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Thursdays in Black ambassadors play a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Rev. Dr Tapio Luoma is the archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

The Helsinki Orthodox Parish Council has endorsed the Thursdays in Black global campaign for a world free from rape and violence.

Maria Mountraki, a member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, also serves as the second vice president of the Helsinki Orthodox Parish Council.

El Consejo Parroquial Ortodoxo de Helsinki ha anunciado su apoyo a la campaña mundial de los Jueves de negro a favor de un mundo sin violaciones ni violencia.

Maria Mountraki, miembro de la Comisión de las Iglesias para Asuntos Internacionales del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y segunda vicepresidenta del Consejo Parroquial Ortodoxo de Helsinki, dijo: “Siempre estoy pensando en cómo difundir los Jueves de negro y aumentar la conciencia mundial sobre la violencia de género”.

In January 2019, Aya Maasarwe, a university exchange student in Melbourne, was walking home at night and speaking to her sister on her phone. She was attacked, raped and murdered.
The public outcry intensified a national debate about violence against women in Australia following several high-profile murders in the country.

Social media was awash with messages of love on Valentine’s Day, but from Thursdays in Black supporters, the flowers came with strong messages that love is not violent.

Las redes sociales se llenaron de mensajes de amor el día de San Valentín, pero los ramos de flores de los seguidores de la campaña los Jueves de negro, iban acompañadas de contundentes mensajes recordando que el amor no es violento.