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November 11, 2018

Centenary of the Armistice is a time for remembrance and for change, says Christian Aid

On the centenary of Armistice Day, Christian Aid has warned that appalling levels of violence across the globe continue to cost lives and that world leaders, including the UK’s, are too often fuelling rather than preventing conflict.
November 3, 2018

Young people make their remembrance about peace

The centenary of the armistice that ended World War I is a poignant moment. A national project, INSPIRE, will engage thousands of children in remembrance and in peacebuilding.
January 17, 2018

Campaigners call for removal of barriers to women's political participation

A new coalition of campaigning charities, individuals and women and girls’ rights organisations has today issued a challenge to government and political parties to make the 2018 centenary of the first women’s votes in the UK a year for actively encouraging women’s political participation.
October 25, 2013

London concert launches No Glory in War campaign

2014 marks the hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the First World War during which more than 16 million people were killed and 20 million wounded.
January 21, 2008

Geneva celebrations mark Christian centenary in a divided world

As millions of Christians throughout the world mark the 100th anniversary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2008, the central ecumenical event in Geneva has highlighted prayer for unity amidst situations of conflict and distress.
January 14, 2008

Praying for unity across a century of division

The history of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is not just about church cosiness, says Kersten Storch. It is about the quest for healing in a divided church and an unjust and unequal world.