FLC Messages and Reports 2011 - Fellowship of the Least Coin

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WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES Women in Church and Society Programme World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Women in Church and Society (WICAS) Project as part of WCC Programme 1: Ecumenism in the 21st Century focuses on integrating a gender perspective to the WCC’s vision of just peaceable unity by creating space for women’s participation and voice as part and parcel of the ecumenical movement. The women involved come from different Christian traditions, regions and age groups. Whether in theology or the living of their faith in genuine spirituality, these women’s meaningful participation in church and society is often threatened by violence, racism, feminization of poverty, disease, ecological degradation and other human caused and structural crises. With an accent on advocacy to address the scandal of violence against women in the framework of the Decade to Overcome Violence, and commitment to accompanying women as they live their spiritualities of resilience, healing and wholeness, WICAS offers a space for creative pedagogical dialogue between women’s diverse voices and experiences across regions and denominations. With the acknowledgement that most of the violence that women suffer is directly caused by men, WICAS has been collaborating with World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) in a process of involving men in positive masculinities for partnership. Through consultation, training and journeying together, WICAS and WCRC have developed a gender training manual from men’s perspectives with men in mind, which is currently being published and is expected to be out mid-November 2010. This has been possible partly by the meaningful support that FLC has given to WICAS and therefore we are so grateful to be partners for a just peace community of women and men. Women’s Programme focus for 2009-2011: With the focus on developing a just peace community of women and men where violence against women is history, WICAS has been working to achieve the following objectives: • Developing a clear theological rationale based on each region’s contextual principles of communitarian co-existence and interdependence of female and male so as to curb violence against women and children; • Facilitating regional consultations aimed at gender justice awareness, advocacy and training; 42
• Developing a gender training manual from male perspective (with men in mind) as a theological resource which will outline methodologies, strategies as well as content for gender justice awareness, advocacy and training for churches and church-based organizations; • Developing from a 10 minute video produced by Chedza media, produce a 48 minutes video project capturing stories of transformation from being perpetrators of violence against women and children to gender equitable men; • To enhance the women’s experiences and spiritualities as authentic and essential contribution to the ecumenical movement and development of positive masculinities as a direct contribution to addressing gender-based violence, focusing on the Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV) and the process towards the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC). • Share some good practices through workshops and seminars at the IEPC event in Jamaica, May 2011. • Networking women’s regional initiatives that aim at addressing violence against women especially at the IEPC event in Jamaica, May 2011. A signature of gratitude The production of the gender training manual from the process of gender awareness training that had started in 2007 until January 2010 is a result of the positive collaboration that has been taking place between ICFLC and WCC especially through WICAS. It is both a sign of hope that is deeply rooted in the power of women’s solidarity and networking, but it is also a committed prayer from the bleeding hearts of women and men who have seen enough suffering and victimization of women and children by those who have the tendency to abuse power: A prayer of faith to a God of justice and love, who hears and answers prayers. Committed to the ecumenical vision for just peace unity, we can boldly declare with Audre Lorde: “When I dare to be powerful—to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid!” Dr. Fulata Moyo Programme Executive 43
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