Links

 
Church in Society Program Unit  -

Other ELCA Churchwide Program Units working for justice for women   -

Other Denominations’ justice for women’s programs -

Other Organizations -

United Nations -

Commercial Sexual Exploitation -

HIV / AIDS -

Women’s Leadership -

Violence Against Women -

Other sites of interest -




Church in Society Program Unit   up arrow

Advocacy
www.elca.org/advocacy/

World Hunger
www.elca.org/hunger/ 

Studies
www.elca.org/socialstatements

Poverty Ministries
www.elca.org/povertyministries

Social Ministry Organizations
www.elca.org/Growing-In-Faith/Ministry/Partner-Related-Organizations/Social-Ministry-Organizations.aspx

Domestic Disaster Response
www.elca.org/disaster



Other ELCA Churchwide Program Units Working for justice for women   up arrow 

Vocation and Education
Clergy Misconduct
www.elca.org/safeplace/

Women of the ELCA
www.womenoftheelca.org



Other Denominations' justice for womans programs   up arrow

Full Communion Partners 

Episcopal Church USA--Anglican Women’s Empowerment
www.ecusa.anglican.org/uncsw.htm?menu=menu61552

Moravian Church

Presbyterian Church USA Women’s Ministries
www.pcusa.org/women/

Reformed Church in America’s Commission for Women
www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=1923&srcid=1949

Other denominations  

The United Methodist Church General Commission on the Status of Women
www.gcsrw.org



Other Organizations   up arrow

Lutheran World Federation Women in Church and Society
www.lutheranworld.org/What_We_Do/DMD/DMD-WICAS.html

World Council of Churches Justice, Peace and Creation Concerns: women
www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/jpc/women.html

The Deaconess Community of the ELCA
www.elca.org/deaconess/

National Council of Churches
www.ncccusa.org/womensministry/

Lutheran Services in America
www.lutheranservices.org

Lutheran Volunteer Corps
www.lutheranvolunteercorps.org/

Evangelical Lutheran Women (Canada)
www.elw.ca/



United Nations   up arrow

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/index.html

United Nations Millennium Development Goals
www.un.org/millenniumgoals



Commercial Sexual Exploitation   up arrow

Cherish Our Children
www.cherishchildren.org

ELCA Message: Commercial Sexual Exploitation
www.elca.org/What-We-Believe/Social-Issues/Messages/Commercial-Sexual-Exploitation.aspx

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
www.lirs.org

Adults Saving Kids (ASK)
www.adultssavingkids.org

U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
www.state.gov/g/tip

ECPAT-USA
www.ecpatusa.org

humantrafficking.org
www.humantrafficking.org

“Day Full of Light” a Women of the ELCA resource
www.womenoftheelca.org/resources/pdf/dayfulloflight.pdf

Corporate Social Responsibility work in child trafficking
www.elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action/Justice/Advocacy/Corporate-Social-Responsibility.aspx

Journey Together Faithfully: an ELCA study on Sexuality
www.elca.org/faithfuljourney/

“Human Retail: Commercial Sexual Exploitation and the Everyday” by Elizabeth Hunter
www.boldcafe.org/0409/hottopic.html

“Commercial Sexual Exploitation in America” by Amy Hartman
www.boldcafe.org/issue005/hottopic.html



HIV / AIDS   up arrow

ELCA Message: AIDS and the Church’s Ministry of Caring
www.elca.org/socialstatements/aids

ELCA AIDS site
www.elca.org/aids 

International Women’s Summit: Women’s Leadership making a difference in  HIV/AIDS
www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_council_07/iws_women_s_summit

Keep the Promise: Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance’s HIV and AIDS Campaign
www.e-alliance.ch/hivaids.jsp



Women's Leadership   up arrow

35th Anniversary of the Ordination of Women Rostered Leader Survey
http://archive.elca.org/research/reports/re/Rostered%20Leader%20Survey%20Report%201.pdf

Analysis of Length of Time Waiting for First Call
http://archive.elca.org/research/reports/cw/wait.pdf

Analysis of First Calls to Ordained Ministry
http://archive.elca.org/research/reports/cw/frstcall.pdf

Analysis of On Leave from Call
http://archive.elca.org/research/reports/cw/onleave.pdf



Violence Against Women   up arrow

Lutheran Advocates for Safe Families
www.thelcf.org/create/funds/collaborative_funds/lcf_community_fund/foundation_initiatives/ending_family_violence_initiative

Faith Trust Institute
www.faithtrustinstitute.org/

Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence
www.cardv.peak.org/  

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.ncadv.org/

Dept. of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
www.usdoj.gov/ovw/


Other sites of interest   up arrow

Women’s Contributions to ELCA History
www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/History/ELCA-Archives/Exhibits/It-Did-Not-All-Begin-with-Ordination.aspx

National Women’s History Project
www.nwhp.org/

Timeline of the Women’s Suffrage Movement in the U.S.
www.rochester.edu/SBA/suffragetimeline.html