News – Mission 21
Training of Trainers in Advocacy, Geneva
Photo: Lutheran World Federation. #thursdays in black campaign. This week the workshop "Women's human rights advocacy training for faith-based organizations" took place in Geneva. The training brings together voices of the grassroot level and the international level....
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Message from the Women’s Pre-Synod of Mission 21 “Arise, shine – for peace, justice …”
Photo: Mission 21 The main burning issue agreed by the participants in the Women’s Pre-Synod of Mission 21 is the vulnerability of women who don’t have access to their basic rights. How is this experienced? Through sexual and gender-based violence: A common challenge...
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Women’s Letter “All are included”
This women’s letter is prophetically claiming the world, society and the church as a space of inclusion and diversity, a space where “All are included”; this requires a movement of transforming hierarchical and excluding structures towards...
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Johanna Drach visited Chiña- Chiña learning group in Peru
Original information in Alfalit-Peru facebook page in Spanish. Pictures: Alfalit-Peru Women who build their autonomy at 4 thousand meters above sea level, received the visit of Johanna Drach, Coordinator of Mission 21 in Peru. Johanna participated in the scheduled...
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Advocacy training in Basel
The Training of trainers in advocacy for women’s rights was held for the third time in Basel. This year the Workshop started on June 26th until June 30th. Participants from different countries and parters of Mission 21 shared during these days various...
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Advocacy training in Geneva
Mission 21 together with The Finn Church Aid- Act Alliance, Lutheran World Federation, Svenska Kyrkan Internationellt Arbete and World Council of Churches have organized the Women’s rights advocacy Training that is on-going in Geneva since July 2th. The main goal of...
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International Women’s Conference: Declaration for greater gender justice
Original article in Mission 21 Declaration for greater gender justice The Mission Synod received the declaration for greater gender justice submitted by the women’s conference on Saturday. The document addresses two pressing issues: First, the discrimination of women...
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Suzan Mark: Empowering women in Nigeria
Video from Mission 21 A portrait about Suzan Mark, theologian and director of the women's ministry of the Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN) in Nigeria. She has for years been supporting traumatized victims of Boko Haram, especially girls and women.
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Action I walk with continues…
During the meeting of Mission 21 International Women’s Pre synod, the action I walk with… was re-launched. After supporting Suzan Mark from Nigeria for the past year, this time we will walk with Obertina Johanis from Indonesia. Obertina is Coordinator of Mission 21...
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Third version of Training of trainers (ToT) on Advocacy for women’s rights
The Training of trainers (ToT) Workshop on advocacy for women’s rights organized by Women & Gender Desk Mission 21 will have its third version from June 27th to July 06th. The central theme of this year will be Advocacy and sustainability. During the first four...
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