At the St Andrew’s Presbyterian of Church East Africa in Nairobi, Judy Kihumba is the voice between the hearing and the deaf worlds in one of Kenya’s oldest churches.
Young people in Uganda are on fire for change that will free the world from both HIV and sexual and gender-based violence. Spreading sparks of knowledge and enthusiasm, they have been visiting schools to inform and inspire even more young people.
Fifty adolescents, young people, teachers, theologians, health professionals, people living with HIV and religious leaders met in Abuja from 22-26 May to discuss positive masculinities and femininities in faith communities.
Le pasteur Ikechukwu Anaga se souvient de l'époque où les gens ne connaissaient pas la campagne des «Jeudis en noir», le mouvement mondial de résistance contre les attitudes et les pratiques autorisant le viol et la violence.
When more than 100 religious leaders and other actors from around the world gathered at the UN in Vienna in mid-February, it was a manifestation of unity between religious and non-religious organizations, and a genuine commitment to cooperate in dealing with hate speech and incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes.
“Before being identified as a person with disability, you are a woman with the same rights,” said Hellen Anurika Udoye Beyioku-Alase, a young woman with a disability. She was among some 70 women who gathered at the Swiss International Hotel in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on 22-23 June around the theme “Women with Disabilities, Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV.”
Le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, a salué la publication de la Déclaration de Marrakech sur les droits des minorités religieuses dans les pays à majorité musulmane.
Réunis à Strasbourg (France), des représentants d'organisations œcuméniques et d'Églises des traditions catholique, évangélique et pentecôtiste ont promis de s'attaquer plus efficacement à la discrimination, à la persécution et à la violence auxquelles sont confrontés les chrétiens à l'échelle de la planète. Ce thème sera étudié en profondeur à l'occasion d'un colloque international qui se tiendra en 2015.
