Inspired and Equipped to be a gender champion at home and globally
World YWCA vice-president Adrianna Sosa from Haiti speaks about how her passion for gender justice grew throughout her life, and about how the work of YWCA around the world inspires her and equips her to be a champion for justice in her life. The Storytelling Guide mentioned by Adrianna can be found here.
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Ethiopian Orthodox church’s gender responsive programming in addressing climate change .
Climate change affects every aspect of communities in Ethiopia, where they have witnessed prolonged droughts and floods. Through mainstreaming gender justice in climate programming, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission (EOC-DICAC) is fostering hope in climate adaptation,resilience as well as supporting women-led initiatives for sustainable development. ACT Ethiopia forum launched a study […]
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Fostering community engagement through coffee corners, for gender justice in Ethiopia.
In 2021, Norwegian Church Aid -Ethiopia initiated an a prevention and emergency response on gender-based violence among conflict-affected communities in North Wollo Districts. Through funding support from UN CERF under UN Women, and in partnership with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission (EOTC-DICAC), the project enhanced community-based approaches including inter-generational dialogues, community […]
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Faith Leaders for Gender Justice: Tools to Transform Masculinities
Sheik Musa lives in the heart of the busy fishing town of Tombo, in the Western Rural District in Sierra Leone. Sheik Musa is a respected community leader and had long been aware of the pervasive influence of harmful traditional practices, and the violence against women, in his community. Yet, it was not until he […]
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A life story of hope in mananging human mobility
In 2021, Ms. Larisa traveled to the United States with her three children. They traveled for two months, enduring a difficult journey, sometimes by vehicle and other times walking through mountainous and desert areas. Along the way, they faced all kinds of dangers, from the threat of criminal gangs to the attacks of snakes and […]
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Sewing to overcome prejudice and support her family in Cox’s Bazar
Shripa Shil was a tail0r working in a shop and her husband Bongkar Shil worked as a part-time laborer in the Upazila Parishad. Their life was going well. They were happy with their beloved four year-old son. But then in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, her husband was diagnosed with a liver tumor. Their situation […]
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Archbishop of Sweden sees hope in Guatemalan communities
The Archbishop of the Church of Sweden, Martin Modéus, recently completed a significant trip to Guatemala, where he visited Act Church of Sweden’s partners. During his stay in the country, he was warmly welcomed by many people, but he also saw the vulnerability and challenges that characterize the daily lives of many. The trip gave […]
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Hope for a refugee to live his dreams in Uganda
Ishimwe Emmanuel, an 18-year-old Congolese refugee, is a Senior 1 student at Rubondo Community Secondary School. Before coming to Uganda, he was in Senior three in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On August 9, 2022, Ishimwe fled with his mother and family to Uganda, where they were granted refugee status and settled in Kyeibare […]
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Seeing the communities coming together and acting in alliance with the Spirit of love brings me hope.
Marta Bolba, Director of Devai Fogado and Evangelical Minister in Hungary Serving the most vulnerable has always been at the core of Marta Bolba´s work as an evangelical minister. With the opening of the Devai Fogado Refugee Centre on Nov 30, 2022, which was funded through the ACT Alliance´s Ukraine appeal, she has taken her […]
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Justicia de género en América Latina
Organizaciones basadas en la fe e Iglesias de Argentina, nos relatan historias liberadoras y de esperanza, desde una teología contextual, tomando el lugar que Jesús le da a las mujeres – el de igualdad, organizaron un proyecto (Nos Contamos) donde, los relatos bíblicos contextualizados, actualizados y reflexionados con las teologías feministas, en circulación entre las […]
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Snakes, crocodiles and swamps – in South Sudan, the walk to school can be extreme
ACT member FinnChurchAid (FCA) is working in Sudan to support conflict-affected communities. FCA runs an EU Humanitarian Aid-funded project to support children and their families in the Fangak region to access quality education and livelihoods. Text & interviews by Ulriikka Myöhänen Additional interviews by Björn Udd Photos by Antti Yrjönen THE COCK CROWS at five […]
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Forjando caminos hacia la Igualdad y Equidad de Género
El Compromiso de las Iglesias Latinoamericanas con la Justicia de Género, con el apoyo fundamental de ACT Alianza. En un mundo donde las desigualdades de género continúan siendo un desafío persistente, ACT Alianza, reafirma su compromiso con la promoción de la justicia de género en América Latina. Conscientes de la urgente necesidad de abordar las […]
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Stories of Hope: HIA/ACT Alliance has become my second family, I can´t imagine doing anything else, says Vita Nesterenko, Ukraine Forum Coordinator
INTERVIEWED BY KLÁRA JIŘIČNÁ The interview has been edited for clarity and length. BIO Vita joined ACT Alliance member Hungarian Interchurch Aid as a project coordinator in 2015. She was responsible for overseeing the office management of Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv offices. She oversaw capacity-building activities, psychosocial assistance program coordination, as well as program design, implementation, […]
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Stories of Hope: Surviving Amidst Gang Violence in Haiti: Resilience and Recovery
This story was shared with ACT from the Haiti Forum, in the midst of brutal gang violence that has destabilized their country. The air in Haiti is thick with tension, a palpable weight that hangs over communities like a storm cloud ready to burst. For the people here, life isn’t just about living; it’s about […]
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Taking climate action at home in Argentina after attending COP28
Two young people from Argentina were part of the ACT delegation to COP28 in Dubai in 2023. Watch this video to learn the impact that their experience at COP has had on their climate justice work at home.
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Responding to Humanitarian Need after the Syria/Türkiye Earthquake
ACT members began to respond to the earthquake that devastated parts of Syria and Türkiye on Feb 6, 2023 in one of the largest ACT humanitarian appeals of the year. This video from GOPA-DERD (the Greek Orthodox Patriachate of Antioch and All the East’s Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development) highlights some of their work […]
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