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Gender-based violence and attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa have left communities wondering where to turn. In a visit of solidarity, a World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team visited the nation from 7-12 December.

La violencia de género y los ataques contra ciudadanos extranjeros en Sudáfrica han dejado a las comunidades sin saber a quién pedir ayuda. Un equipo de peregrinos del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) realizó una visita solidaria al país del 7 al 12 de diciembre.

After a World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team visited South Africa, the WCC released a pastoral letter to the nation on gender-based violence, femicide and xenophobia.

Tras la visita de un Equipo de peregrinos del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) a Sudáfrica, el CMI ha dirigido a la nación africana una carta pastoral sobre violencia de género, feminicidio y xenofobia.

On 9 December, a delegation led by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit met with the South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and cabinet ministers in Johannesburg, South Africa.

El 9 de diciembre, una delegación encabezada por el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, se reunió con el presidente de Sudáfrica, Cyril Ramaphosa, y varios ministros de su gabinete en Johannesburgo (Sudáfrica).

During 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence, the World Council of Churches staff are demonstrating the links between their work and efforts to overcome sexual and gender-based violence under the theme, “From our House to Yours”.

Today, the #16Days contribution is from the General Secretariat, and the important role leadership plays in making equality and justice visible, and violence unacceptable.

Durante los 16 días contra la violencia de género, el personal del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias pone de relieve los vínculos entre su labor y los esfuerzos para superar la violencia sexual y de género bajo el lema “De nuestra casa a la suya”.

Hoy, la contribución de los #16 días es de la Secretaría General, y habla del importante papel que desempeñan los líderes para lograr que la igualdad y la justicia sean visibles, y la violencia, inaceptable.

While lighting candles at a gathering of the All Africa Conference of Churches in Nairobi, church leaders, members of the civil society and youth on Monday launched Thursdays in Black, the global movement calling for resistance to attitudes and practices that permit rape and violence.

Unveiling the campaign, Archbishop Timothy Ndambuki, an African Brotherhood Church leader who is the chairman of the National Council of Churches of Kenya, urged churches to hear and give compassion to women suffering violence without asking questions.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is highlighting the links between the household of God, and the fundamental need to make our homes safe and loving spaces during 16 Days Against Gender-based Violence. “16 Days” is an annual international campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) pone de relieve la relación entre la casa de Dios y la necesidad fundamental de hacer de nuestros hogares espacios seguros y amorosos durante los 16 días contra la violencia de género. Los 16 días contra la violencia de género son una campaña internacional anual que comienza el 25 de noviembre, Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer, y termina el 10 de diciembre, Día de los Derechos Humanos.

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”.

Pan African Women of Faith will gather in Washington, DC from 13-15 November to advocate for global nutrition and to observe the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved African peoples to Jamestown, Virginia (USA).

Our series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors highlights those who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Anders Göranzon is the general secretary of the Swedish Bible Society.

Susan Johnson is the national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. She was elected in 2007 and is the first woman to hold the post.

Elizabeth Eaton is presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). On 8 August, the ELCA adopted a resolution to encourage church-wide participation in the World Council of Churches Thursdays in Black campaign for a world free from rape and violence.

Young people in Uganda are on fire for change that will free the world from both HIV and sexual and gender-based violence. Spreading sparks of knowledge and enthusiasm, they have been visiting schools to inform and inspire even more young people.

Our series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors highlights those who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Hanbeet Rhee, from the Presbyterian Church of Korea, is a member of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Korea. She is also a commissioner with the World Council of Churches (WCC) ECHOS programme, as well as a youth advisor for the WCC Central Committee.