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A webinar on 1 March will give speakers and participants the opportunity to express solidarity with communities discriminated on work and descent globally.

An upcoming World Council of Churches (WCC) webcast, scheduled for 4 November, will mark the 8th anniversary of #IBelong Campaign to end statelessness.

A webinar entitled ““Statelessness, A Product of  Racialized Nationality?” on 24 March will explore the intersectionality between statelessness and racial discrimination.

The 8th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs, entitled "Mobilizing Moral Influence and Governance to End the Systemic Injustices of Racism, the legacy of Colonialism and Slavery", will be held virtually 8:00 – 12:30 EDT on Tuesday 25 January 2022. 

A webinar on 4 November, “Realizing Equal Nationality Rights for All,” will consider that an estimated 15 million people worldwide are stateless—having no country that considers them to be a national by operation of law.

In the context of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, this webinar will explore both the tremendous achievement of the decolonization of land and people and the legacies of colonialism and their effects on people and the environment.

A World Council of Churches and Conference of European Churches online regional consultation on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

A series of five webinars in five days convened by the World Council of Churches (WCC) will offer theological reflections on “Hate Speech and Whiteness.” Running from 19-23 October, the webinars are being produced bv the WCC’s Theological Study Group of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace.

To commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak (1469), the first guru of the Sikhs, a Christian-Sikh dialogue will be organised in Geneva on the 5th of July 2019. The dialogue will focus on the theme ‘Pursuing Peace in a Pluralistic World’.

What the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration and the global compact on refugees mean for children and what faith communities can do for their implementation.

This event plans to engage 30 indigenous young people from around the world and 20 Asian young people to go deeper on the topic of racism and exchange experiences. Key reasons for gathering in Japan is to show concrete solidarity with Indigenous Communities in Japan, share stories and hear the issues that they are struggling with.

A Side Event to the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

Speakers on this panel will address the particular challenges faced by refugee women and children, particularly girls, within the context of access to education and employment. Its objective is to identify their specific education and employment needs, including work programs for women and schooling for children, with a special focus on unaccompanied minors.

Co-sponsors:
WCC, UNICEF, Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Council

An interactive seminar “Fostering Solidarity for Human Rights, Peace and Justice” featuring several laureates of the Right Livelihood Award will take place on 31 October, 6-8 pm at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, where the LWF and the WCC have their offices.