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Original information and photo: Mission 21 After more than 5 years of civil war in Southern Sudan, the two main opponents have signed a final peace agreement. The local church actors have played and continue to play an important role in the peace and reconciliation...

Image and information original from Mission 21 Under the crisis and internal conflict that is happening in Cameroon right now, Mission 21 in partnership with the United Nations, has launched a major emergency relief and reconstruction program in Cameroon to provide...

Original text in http://www.may28.org/ May 28 is the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, which for over 30 years, women’s* rights advocates and allies in the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) movement worldwide have commemorated in diverse...

Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls Agreed conclusions: 1. The Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome documents of the twenty-third...

Press release from 5 March 2018 On Sunday 4 March, the International Sylvia Michel Prize for the Promotion of the Leadership Functions of Women in the Church was awarded for the fifth time in Bremgarten AG in a festive service. The winner is Dr. Theol. Mery Kolimon,...

Original information available in Mdplatform The zero draft of the UN Compact on Migration and on Refugees have been published just days ago. From now on the negotiation phase will start among state actors, with selected NGO representatives, defending the 10 Act...

Original information in UN Women The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, is “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. This year, International Women’s Day comes on the heels of unprecedented global movement for women’s rights,...

Original information available in World Day of Prayer The theme for the Suriname worship service urges us to evaluate how our actions affect our planet one of our Lord's greatest creations. The environmental crisis is also a crisis of global justice. God’s justice...