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How do we end exclusion, racism, economic injustice? Voices from across the world brought stories—and solutions—via online events hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in conjunction with the Commission on the Status of Women, the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Applications are open for the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey’s 2024 interfaith summer course, during which students earn a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies.

In a message to the Global Refugee Forum released 12 December, faith-based leaders underscored their commitment to offering sanctuary for refugees as well defending their human rights. 

En un mensaje al Foro Mundial sobre los Refugiados publicado el 12 de diciembre, diversos dirigentes religiosos destacaron su compromiso de ofrecer un santuario a los refugiados y defender sus derechos humanos. 

In einer am 12. Dezember veröffentlichten Erklärung an das Globale Flüchtlingsforum betonten religiöse Führungspersönlichkeiten ihre Verpflichtung, Flüchtlingen Zuflucht zu gewähren und ihre Menschenrechte zu verteidigen.

Dans un message adressé au Forum mondial sur les réfugié-e-s publié le 12 décembre, des responsables religieux ont souligné leur attachement à apporter un abri aux réfugié-e-s et à défendre leurs droits.

In a message to the Global Refugee Forum released 12 December, faith-based leaders underscored their commitment to offering sanctuary for refugees as well defending their human rights. 

A hybrid event on 8 December will offer insights from global experts on the topic “Weaponizing Women in War.”

The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe, at its General Assembly held in Rome on 6-8 November, published a message entitled “Protect people, protect our humanity.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will host on event on 10-12 in Geneva that will bring together young Black European Christians who will begin to share their ideas and visions for mission and ecumenism.

At the World Assembly 2023 of the United Bible Societies in October 2023, the secretary general of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Jerry Pillay, and Rev. Dirk Gevers, secretary general of the United Bible Societies, celebrated the long history of cooperation between the organizations.

This week, 500 participants from all over Asia gather in Kottayam, India, to evaluate the last eight years of ecumenical work and look to challenges ahead, such as the impact of youth migration. Under the theme "God, renew us in your spirit and restore the creation", the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) holds its 15th General assembly.

On 30 June, the World Council of Churches and Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe will host a conversation “remembering all victims of Whiteness, with a particular focus on “The Criminalisation of Blackness and the Toxicity of ‘Greener Pastures".