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Keynote of Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata at the International Conference for Reconciliation in Colombia

Keynote address of Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, WCC programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia at the "International Conference for Reconciliation in Colombia", Bogota, Colombia, 9 August 2023

09 August 2023

WCC Programmes

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Keynote speech of the WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca at the Ecumenical peace conversation

Keynote speech of the World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca at the Ecumenical peace conversation, Seoul, Korea, 11 October 2022.

11 October 2022

General Secretary

Statement: public statement

War in Ukraine, Peace and Justice in the European Region

"War in Ukraine, Peace and Justice in the European Region", statement by the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany

08 September 2022

Assembly

Message

Strengthening Christian Commitment to Human Dignity and Human Rights

Message of the conference "Christian Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights", organised jointly by WCC, UEM and EKD, gathering 47 participants from 22 countries in Wuppertal (Germany) and online from 9 to 12 April 2022.

13 April 2022

Ecumenical movement

Churches will share perspectives on human dignity amidst escalating conflicts

Addressing the challenges for a common vision of churches on human rights today, the international conference “Christian Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights” will take place on 9-12 April in Wuppertal, Germany. Everyone is invited to follow the public session of the conference on 11 April, when a panel of the keynote speakers will bring together biblical, theological and practical perspectives on human dignity.

08 April 2022

WCC training focuses on achieving racial justice through UN human rights mechanisms

A five-day online training workshop, “Achieving Racial Justice Through Human Rights Mechanisms,” from 21-25 February, drew over 30 participants from 13 different countries.

03 March 2022

Across the world, churches work to end child abuse by bringing it “Out of the Shadows”

From diverse regions and churches, hundreds of people drew together in 2021 to find ways to end child abuse. Through a campaign called “Out of the Shadows,” churches held workshops, trained champions, distributed materials, and augmented the drumbeat for awareness, buoyed by resources from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its partners.

06 January 2022

Workshop for women and girls in Abuja, Nigeria

Involve men in preventing gender-based violence, women church leaders in Nigeria recommend

As churches and other groups battle sexual and gender-based violence, it is urgent to include men in trainings and amplify the issues for global accompaniment and support, church women leaders, lay members and gender advocates recommended at a recent church human rights training in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

21 December 2021

Human rights training for women and girls in Abuja, Nigeria

Nigerian churches train women and girls on human rights

Many women and girls are still struggling to attain their fundamental human rights, despite churches and the systems of the world affirming the equality of men and women, a church human rights training for young women and girls in Nigeria heard recently.

20 December 2021

Circle of accompaniment seeds hope amid desperate stories of femicide

An online webinar held 2 December brought a moving circle of hope to life even as women and men shared their tragic experiences of femicide and domestic violence in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean.

03 December 2021

New webpage helps churches protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation

The World Council of Churches (WCC) released an “Out of the Shadows” page sharing resources for helping individuals, churches, and communities act against violence and abuse against children.

02 December 2021

“The Republic of Sexual Abuse” art installation in Rosebank.The exhibition organized by women’s rights group POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse) was inspired by the 16 Days of Activism awareness campaign and the scourge of gender-based violence in South Africa, 2019, Photo: Hymie Sokupha

Churches can address root causes of femicide—and webinar reveals how

In the first of a two-part webinar series on “Missing and Murdered: Addressing Femicide and Sexual and Gender-based Violence in our Global Context,” speakers on 25 November urged religious leaders and all people to be aware of the root causes of femicide and gender-based violence—and act now to end them.

01 December 2021

A group of African children holding a sign commemorating the Day of the African child in Kenya.

Religious leaders call for justice for 14-year-old Memory Machaya—and for all women and girls

The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) are calling for justice for Memory Machaya, a 14-year-old who died while giving birth at the shrine of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church.

18 August 2021

Blog post

Stolen dreams, stolen generations

Human trafficking continues to remain one of the most grievous assaults on the fundamental rights and inherent dignity of people. The crime, also known as modern-day slavery, is dehumanising in the sense that it corrupts one’s identity as being made in the image of God, instead reducing one to a mere commodity or object.

09 August 2021

Ruth Mathen

On World Day Against Trafficking, “you can rebuild your life”

On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons—30 July—the World Council of Churches and Lutheran World Federation co-hosted a joint webinar on human trafficking that put the voices of survivors first.

02 August 2021

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Inaugural symposium draws hundreds of people working to prevent, heal child sexual abuse

The Inaugural Symposium on Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse, held 8-10 April, drew more than 1,300 people who want to work together to prevent and heal child sexual abuse.

12 April 2021

WCC sends letters of concern over violence and conflict in Ethiopia

World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent letters to Ethiopian prime minister Dr Abiy Ahmed Ali as well as to WCC member churches in Ethiopia expressing serious concern over alarming reports of conflict, massacres and other human rights abuses, particularly in the Tigray and Beninshangul-Gumuz regions, over the last months.

04 February 2021