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The tenth edition of the Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs will take place on 23 January online, and will explore the theme “Human Rights and Dignity: Toward a Just, Peaceable, and Inclusive Future.” 

Applications are open for the 2024 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management Economy of Life, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, 19-30 August 2024.

Refugees, regionally diverse international and local religious leaders, faith representatives and institutions will gather for a special ceremony of inter-religious prayer, co-curated by the Plateforme InterReligieuse de Genève, and the World Council of Churches, as part of the event “Religious Leaders Unite for Climate Peace in Solidarity with Refugees”, linked to the Global Refugee Forum.

Events with involvement of the World Council of Churches and ecumenical partners at the COP28 conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 30 November - 12 December.

CoNGO, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the World Council of Churches are all celebrating a 75th anniversary—and an event at the Ecumenical Centre on 15 December will mark that milestone. 

This workshop will sensitize engaged young people and future church leaders to the prevailing gender inequities on social media and equip a core group of young people and church communicators to advocate for gender justice in social media and other online spaces. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will speak on 8 December 19:00 at a piano concert for peace commemorating the legacy of Nelson Mandela.

In World AIDS Day, as we remember the HIV pandemic is still a challenge for the world, the World Council of Churches with support of UNAIDS will launch two new tools to reinvigorate the participation of the faith sector in the HIV response. 

This hybrid event during 16 Days against gender-based violence focuses on the impacts of weaponizing women in war, the transformational healing required, and ways women's input can influence peace-building.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will deliver a public lecture at the University of South Africa on 27 November. 
 

Photo exhibit “Every Picture Tells a Story” by Most Rev. Dr Martin Modéus, archbishop of the Church of Sweden and primate of Uppsala, will open on 29 November in the Ecumenical Centre.

How have churches or Christian communities been involved or implicated in disinformation or misinformation? What could churches do to prevent these cases? What concrete steps should be taken to engage against disinformation/misinformation?

The World Council of Churches (WCC) extends a warm invitation to all its member churches and partners to actively participate in two events organised to celebrate World Children's Day on 20 November.

A webinar on 4 December will focus on “Decolonizing beauty: mission, gender, racism, and health in the skin-whitening pandemic.”

Co-organized by the World Council of Churches, World Federation for Mental Health, and World Health Organisation, the event will celebrate the 75th anniversary of both the WCC and the World Federation for Mental Health. 

The second-ever Regional Ecumenical Theological Institute is set for 7-18 November in Abuja, Nigeria, and will draw about 70 young people from all over Africa. 

Organised by the Interfaith Liaison Committee, a platform co-chaired by the World Council of Churches (WCC). The online event will feature prominent voices in the field in a conversation on climate action and the role of faith communities.

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