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Bishop Mark Hanson, president of the Lutheran World Federation, washes the feet of two HIV positive women on the eve of the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City 2008. Hanson's act came as a symbol of repentance for the churches' contribution to stigma and discrimination directed at people living with HIV and AIDS. © Paul Jeffrey/EAA

20 years of World AIDS Day is time for faiths to "take stock"

By Peter Kenny (*)

28 November 2008

"He's a good man", said Jeremy, a 13-year old student from the College Notre Dame, a Catholic school in Bellevue, France, who attended the address. Photo: WCC/Peter Williams

Desmond Tutu: "Caring and compassion will prevail over evil and injustice"

"Evil, injustice, oppression, all of those awful things, they are not going to have the last word. Goodness, laughter, joy, caring, compassion, the things that you do and you help others do, those are going to prevail," said Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Geneva today.

20 May 2008

World AIDS Day 1 December 2006

World AIDS Day is a unique moment each year when all of humanity is challenged to reflect on the way that HIV and AIDS affects us and how we can respond to the pandemic.

23 November 2006

Projects Overview, Programme Plans 2007-2013

06 September 2006

Final Report of the Public Issues Committee (adopted)

06 September 2006

Churches' Compassionate Response to HIV and AIDS

06 September 2006

Report on Public Issues

Statement on plight of children in conflicts with focus on Northern Uganda; Statement on Just Trade; Statement on churches' compassionate response to HIV and AIDS;

06 September 2006

UNGASS survey report

Review and appraisal of the progress made towards the implementation of the UNGASS declaration of commitment to combating HIV/AIDS and WCC workplace policy by the churches (August 2006)

15 August 2006

Faith-based groups plan to make an impact at 16th International AIDS Conference

Dr Peter Piot, Bishop Mark Hanson, Canon Gideon Byamugisha, Rev. Rick Warren and his wife Kay, and Erik Sawyer are among speakers at ecumenical and interfaith pre-conferences taking place on the eve of the world's largest HIV/AIDS conference.

08 August 2006

New HIV/AIDS teaching and advocacy resource

"Keep the promise" is the title of a new teaching resource on advocacy and HIV/AIDS produced by the WCC-related Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) with support from UNAIDS, the World AIDS Campaign and the World Health Organization.

11 April 2006

Churches can do more to counter stigma, suffering of HIV and AIDS

by Stephen Webb (*)

22 February 2006

Policy document

Towards a policy on HIV/AIDS

This workplace policy is in keeping with the on-going work of the WCC and with the statement adopted by the WCC Central Committee on the basis of the WCC Consultative Group on AIDS Study Process, September 1996

01 January 2006

Letter

Towards a policy on HIV/AIDS

01 January 2006

Partnership in transformation

By Valson Thampu (*)

23 June 2005

Churches and the challenge of healing in a sick world

By Hugh McCullum (*)

16 March 2005

Letter

Partnerships between churches and people living with HIV/AIDS organizations

Guidelines (working document) 2005

01 January 2005

Ecumenical movement

Background document

Working with people living with HIV/AIDS organizations

This document has been written to accompany World Council of Churches, Partnerships between Churches and People Living with HIV/AIDS Organizations: Guidelines, (2005). Whereas the partnership document explores the question of why churches should work with People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) organizations and networks, this document has a focus on how churches may work with PLWHA organizations and networks. For example: What issues do you need to think about? What are the needs of PLWHA? How should you interact PLWHA? It is hoped that this document of practical suggestions will assist in helping make partnerships functional and effective.

01 January 2005

Policy document

Partnerships between churches and people living with HIV/AIDS organizations

Guidelines (working document) 2005

01 January 2005

Background document

Working with people living with HIV/AIDS organizations

01 January 2005