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Patent agreement welcomed as step to improve HIV treatment

As we mark World AIDS Day 2015, the World Council of Churches-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA) welcomes a license agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) for daclatasvir, an important direct acting antiviral that is proven to help cure multiple genotypes of the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

30 November 2015
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“Is not this the fast that I choose…”

“Is not this the fast that I choose…”

When God created men and all the creatures of the earth, he placed Adam in the Garden of Eden. God planted a garden eastward in Eden and he made it to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food (Genesis 2:8-9). This may be considered as the foundation on which all other paradigms on food justice can be based. After creating Adam and Eve God made provision for their feeding and sustenance.

17 September 2015
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A farmer tends to his crops in Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho. © Albin Hillert/WCC

Churches’ Week of Action on Food

15 - 22 October 2017

The Churches’ Week of Action on Food is an opportunity for Christians and others around the world to act together for food justice and food sovereignty. It is a special time to raise awareness about farming approaches that help individuals and communities develop resiliency and combat poverty. The Food for Life Campaign places a particular emphasis on sustainable agricultural practices and the situation of smallholder producers and their access to, and control over, natural resources such as land, water and seeds.

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Un paysan du Honduras. © Paul Jeffrey/EAA/COE

Semaine d’action des Églises pour l’alimentation

15 - 22 October 2017

La Semaine d’action des Églises pour l’alimentation offre aux chrétiens et chrétiennes et à d’autres la possibilité d’agir ensemble en faveur de la justice alimentaire et de la souveraineté alimentaire. Il s’agit d’un moment privilégié pour sensibiliser l’opinion publique aux méthodes agricoles qui permettent de développer la résilience des individus et des communautés et de lutter contre la pauvreté. La Campagne de l’«Alimentation pour la vie» est axée sur les pratiques agricoles durables et la situation des petits paysans, notamment leur accès aux ressources naturelles – terre, eau et semences en particulier – et les moyens d’action qu’ils ont sur celles-ci.

Dans le monde entier
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Earth Overshoot Day 2015

Earth Overshoot Day 2015

Today, 13 August 2015 is Earth Overshoot Day, meaning that, since January, humanity has already spent as many natural resources as the Earth can renew in a year. And there is still four months and a half to come!

13 August 2015
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Members of the EWN’s International Reference Group with the WCC staff members in Geneva. Left to right: Simon Awad, Rommel Linatoc, Isabel Phiri, Veronica Flachier, Susan Smith, Arnold Temple and Dinesh Suna. © WCC/Gerard Scarff

Ecumenical Water Network urges elimination of bottled water

The International Reference Group of the Ecumenical Water Network of the WCC, at the conclusion of its recent meeting in Geneva, urged churches and ecumenical organizations in Europe and North America to consider eliminating the use of bottled water due to its adverse impact on the environment and because it is an impediment to realizing the human right to water.

24 July 2015
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Seven Weeks for Water 2015, week 7: "Theological Reflection on Water from a Salimist (Korean Eco-feminist) Perspective", by Prof. Chung Hyun Kyung

The last in the series of theological reflections of the Lenten campaign “Seven Weeks for Water” is by Prof. Chung Hyun Kyung, a Korean Theologian teaching at the Union Theological Seminary in the USA. She reflects on the issues related to water from a Salimist (Korean eco-feminist) perspective. She highlights how we cannot serve both God and the Mammon at the same time and that Lent provides an opportunity to repent from our sins of abusing resources of mother earth, particularly of water, driven by capitalism. She emphasizes strongly on the “restorative justice” in making our relationship with God and nature – a just one!

07 March 2015
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Seven Weeks for Water 2015, week 1: "Engendering Water: An Eco-Feminist Reading from Southern Africa", by Kuzipa Nalwamba

The biblical reflection for the first of the Seven Weeks for Water 2015 is by Kuzipa Nalwamba, an ordained minister of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ), who is currently pursuing her PhD from University of Pretoria. She highlights  the undeniable underlining gap between men and women’s political, economic and social conditions, contribution and participation,  which also gets reflected on access to water. More often than not, the burden of meeting water needs for the families, unfairly rests on the women.

01 March 2015
WCC Programmes