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During a visit to Angola held 21-28 January, World Council of Churches (WCC) staff met with local church and community leaders to discuss how preventing obstetric fistula is a matter of human rights.

A global call for prayers and support for the Democratic Republic of Congo has amplified as floods and landslides left hundreds of people dead in South Kivu, a province in the east of the country.

Church leaders in Rwanda are mourning the death of 130 people after massive floods struck several districts in the tiny East African country.

A 5 May webinar will remember the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, this time with a focus on Europe.

During an Africa-Europe Ecumenical Forum on Migration, held 15-19 March In Hamburg, Germany, nearly 60 people gathered to discuss, among many other issues, the negative effects of “irregular” migration, caused in part by the growth of inequality within and between countries.

From 11-13 October, experts in finance, economics, sociology, and theology from the World Council of Churches (WCC), World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, and Council for World Mission met in Bali, Indonesia, for the fifth meeting of the working group on a New International Financial and Economic Architecture.

Applications are still open for the fifth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice, to be held 5-11 December 2022 in the North America region.

The first face-to-face GEM School held since 2019 has opened in Berlin, Germany, with a focus on ecological and feminist economics.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee has appointed, by consensus, three new WCC staff leaders: a programme director for Unity and Mission; a programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia; and a director of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is accepting applications for staff leadership positions from people who want to continue and build on the momentum of the global fellowship in its ongoing work for unity, justice and peace.