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Webinar raises awareness on stigma surrounding menstruation

At a webinar organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC), Norwegian Church Aid, and the International Partnership of Religion and Sustainable Development to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day on 28 May, participants, including representatives of various faith communities, brought to light the challenges regarding access to menstrual products, education about menstruation, and period-friendly sanitation facilities.

03 June 2022

Video feature

WCC webinar offers reflections on colonial and missionary legacy and conflict in post-colonial Africa

A 24 May webinar, "Pluralism, Racism and Xenophobia: The colonial and missionary legacy and conflict in post-colonial Africa,” was held on 24 May, one day before “Africa Day” was celebrated.

02 June 2022

Document

Advocacy report

Belonging - Affirmations for Faith Leaders

Background

Genesis of the document

Recognising that we all live in multi-religious societies, African church leaders gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during the 2016 World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) regional workshop on “Birth Registration and Gender Discriminatory Nationality Laws in Africa”, stressed the need to develop inter-faith strategies and affirmations in our advocacy work for the human rights of stateless people.

06 May 2022

WCC Programmes

Video feature

Women sitting and talking in armchairs with 'Thursdays in Black' banner in between them.

Thursdays in Black ambassadors from Australia reflect on why they act, hope, pray—and speak out

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.

24 November 2021

Video feature

Animation of clouds on a blue sky, with the words 'Ecological Spirituality' in the middle.

Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago: “Instead of just activists, we create strategists”

A group of intern ministers from the Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago (PCTT)—including Cynara Dube-Sookoo, Bjorn Warde, and Robert Dinnoo—worked with PCTT synod moderator Rt. Rev. Joy E. Abdul-Mohan to produce a video about how young people and churches can lead the way toward climate justice.

19 November 2021

Document

Advocacy report

HIV and AIDS curriculum for Theological Education by Extension

This series is produced as a resource for the empowerment of the body of Christ - to nurture the church as it seeks to become an HIV&AIDS competent church. The series consists of a distant learning curriculum and ten modules.

01 January 2007

WCC Programmes

Document

Advocacy report

Statement on Latin America

23 February 2006

Central Committee

Document

Advocacy report

Practising hospitality in an era of new forms of migration

22 February 2005

Central Committee

Document

Advocacy report

Lusaka declaration

29 May 1999

WCC Programmes