentional social construct that stratifies the society into a strict social order, which sacralizes some bodies while dehumanizing…
Image Zoraya Urbina, LWF Central America advocacy officer . Photo: LWF A blanket that shelters us equally This year, the 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) put women’s participation in public life at the center of its deliberations. The theme for this year was Women’s full and…
Image Cameroonian theologian Rev. Tientcheu Djomgoue Marie Besong, a scholarship holder of LWFâs Hélène Ralivao Fund. Photo: Private Toward more inclusive, safe, and just communities Cameroonian pastor reflects on potential of LWF scholarship fund for the church in Africa It is a great honor to have been among the first scholarship recipients of the…
Christmas Video Message 2020 LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa Video Christmas Message 2020 'Unprecedented Christmas – Unexpected Joy'
Online Theology Course Eight-week pilot course in Lutheran theology, which ran from October 2017 until the end of January 2018.
Image Christmas Message 2017 In this year’s Christmas message, LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa reflects on peace.
