Churches urged to create physical and virtual “safe spaces” amid “pandemic” of family violence
Churches are being encouraged to create physical and virtual “safe spaces” for people who are not safe in their homes amid a “pandemic” of gender-based violence that’s taking place around the world during the coronavirus outbreak. The World Council of Churches’ ambassadors for Thursdays in Black – an anti-gender-based violence campaign in which people are […]
On the eve of “16 Days”, churches in Nairobi launch Thursdays in Black
While lighting candles at a gathering of the All Africa Conference of Churches in Nairobi, church leaders, members of the civil society and youth on Monday launched Thursdays in Black, the global movement calling for resistance to attitudes and practices that permit rape and violence. Unveiling the campaign, Archbishop Timothy Ndambuki, an African Brotherhood Church […]
World Council of Churches calls for people to join in making a tapestry in a statement of commitment to end gender-based violence
Communities and individuals around the world have been invited to contribute to the making of a World Council of Churches’ tapestry which the WCC say will make a “powerful” international statement of their commitment to end rape and violence. The quilted tapestry, which will reflect a waterfall with messages and images from around the world, […]
World Council of Churches invites reflections on love and violence against women for Valentine’s Day
The World Council of Churches is inviting people to share their reflections on love for Valentine’s Day – but to do so in light of the #ThursdaysinBlack movement demanding an end to violence against women. The WCC said the campaign – which comes thanks to Valentine’s Day this year falling on a Thursday – recognises […]
Christians join in 16 days of activism to end violence against women
Christians from across the world have joined in 16 days of activism against gender-based violence as part of a campaign to end violence against women. The 16 days commenced on Sunday – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – and run until 10th December – Human Rights Day. The initiative runs alongside existing faith […]
World Council of Churches launches new logo design for ‘Thursdays in Black’ campaign to end violence against women
The World Council of Churches has unveiled a new design for its ‘Thursdays in Black’ campaign aimed at ending violence against women. The WCC says the new purple, black and white design will give “new momentum” to the campaign, which traces its origins back to the 1980s and was inspired by groups such as the […]
Christians invited to join in weekly prayer for women facing gender-based violence
The World Council of Churches has invited people to join in a weekly time of prayer for women who are “standing strong in the face of gender-based violence”. Each Thursday, beginning next week on 31st May, the WCC will release a prayer via its website and social media which has been shared by members of […]
POSTCARDS: IN NIGERIA, THURSDAYS IN BLACK ARE FLOURISHING
An article first published on the World Council of Churches website reports on how Rev Ikechukwu Anaga has taken the concept of ‘Thursdays in Black’ to the streets of Nigeria…