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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is hosting an exhibition, "Guardians of Land, Life, Seeds, and Love,” that celebrates the strength, resilience, and contributions of the Rural Women's Assembly.

As a result of a consultation on 9-10 November in Washington, D.C., Pan African Women of Faith have released a Call to Action toward a vision of sustainable communities and an end to hunger and poverty.

This week world leaders are gathered in Davos under the very theme of “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World”. They do so at a time when we see poverty amongst plenty; hunger and thirst in the midst of abundance; shocking disparities in the quality of life between neighboring communities: real problems that the world has the potential and the possibilities to resolve.

Wenn die ständig zunehmende Ungleichheit auf dieser Welt, wie sie vor Kurzem hervorgehoben wurde, bekämpft werden soll, müssen die Führungspersönlichkeiten weltweit „jetzt“ handeln, und zwar durch konkrete Maßnahmen, erklärt der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit. Der ÖRK-Verantwortliche nimmt diese Woche am Weltwirtschaftsforum (WEF) in Davos, Schweiz, teil, dessen diesjähriges Thema lautet: „Responsive and Responsible Leadership“ (reaktive und verantwortliche Führung).

If the worsening global inequality highlighted recently is to be tackled, world leadership must act “now”, in tangible ways, says World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, participating in the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland this week.