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The 54th meeting of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) began today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, marking its yearly regional focus on Africa. During the meeting CCIA members are discussing the commission’s previous work and its outcomes focusing on Middle East, as well as setting strategic directions for activities until 2021.

After learning about the link between HIV and sexual and gender-based violence, the Rev. Neila Ingram said what was on the minds of many women religious leaders: “So now I have work to go and do in my community and church.”

Between 7-27 March, more than 100 images with the hash tag #7Weeks4Water were posted by Instagram users who joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) contest. Most of them told stories about water justice, illustrating the Lenten campaign “Seven Weeks for Water,” promoted by the WCC Ecumenical Water Network annually since 2008.

For Hind Khoury the issue of water justice is quite simple. She believes there is no water justice in Palestine because access to clean water for drinking and sanitation exists in Israel but not in the Palestinian territories it occupies.

Pour Hind Khoury, la question de la justice de l’eau est très simple. Elle est convaincue qu’il n’y a pas de justice de l’eau en Palestine parce que, si l’accès à l’eau potable ou utilisable pour les installations sanitaires existe en Israël, ce n’est pas le cas dans les territoires palestiniens qu’il occupe.

When Palestinian Bishop Munib Younan talks about the thirst, he links it with a quest for justice in both Palestine and Israel.

Quand l’évêque palestinien Munib Younan parle de la pénurie d’eau, il associe cette question à celle de la quête de justice en Palestine et en Israël.

On the world scale of countries with plentiful water, Brazil comes out in the top league. It has 12 percent of the world’s fresh water supplies. Yet Magali do Nascimento Cunha does not see her country scoring so well when it comes to water and sanitation distribution.

Dans le classement des pays qui disposent de beaucoup d’eau, le Brésil s’inscrit parmi les plus favorisés. Il dispose de 12% des réserves mondiales d’eau douce. Pourtant, pour Magali do Nascimento Cunha, la situation n’est pas aussi brillante des points de vue de la distribution d’eau et de la disponibilité d’installations sanitaires.

Water is often presented as life. But it is also a gift and a right which must be available to all, says Agnes Abuom.

«On dit souvent que l’eau, c’est la vie. Mais c’est aussi un don, et un droit qui doit être mis à la disposition de toutes et tous», dit Agnes Abuom.

The WCC’s Seven Weeks for Water Lenten campaign through its ecumenical initiative — Ecumenical Water Network — has gained much attention recently, but the campaign is not new.

The WCC sent an open letter to the Gatestone Institute in response to the institute’s web articles criticizing the WCC’s “Seven Weeks for Water” campaign. The campaign focuses on critical water issues affecting the people of Palestine, particularly in the occupied territories.

When Fernando Enns thinks of water in a German context, he is reminded of thousands and thousands of refugees who have come to the country fleeing the conflict in Syria.

Quand Fernando Enns pense à l’eau dans un contexte allemand, il pense aux milliers de réfugiés arrivés dans son pays pour fuir le conflit syrien.

A water crisis for Palestinian people was highlighted by the general secretary of the WCC, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, at the launch of the Seven Weeks for Water campaign in Jerusalem.

À Jérusalem, lors du lancement de la campagne des «Sept semaines pour l’eau», le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises COE, a rappelé que la population palestinienne affronte une crise de l’eau.

The WCC Ecumenical Water Network is inviting member churches and supporters to reflect on water during Lent. For many in the world, water is either taken for granted or in desperately short supply.

Le Réseau œcuménique de l’eau du COE invite ses Églises membres et les personnes qui le soutiennent à mener une réflexion l’eau pendant le carême. Pour beaucoup de gens dans le monde, l’eau est soit quelque chose qui va de soi, soit quelque chose dont on a désespérément besoin.

The “pilgrimage is both a way to continue working for the one ecumenical movement and a way to move forward in our times that offer new dimensions, opportunities and practices,” said the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.