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WCC highlights urgent need for a robust Global Stocktake to address climate change impacts

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in collaboration with the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Soka Gakkai International, and Brahma Kumaris, convened a side event titled "Deliver climate action: Support a Robust Global Stocktake from a human rights and Ethical perspective," on 5 June in Bohn, Germany. The event brought together experts and stakeholders to emphasize the importance of integrating human rights, ethical considerations, and climate justice into the forthcoming Global Stocktake process.

At diakonia conference in Norway, world’s pressing challenges and gratitude share the stage

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay served as a keynote speaker at the Ninth Conference for Research in Diakonia and Christian Social Practice, hosted by the International Society for the Research and Study of Diakonia and Christian Social Practice and VID Specialized University. The theme of the conference was Contested Spaces of Diaconia – Seeking Justice, Safety and Well-Being.”

Webinar helps define menstruation as “a matter of our daily lives”

At a webinar organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC), Norwegian Church Aid, and the International Partnership of Religion and Sustainable Development on 30 May, participants brought to light the challenges faced in Menstrual Hygiene Management and the role that religious communities can play to build a world where no one is held back because they menstruate.

Neuauflage der ZacTax-Kampagne für Afrika

„Steuergerechtigkeit ist eine Sache des Glaubens“, sagte Suzanne Matale. „Der Glaube gibt [allen] Menschen das Recht auf ein Leben in Fülle. Auch gewöhnliche Menschen haben das Recht, informiert zu werden und einen Platz an den Verhandlungstischen zu bekommen, an denen Entscheidungen getroffen werden, die unsere von Gott gegebene Würde betreffen.“

Relanzamiento de la campaña Zaqueo en África

“La justicia fiscal es una cuestión de fe”, afirmó Suzanne Matale. “Por la fe, [todas las personas] tienen derecho a la vida en abundancia. Los ciudadanos tienen derecho a estar informados y a participar en las mesas de toma de decisiones que afectan a la dignidad que Dios nos ha dado”.

Relance de la campagne ZacTax en Afrique

«La justice fiscale est une question de foi», déclare Suzanne Matale. «La foi permet [à tous et à toutes] d’avoir la vie en abondance. Les personnes ordinaires ont le droit d’être informées et de participer aux prises de décision qui touchent à notre dignité donnée par Dieu».

ZacTax Campaign relaunched in Africa

“Tax justice is a matter of faith,” said Suzanne Matale. “By faith, [all] are entitled to abundant life. Ordinary people have a right to know and to participate in decision-making tables that affect our own God-given dignity.”