News – UnitingWorld

June 18, 2018

As we prepare for the 15th Triennial Assembly, I’m reminded of the bold step taken by our overseas church partners three years ago in Perth. In an unprecedented move, they stepped up and tabled a statement they’d penned in which they offered their resources to [Read More]

After the conflict: peacebuilding in Maluku

by UnitingWorld

Blogs, Women's Empowerment and Peace Building (Maluku, Indonesia)

June 18, 2018

“Since the conflict,” “after the conflict,” “during the conflict.” These phrases pepper almost every conversation. It might be 20 years, but the violence that broke out between Muslims and Christians in Ambon, Indonesia in 1999 is still the watershed event that shapes all narratives. People [Read More]

Equality through theology in Papua New Guinea

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Church Partnership Program (PNG), News

June 18, 2018

Biblical training continues to help unlock chains of oppression for women in Papua New Guinea, one of the toughest places on earth to be born female. Many of you have heard about our gender theology work for women’s equality. Last month thirty-four men and women [Read More]

Is poverty ever going to end?

by Cath Taylor

News

June 18, 2018

I read recently that Australians have never been more generous – some of them, anyway. Super wealthy, generous individuals are giving like never before. Their projects of choice? Things with measurable outcomes and big legacies. Medical research is a good example. Let’s find a cure [Read More]

Biofuel beating poverty in Bali

by UnitingWorld

Blogs, Women's Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Bali, Indonesia)

June 13, 2018

Dolores (name changed to protect privacy) has the most soulful eyes you could hope for on a cow. Part of her earnest expression, I’m pretty sure, has to do with her confidence that not only is she saving the planet – she’s going to give [Read More]

Australian Aid: way too much?

by Cath Taylor

Blogs

June 5, 2018

Here’s an interesting fact. In 2016, a survey of ordinary Aussies by the Campaign for Australian Aid found that most people believed the Australian Government was spending about 13% of our total budget on foreign aid. “Way too high!” the people shrieked. “What about those [Read More]

Investing in the skills of Papuan women

by Marcus Campbell

Blogs, News, Women’s Livelihoods (Papua, Indonesia)

May 15, 2018

On a small island out on a lake in West Papua, a group of women are crafting themselves out of poverty by keeping a disappearing local art tradition alive. The banks of their lake home skirt the far limits of Papua’s most modern city, Jayapura, but people here still [Read More]

A prayer for the victims of church bombings in Java

by UnitingWorld

News, Pray

May 14, 2018

The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan and UnitingWorld National Director Dr Sureka Goringe have written to churches in Indonesia to express sadness and solidarity after the tragic church bombings in Surabaya, Java on Sunday. 11 people were killed in the explosions [Read More]

Celebrating global partnerships ahead of 15th Assembly

by UnitingWorld

News

May 4, 2018

In a report to the Uniting Church in Australia’s 15th Triennial Assembly meeting in July, UnitingWorld has highlighted the success of a collaborative, network-based approach to community development. In a sweeping review of three years, the report details the impact of UnitingWorld’s programs across an estimated [Read More]

Civil society and faith groups collaborate for gender equality

by UnitingWorld

News, Partnering Women for Change (Pacific Region)

April 18, 2018

UnitingWorld has facilitated a forum in Fiji to bring together civil society groups, faith-based agencies and educators from across the Pacific to discuss the role of biblical interpretation in progressing human rights and gender equality. The two-day forum, held over 9 and 10 April at [Read More]

Looking back as we look forward to Assembly

After the conflict: peacebuilding in Maluku

Equality through theology in Papua New Guinea

Is poverty ever going to end?

Biofuel beating poverty in Bali

Australian Aid: way too much?

Investing in the skills of Papuan women

A prayer for the victims of church bombings in Java

Celebrating global partnerships ahead of 15th Assembly

Civil society and faith groups collaborate for gender equality

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