What progress has been made on women’s rights around the world? What areas still need to be addressed? And how is the Anglican Alliance equipping churches to respond to gender inequality? In this blog to mark International Women’s Day, Mandy Marshall, the Anglican Alliance’s Director for Gender Justice, reflects on these questions. International Women’s Day ..read more

The three countries most at risk from natural disasters are Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Tonga. They are all in the Pacific. So are Papua New Guinea and Fiji, which come in at numbers 9 and 14, respectively. It is therefore unsurprising that the churches in the Pacific have a great deal of experience of ..read more

The International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking is marked on 8th February, the feast of St Josephine Bakhita, patron saint of victims of human trafficking. The day brings together churches from around the world to pray for all victims of exploitation, standing together in solidarity and raising awareness of the issue. Since ..read more

The Anglican Alliance, in partnership with Episcopal Relief & Development, supported a team of three accompaniers to visit the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and their outreach agency the South Sudanese Development and Relief Agency in July to enhance and strengthen their capacity in responding to ongoing struggles across the country. The visit took place ..read more

Representatives from across Latin America and the Caribbean met in Panama at the beginning of November for a Partners in Resilience and Response Regional Steering Group meeting following on from the regional Resilience Course. ‘We shared, we learned, we put together a regional plan from our perspective and with different approaches from each country’ Amanda ..read more

The Anglican Alliance launches an updated Freedom Sunday Resource, helping churches to respond to modern slavery and human trafficking through prayer, worship and action. “In the eyes of God each human being is a free person, whether girl, boy, woman or man, and is destined to exist for the good of all in equality and ..read more

The Anglican Alliance is delighted to be partnering in a groundbreaking event bringing together church leaders, indigenous and Afro-descendant theologies, and practitioners to explore the power of indigenous theologies in advancing advocacy and social change. Challenging the Status Quo The colloquium seeks to address the urgent need for de-colonial perspectives within theological discourse. By centering ..read more

Peace at Home?  The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence run from 25th November to 10th December. Here, the Anglican Alliance’s Director for Gender Justice, Mandy Marshall, discusses gender-based violence in the home and church, and why ending it is a gospel imperative.  Church Cultures  There is a myth in many Christian settings that ..read more

“The archbishops, bishops, lay and youth were just astounding, with such commitment to the people they serve” Rob Dawes, Executive Director. Members of the Anglican Alliance staff team were honoured to take part in the full assembly of the Council of the Church of East Asia, which was hosted by the Episcopal Church of the ..read more

It was a delight for Anglican Alliance staff to visit Westminster Abbey last week to view their Communion Forest exhibition. Westminster Abbey, the site of English coronations since 1066, has supported the Communion Forest since it was launched two years ago. Over the summer, from July 22nd to September 8th, they have been holding the ..read more