WCC joins partners for “World Water Week” dialogue in Stockholm
A “Water and Faith” day will be held on 30 August in Stockholm, Sweden, offering many opportunities to explore how faith-based groups can act in partnership with the public and private sectors to achieve water justice for all people.
Locarno Film Festival recognizes films for promoting gender justice, human dignity
At the 71st Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, held 1-11 August, the Ecumenical Jury awarded its prize to the film “Sibel,” directed by Guillaume Giovanetti and Çağla Zencirci.
In Uruguay, hope glimmers for children despite violence in Barrio Borro
“What?! You are going to the Barrio Borro? Sorry, I can’t drive you there, and no other taxi driver will do that for you.” “It is too dangerous to go there.” These were the reactions Frederique Seidel heard when she revealed her intention to visit the Obra Ecumenica Barrio Borro, or Ecumenical Support Project (Borro District) in Uruguay.
Events
19 - 31 August 2018 2018 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM) for an Economy of Life
23 August 2018 WCC 70th anniversary in Amsterdam
16 - 23 September 2018 World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel
18 - 20 September 2018 World conference on xenophobia, racism, and populist nationalism in the context of global migration
01 - 06 October 2018 20 years since the Ecumenical Decade in Solidarity with Women
18 - 25 January 2019 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity