Welcome to Ekklesia

Ekklesia is an independent change network promoting transformative
ideas about politics, society and beliefs

Changing Ideas

Ekklesia is an independent change network promoting transformative
ideas about politics, society and beliefs

Changing World

Ekklesia is an independent change network promoting transformative
ideas about politics, society and beliefs

Changing Outlook

Ekklesia is an independent change network promoting transformative
ideas about politics, society and beliefs

BRIEFING

Malaria vaccine shipped to African countries

SHIPMENTS of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses arriving in Yaoundé, Cameroon on 21 November. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot programme, and signals that...

Babies dying of preventable causes in besieged Gaza

THE collapse of Gaza’s hospitals and healthcare system, coupled with the catastrophic living conditions, is resulting in babies dying of preventable causes, Oxfam says. Newborns up to three months old are dying of diarrhoea, hypothermia, dehydration and infection as...

UN adopts plans for historic tax reform

COUNTRIES at the UN have adopted by a landslide majority a resolution to begin the process of establishing a framework convention on tax, and completely change how global tax rules are decided. The framework convention can eventually move decision-making on global tax...

COMMENTARY

Austerity cannot meet the challenges we face

THERE is growing concern about the potential for Artificial Intelligence to be used to spread misinformation and undermine democracy. But what if some of the most damaging misinformation has become an integral part of our national conversation? Austerity, a policy...

MEDIA

UPDATES

Exploring intergenerational leadership

EKKLESIA'S DIRECTOR, Simon Barrow, is among the speakers at an online roundtable discussion being hosted tonight (Wednesday 7 June 2023) by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace. The full title of the event is 'Intergenerational Leadership:...