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February 13, 2019

Warning of increased bullying if LGBT guidance for schools is diluted

More than 50 religion and belief leaders, educationists, and LGBT rights advocates have signed an open letter urging the Secretary of State for Education not to dilute draft guidance for independent schools on teaching respect for LGBT people.
February 11, 2019

Lutheran and Muslim organisations combine to build earthqake resilience and sustainable livelihoods in Nepal

Women in Nepal’s Langbu village have gained both privacy and dignity with the public bathing cubicles built collaboratively by the Lutheran World Federation Nepal and Islamic Relief Worldwide, following the earthquake of 2015.
February 5, 2019

Human fraternity is a divine calling, says WCC chief

The World Council of Churches General Secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has urged an international, interreligious conference in Abu-Dhabi to use their religious influence and institutions to nurture tolerance and respect through the transcendent value and concrete practices of love.
December 29, 2018

Swift and sustained action needed by fire and rescue services, says Inspectorate

Most fire and rescue services are good at keeping the public safe from fire and other emergencies, but there are concerns about how services carry out protection duties and the environment in which their staff operate, according to a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services
December 6, 2018

Churches across Europe sign Christmas statement on refugees

More than 30 Church leaders from across Europe have signed a Christmas statement highlighting the plight of refugees, urging all nations and people to celebrate Christ's birth by working for a more welcoming and inclusive Europe.
November 30, 2018

Interfaith submission to Talanoa Dialogue calls for respecting Mother Earth

A network of faith-based organisationsbhas released a submission to the Talanoa Dialogue. The title of the submission is: 'Respecting Mother Earth and caring for ecological systems, the most vulnerable communities and all future generations.'
November 26, 2018

Violence against women a ‘mark of shame’ on our societies, says UN chief

In a message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said violence against women and girls is not only a fundamental human rights issue but also a “moral affront” against them and a “mark of shame".
November 23, 2018

New project to boost rural productivity and smallholder farmer incomes in Burkina Faso

A new project targeting 57,000 of Burkina Faso’s most vulnerable smallholder farmer households is to be be launched in Ouagadougou, and will help toward improving food security and incomes in the Boucle du Mouhoun, Cascades and Hauts Bassins Regions.
November 1, 2018

Refugee-led comunity organisations 'remarkably effective'
- Refugee-led community organisations are remarkably effective agents for social integration, research from the Refugee Council finds.
October 18, 2018

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

As the UN marked its annual Day for the Eradication of Poverty, more people than ever before are going hungry, due in large part to extreme poverty – currently measured as living on less than US$1.90 a day. Famine, conflict, forced migration and climate change are blocking progress in poverty alleviation.

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