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Women and children in Gaza bearing brunt of ongoing war

Women and children in Gaza are bearing the heavy brunt of the ongoing war, according to reports from the United Nations, with close to a million women and girls displaced and 12,882 women and children already perished in a war that has now raged for more than 100 days.

16 January 2024

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk

UN rights chief delighted at child participation during conference on children at WCC

Despite changes in child rights in recent decades, the world faces attacks on democracy, shrinking civil society space, and an unprecedented backlash against universal human rights, and these undermine child rights.

12 June 2023

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WCC invites participation in World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel

In a 9 July letter, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit invited the WCC global fellowship and all people of good will to participate in the World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel on 16-23 September.

10 July 2018

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Ecumenical Accompanier with children in the village of Um Al Kheir, 2009.

Youth and children in focus, as WCC prepares to pray for peace in Israel and Palestine

The World Council of Churches invites member churches, faith-based communities, and civil society organizations around the world to join together for a week of prayer for just peace for all in Palestine and Israel on 16-23 September 2018.

06 July 2018

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المشاركون في اجتماع مع رؤساء الكنائس في مقر بطريركية اللاتين في القدس بضيافة البطريرك فؤاد طوال WCC/Marianne Ejdersten©

رئاسة مجلس الكنائس العالمي تشدد على بناء السلام وعلى المبادرات المشتركة بين الأديان خلال زيارة تضامنية إلى إسرائيل وفلسطين

للتعبيرعن تضامنها مع الكنائس في إسرائيل وفلسطين وشعبيهما قامت رئاسة اللجنة المركزية في مجلس الكنائس العالمي بزيارة إلى إسرائيل وفلسطين بين السابع والثاني عشر من آذار/مارس.

16 March 2015

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The WCC Executive Committee meet in Paralimni, Cyprus. © WCC/Charis Vrahimis

Pilgrimage of justice and peace gives vision for WCC programmes

The “pilgrimage is both a way to continue working for the one ecumenical movement and a way to move forward in our times that offer new dimensions, opportunities and practices,” said the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

22 November 2014

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Praying for justice and peace in Azzun

Arrests of Palestinian civilians and vandalism of their homes at the hands of Israeli military forces is not a new phenomenon in the West Bank. Natalie Maxson, a volunteer for the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel speaks from her experience of meeting a family in Azzun faced with a similar situation.

22 October 2012