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Document Condolences for victims of Genoa bridge collapse
In the wake of a tragic collapse of a motorway bridge in Genoa, Italy, WCC acting general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri offered condolences and prayers on behalf of the WCC global fellowship.
Located in Resources / / WCC general secretary / Messages and letters
Document Statement on status of women
Oral statement delivered by the WCC's Commission of the Churches on International Affairs at the United Nations 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Located in Resources / / WCC commissions and working groups / Commission of the Churches on International Affairs
Document International Memorial Day for the “Comfort Women”
Message from Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC associate general secretary to the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan - War & Women's Human Rights Museum on International Memorial Day for the “Comfort Women”.
Located in Resources / / Ecumenical movement in the 21st century / Women
Document Major challenges for African Women Theologians
Keynote adress by Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri
Located in Resources / / Ecumenical theological education (ETE) / World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions (WOCATI)
Document Challenges and Promises of Quality Assurance in Theological Education
Challenges and Promises of Quality Assurance in Theological Education: Multicontextual and Ecumenical Inquiries by the World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions (wocati.org) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Located in Resources / / Ecumenical theological education (ETE) / World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions (WOCATI)
Document Letter to the UN Secretary General on Iraq
Open letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon by Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, associate general secretary of the WCC, expressing concern over the fate of hundreds of thousands of Christians, Yazidis, and other religious and ethnic groups being killed and forced to flee from their ancestral land in Iraq by radical combatants from the so-called “Islamic State”.
Located in Resources / / Public witness: addressing power, affirming peace / Middle East peace
Document Letter to the WCC member churches in Northern Iraq
An open letter to the WCC member churches in Northern Iraq by Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, associate general secretary of the WCC, soliciting prayers for the Christians, the church communities and all the suffering people on the Plain of Nineveh in northern Iraq, as well as the surrounding region. Reports in recent days have confirmed the forced displacement and indiscriminate killing of Christians, Yazidis, and members of other vulnerable religious and ethnic communities in Iraq as the result of military attacks by the “Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham” (ISIS).
Located in Resources / / Public witness: addressing power, affirming peace / Middle East peace
Document Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Consultation
Welcome message by Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC associate general secretary for Public Witness and Diakonia, at the consultation organized by the WCC and the South African Council of Churches.
Located in Resources / / WCC programmes / Public Witness
Document The Opening Ceremony Of The Exhibition “Restoring Our Humanity” Greetings on behalf of the World Council of Churches
Greetings on behalf of the World Council of Churches at the Opening Ceremony Of The Exhibition “Restoring Our Humanity”, on 11 October 2016.
Located in Resources / / WCC programmes / Public Witness
Document Keynote address at the consultative meeting towards developing the Ecumenical Health Strategy
Keynote address by Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, at the Consultative meeting towards developing the Ecumenical Health Strategy, 27 February 2017, Maseru, Lesotho.
Located in Resources / Documents / WCC programmes