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In Colombia, WCC is helping people realize dreams of a future in peace with justice

In September, the World Council of Churches (WCC), with the Colombian Episcopal Conference, United Nations Mission in Colombia, and Organization of American States, was appointed as a permanent accompanier for peace talks with the Estado Mayor Central FARC-EP in Colombia.

20 October 2023

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Jocabed Solano brings Indigenous perspective to COP27: “We are dancing and we have our feet together with the land”

Jocabed Solano is attending COP27, bringing an Indigenous perspective from Panama and from Latin America.

16 November 2022

Blog post

In Colombia, “what is happening is terribly painful”

Rev. Gloria Ulloa, World Council of Churches president for Latin America and the Caribbean, is in Cali, Colombia, with a delegation of DiPaz, the country’s main ecumenical peacebuilding platform. The group is having direct grassroots contact with the conflicts currently taking place. Ulloa and others hope to bring to light testimonies of peoples and communities usually forgotten by the big media.

Below is Ulloa's latest description on the ground.

20 May 2021

Gloria Ulloa Alvarado

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Estela de Carlotto receiving a #ThursdaysinBlack pin

Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo exemplify women's leadership for justice and peace

While violence against women is rampant in situations of war and oppression, women often take the lead standing up against injustice. The courage shown by mothers and grandmothers of the disappeared during Argentina's Dirty War period (1976-83) is an example and a challenge for us today.

11 September 2017

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Estela de Carlotto recevant un badge #ThursdaysinBlack.

Les Grands-mères de la place de Mai sont un exemple du rôle moteur des femmes en matière de justice et de paix

Si les violences envers les femmes sont monnaie courante dans les situations de guerre et d’oppression, les femmes n’en prennent pas moins fréquemment l’initiative de s’élever contre l’injustice. Le courage affiché par les mères et les grands-mères des disparu-e-s de la «guerre sale» en Argentine (1976-1983) a été qualifié d’exemple et de défi par les responsables du COE.

11 September 2017