Executive Secretary, Womens Concerns, NCCI
National Council of Churches condemns the brutal murder of a senior gusty, outspoken journalist, editor and activist Ms Gauri Lankesh. Ms Gauri Lankesh was very critical about the fascist ideologies, fascist forces in our country and right wing. Lankesh, with dauntless courage, even challenged political leaders and corruption. She was also a theatre person and a […]
Slavery exits in your front yard . Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery . How equipped are your churches , congregations , pastors, and missionaries to end Human Trafficking ? A pastor from one of the member churches of NCCI in Delhi shared that his congregation members comprises mainly migrant workers from Jharkhand […]
The Consultative Group for Church of South India (CSI) Gender Justice Policy met at CSI Centre under the leadership of Rev. Dr. D.Rathnakara Sadananda, General Secretary, CSI and Rev. Asir Ebenezer, Director, CSI-SEVA on 26th July 2017 to deliberate on the formulation of a Gender Policy for CSI. 11 core group members attended this […]
The National Council of Churches in india congratulates Ms Mamata Banarjee Honorable Chief Minister of West Bengal State for receiving the prestigious award by United Nations for ‘Revolutionizing Girls Education and Women’s Empowerment’ through ‘Kanyashree Project’. ‘Kanyashree’ was ranked the best among 552 such social sector schemes from across 62 countries that were nominated for […]
The Women’s Concerns Ministry of National Council of Churches in India in partnership with Presbyterian Women’s Fellowship in India, and Australian Church Women organized ‘Training the Trainers’ Certificate Course on Gender Justice held in Aizawl , in the State of Mizoram from 5th – 10th June 2017. Twenty young church leaders, pastors, young theologians, teachers […]
The Ministry of Women & Child Development in India has formulated a draft National Policy for Women. According to Mrs Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Honourable Indian Union Cabinet Minister of Women and Child Development Ministry “This transformative policy will address the needs of women in the New India and also guide the functioning of the Government in decades to come. […]
‘Nagpur Chalo March’ gathered more than 3000 women from different parts of India on 10th March 2017 in Indora Maidan, Nagpur. Women from Dalit, adivasi, bahujan and minority communities, women from different faiths disabled, queer women, transgender people, sex workers, nomadic tribeswomen, students and many others discriminated against on the basis of caste, class, religion, […]
“Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030” was the IWD theme of UN. As the world commemorated IWD in India on March 8, 2017, the Lok Sabha, on 9th March, 2017, passed amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, increasing the period of maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks, which is […]
Click on the Link to Download IWD Newsletter IWD-2017NCCI Resource Material2 As the world commemorates International Women’s Day on 8th March 2017, the National Council of Churches invites churches, church leaders, Christian organizations , and church run institutions to create and promote “women and family friendly” work places. India is the fourth dangerous country in […]
For World Day of Prayer 2017 Resource Material Click on the Link :world-day-of-prayer-2017-book All India Council of Christian Women of NCCI invites Women’s Fellowships and Churches to reflect prayer in action by observing World Day of Prayer on 3rd March 2017. This year’s theme is “ Am I Being Unfair to You?” World Day of […]
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