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2020 Message of the Women’s Delegates of Mission 21
Listening – exchanging – learning from each other – to empower women! Mission 21 The main burning issue reported at the 2019 Women’s Pre-Synod of Mission 21 was the vulnerability of women who do not have access to their basic rights. The Women’s delegates of the...
read moreSharing my experience in the pandemic crisis context
Doris Muñoz Vallejos. CEDM – Chile Doris Muñoz #SymbolOfHope It is with anger and helplessness that I see the everyday injustice affecting thousands and millions of people, who are being forced to go out and try to collect miserable unemployment benefits, and I have...
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Given the current context that we are experiencing, we feel the urgency to further strengthen our international network of ecumenical women by supporting each other with words of faith and hope. We know that this global crisis is...
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Message written by Katharina Gfeller, Head of the International Relations Department, Mission 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=OJofRpUlGhA&fbclid=IwAR3lDxB8kuhJIWa-ySg0skUx9SjPAONanbPIW5ZnXcSOb8aMXFs9geEpabg Receive our cordial greetings from...
read moreSylvia Michel 2020 Award: Cecilia Castillo Nanjarí
Sylvia Michel Prize Chilean theologian and lawyer Cecilia Castillo Nanjarí has been awarded for her work against domestic violence and gender justice for more than 30 years. Cecilia Castillo has also worked for the Latin America programme of Mission 21. The...
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What matters... Mission 21 Download Women's Letter 56 here Editorial At my window I was told that in my town the spring sun died one day Go grab your guitar, your voice will belong to all those who one day had something to say Sing, it's better if you come, your voice...
read moreTheologian and promoter of women Marie-Claire Barth-Frommel deceased
Photo: Mission 21 The Swiss feminist theologian Marie-Claire Barth-Frommel died on 22 December 2019 at the age of 92. She stood up for the rights of women and played a major role in the development of theological education in Indonesia. In 2011 she received an...
read moreAdvocacy for Women’s Rights. Training of Trainer 2019
Photo Mission 21Photo Mission 21Photo Mission 21 Two intense and successful weeks of training in Advocacy for women’s rights took place in Switzerland. Participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, South Sudan, Cameroon, Tanzania, Peru, and Chile were able to share their...
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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....
read moreMessage 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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