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Prof. Ezra Chitando, World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy regional coordinator for Southern Africa, presented on behalf of WCC deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, a paper on “Women’s Transformative Leadership and Africa’s Holistic Development: The Role of the Churches” during an international conference on leadership transformation and innovation in Africa.

Las dos iniciativas del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) sobre el VIH se reunieron para revisar y celebrar su labor crucial y transformadora, y seguir planificando una intervención reforzada del CMI en materia de VIH a través de la nueva Comisión de las Iglesias para la Salud y la Sanación.

Zwei HIV-Initiativen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) haben auf einer gemeinsamen Konferenz die wichtige und lebensverändernde Arbeit dieser beiden Projekte Revue passieren lassen, ihre Erfolge gewürdigt und weitere Planungen für eine entschlossenere Antwort auf HIV und AIDS innerhalb der neuen Kommission der Kirchen für Gesundheit und Heilen auf den Weg gebracht.

Les responsables de deux initiatives de lutte contre le VIH du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se sont réunis pour examiner et célébrer le travail accompli ainsi que pour poursuivre la planification d'une lutte renforcée du COE contre le VIH au sein de la nouvelle Commission pour la santé et la guérison du COE.

Two World Council of Churches (WCC) HIV initiatives met to review and celebrate the critical and life-changing work of the initiatives and to continue planning for a strengthened WCC HIV response in the new WCC Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing.

Religious and traditional leaders in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) participated in online consultations on the SADC Model Law on gender-based violence.

Religious leaders in Tanzania, after attending a workshop on HIV, stigma, treatment adherence and faith healing, released a communique that urges further empowering of religious leaders with skills and information to combat HIV.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy programme, in partnership with the Council of Churches in Zambia, successfully hosted two PEPFAR-UNAIDS workshops on HIV treatment adherence from 18-20 March.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) rend hommage à Hendrew Lusey-Gekawaku, décédé le 13 octobre 2020. Infirmier diplômé et professionnel de la santé publique, cet œcuméniste a apporté une contribution considérable aux actions œcuméniques et interconfessionnelles contre le VIH/sida.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the passing away of Hendrew Lusey-Gekawaku on 13 October 2020. He was a registered nurse, public health practitioner and ecumenist who contributed enormously to ecumenical and interfaith HIV and AIDS responses.

The Thursdays in Black campaign for a world free from rape and violence has been intensified in Namibia, bringing awareness of the heightened risk of violence against women and children during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Stories from Uganda are underscoring the resilience and hope that churches and education can bring in the face of stigma. Programmes developed by the World Council of Churches Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy have helped people eliminate stigma associated with HIV and AIDS by providing accurate information; safe spaces in which to share; and a faith-based, science-backed approach to health and healing.

Mit einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde das Engagement junger Uganderinnen und Ugander gewürdigt, die im Bereich Gesundheit und Heilung wahre „Botschafterinnen und Botschafter des Wandels“ seien. Pastorin Pauline Njiru, Regionalkoordinatorin für Ostafrika des Programms „Ökumenische HIV- und AIDS-Initiativen und Advocacy (EHAIA)“ des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirche betonte im Rahmen dieser Zeremonie, dass junge Menschen in vielen lokalen Gemeinschaften neuen Schwung in das Engagement für Gerechtigkeit bringen würden.

During a workshop on 29 June-1 July, Pastor Maxwell Kapachawo summed up the inspiration driving the group: “This training has come at the right time! We are facing the challenge of people on antiretroviral therapy defaulting on their medication due to faith healing claims.”

Ayoko Bahun-Wilson is regional coordinator for West Africa for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy programme. She hosted a weekly radio show for churches in Benin called “Zero Rape, Zero Violence.” The show was offered in collaboration by the WCC, Deborah Network, INACES and Hosannah Radio.

Below, Bahun-Wilson reflects on how the radio show, offered every Wednesday for three months, has heightened awareness—but there are many challenges that remain.

Los asociados ecuménicos en África, convocados por la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África (AACC), el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), la Red Ecuménica de Defensa de las Personas Discapacitadas (EDAN), las Iniciativas Ecuménicas y Acción Mundial sobre el VIH/SIDA (EHAIA) del CMI, Christian Aid y el movimiento religioso a favor de la justicia de género Side by Side, se reunieron en Nairobi con motivo del Día Mundial de Oración 2020 para celebrar los logros de las mujeres en África, así como para reconocer a los hombres como aliados. La reunión también conmemoró el Día Internacional de la Mujer con el lema #EachforEqual (todos por la igualdad).