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This page offers you news from the global life of the World Student Christian Federation.
Recent news items listed below connect you to full stories in the Inter-Regional Office publication, Federation News, or to WSCF-related news items from other organisations.
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SCM Philippines decries charter change to extend Arroyo rule
26 June 2009
On the third anniversary of University of the Philippines students' disappearances SCM Philippines is joining youth groups to say no to a suspected extension of Arroyo's tyrannical rule.
»»see full statement from Philippines Youth Network |
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SCM Zimbabwe says human rights abuses continue under unity govt
22 June 2009
According to SCM Zimbabwe, the country's coalition government has failed to address widespread hunger and human rights violations in the country.
»»see full story from Ecumenical News International |
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WSCF North America region releases San Francisco report
19 June 2009
WSCF's North America Region has released electronic news and a fully illustrated report from its January-February 2009 conference in San Francisco, "Raising New Prophets: Arising of a Movement"
»»see news and reports from WSCF in North America |
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WSCF Asia Pacific Region publishes first Praxis edition for 2009
26 May 2009
Praxis, the Asia Pacific Region’s quarterly newsletter is now available online.
»»Click here to read more about Praxis and download in PDF |
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SCM Malawi Calls for Peaceful Elections
18 May 2009
The Student Christian Movement of Malawi has released a statement asking for WSCF's member movements to support them with their prayers in the lead-up to Malawi's national elections.
»»Read More about SCM Malawi's appeal |
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Federation News April '09 edition comes online
9 May 2009
WSCF's Federation News April 2009 edition has been released. This issue is the first prepared with the support of new managing editor Mr. John Asling.
»»see Federation News contents and link to pdf |
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WSCF North America Region publishes newsletter
4 May 2009
WSCF North America Region has published the April 2009 issue of their relaunched newsletter, Press On. Articles in this edition cover recent events involving Canadian and US students and senior friends of WSCF, focusing on the "Raising New Prophets: Arising a Movement" conference.
»»WSCF North America's Newsletter |
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WSCF Asia Pacific Region calls for Human Rights Workshop applications
29 April 2009
WSCF Asia-Pacific Region is inviting SCM applications to its upcoming Human Rights, Justice and Peace Workshop, to be held in Bangladesh this July.
»»Learn more about this workshop and how to apply |
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WSCF in Latin America asks for SCM solidarity over Swine Flu outbreak
28 April 2009
WSCF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Secretary has written to SCMs to ask for prayers and solidarity during the Swine Flu outbreak in his home country of Mexico.
»»see letter from WSCF LAC Region Secretary Dan Gonzalez Ortega |
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WCC seeks new Youth Programme Executive
21 April 2009
The World Council of Churches is seeking a new Youth programme Executive to direct its "Youth in the ecumenical movement: challenges and hopes" project.
»»see WCC vacancy notice |
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WSCF's Zimbabwe Advocacy Officer speaks out on human rights
20 April 2009
WSCF's Zimbabwe Advocacy Officer Marlon Zakeyo has spoken out strongly against ongoing human rights abuses and repression of democracy in Zimbabwe at yesterday's Geneva Summit on Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy.
»»see link to story from UN Watch, Geneva |
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WSCF 2008 Annual Report online now
19 April 2009
The WSCF 2008 Annual Report (the Red Book) is now available online in web optimised pdf version.
»»see web version of WSCF Red Book 2008 |
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WSCF Zimbabwe office to resource Geneva Human Rights Summit
16 April 2009
WSCF's Zimbabwe Advocacy Officer Marlon Zakeyo will bring insights from his human rights advocacy for Zimbabweans to a Geneva-based global human rights summit this week.
»»see story from Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy |
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WSCF seeks Europe regional office intern
1 April 2009
The Europe Region of the World Student Christian Federation is seeking a motivated person for the position of Office and Publications Intern to work in the Regional Office in Budapest, Hungary; for two years starting in September 2009.
»»see call and job description |
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SCMers to revisit the end of Cold War in Europe
19 March 2009
The German SCM is inviting students from all over Europe to join with them in a conference revisiting the end of the Cold War in Europe and assessing the ongoing impact of change in the political landscape of Europe since that time.
»»see full story from German SCM |
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WSCF invites participants for human rights programme in Ukraine
11 March 2009
WSCF's Europe Region is inviting participants for its upcoming Lingua Franca Language and Leadership training programme on "Religious Freedom as a Human Right", to be held in Ukraine this May.
»»see invitation from WSCF Europe Region |
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SCM Zimbabwe mourns the death of Amai Susan Tsvangirai
9 March 2009
SCM Zimbabwe has released a short statement expressing their mourning over the loss of Susan Tsvangirai who died in a car accident last Friday.
»»see statement from SCM Zimbabwe |
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SCM Zimbabwean calls for better women's role in democracy
8 March 2009
The Student Christian Movement of Zimbabwe (SCMZ) has joined millions of women world wide to commemorate the 2009 International Women’s Day today, with a call for better women's representation in the governance of Zimbabwe.
»»see full statement from SCM Zimbabwe |
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WSCF celebrates 111th Universal Day of Prayer for Students
15 February 2009
Today Student Christian Movements around the globe gathered together with friends and supporters in churches, halls and in the open air to pray for the lives and work of the world's students.
»»see story from WSCF |
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WSCF calls on Swiss refineries to help stop illicit minerals trade
6 February 2009
WSCF has joined its Zimbabwe Advocacy Office and three other NGOs to call for reassurance from Swiss refineries that they do not engage in trading illegally and immorally obtained minerals or in dealing with members of the Mugabe regime.
»»see story from WSCF and Zimbabwe Advocacy Office |
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WSCF Africa region issues online news
2 February 2009
The WSCF Africa region has released an online newsletter with news and stories from member's experiences at recent conferences and training events.
»»see WSCF Africa Region news |
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WSCF raises student prophets in North America
29 January 2009
Forty years later after the heyday of student activism in 1968, Christian student activists from across the Christian spectrum are rising as a formidable force in North America again.
»»see story from WSCF North America Region |
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Philippines student activists file complaints of military harassment
26 January 2009
Philippines SCMers have supported students to file complaints before the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) over cases of harassment and surveillance allegedly being carried out by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
»»see story from Bulatlat Human Rights Watch and SCM Philippines |
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WSCF Executive Committee elects student Vice-chair
26 January 2009
WSCF's Executive Committee has elected Ms. Shantha Ready (25) of the USA as student Vice-Chair.
»»see story from WSCF |
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Middle East students decry the region’s "crisis in ecumenism"
15 January 2009
Middle Eastern members of WSCF have released a strongly-worded appeal for a serious re-orientation of church life in the Middle East. The appeal urges change to a more generous-spirited and ecumenical approach to church teaching and joint action, and specifically to the improved theological training of Arab Christian youth.
»»see story from WSCF Middle East |
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WSCF releases Student World journal on migration and justice
12 January 2009
Student World issue 251 on the issues of migration and justice has been released by the WSCF's Inter-Regional Office.
»»see story and link |
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WSCF joins Hong Kong call to stop Gaza attacks
9 January 2009
WSCF's Asia-Pacific region today joined a statement condemning the current Israeli attacks on Gaza and calling on Israel's allies to recognise the bombings and blockades as acts of terrorism against the Palestinian people and against humanity.
»»see full statement from WSCF A-P and Hong Kong civil society organisations |
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SCM Lubumbashi feels shockwaves from Congo conflicts
9 December 2008
According to WSCF movement AJEC Congo, the war in the eastern part of Congo is having an increasing impact throughout the country. Gilbert Mulimbi reports from Lubumbashi on the effects of the war on universities, students and public health.
»»see letter from AJEC Congo |
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Egyptian SCMers join in Bible Society celebrations
7 December 2008
WSCF students and leadership have joined the Egyptian Bible Society in a ground-breaking ecumenical event this December, to celebrate 125 years of the Society’s work in Egypt.
»»see full story |
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WSCF Middle East Secretary to join WCC visit to Haiti
21 November 2008
WSCF's Middle East Regional Secretary Ms. Elsy Wakil (Lebanon) will join former WSCF General Secretary Mr. Manuel Quintero (Cuba/Switzerland) in a team of six international ecumenical representatives for a WCC Decade to Overcome Violence Living Letters visit to the island nation of Haiti this coming week.
»»see story from WSCF |
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WSCF makes call to prayer for DR Congo
18 November 2008
The World Student Christian Federation Africa Region has urged all national SCMs to offer prayer and intercession in favour of the populations of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The call to prayer issued today names the headlong rush to exploit the mineral resources of North Kivu as the primary cause of the ongoing atrocities being inflicted on the populations of the region.
»»see Call to Prayer from WSCF Africa Region |
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WSCF establishes Zimbabwe advocacy office
15 November 2008
WSCF has established a Zimbabwe human rights office at the Federation’s headquarters in Geneva, to advocate for the people of Zimbabwe at the UN, in NGO forums and in the ecumenical movement.
»»see story from WSCF |
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WSCF joins urgent call for resolution to crisis in Zimbabwe
14 November 2008
Alongside four other global organisations, WSCF has issued a statement calling for Zimbabwean people's rights to life to be upheld and for an urgent democratic resolution to be made to the country's current political and economic meltdown.
»»see full statement from WSCF, WCC, World YWCA, LWF and WARC |
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SCM Philippines women lead WSCF women in action against UN GFMD
11 November 2008
The Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP), has appealed to all SCMs around the globe to reflect on the phenomenon of "forced migration,” and pose a critique to this system that has been unmasked as a modern-day form of slavery.
»»see full story from SCM Philippines |
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Zimbabwean bishop speaks out on churches' inaction
28 October 2008
Methodist Bishop Levee Kadenge has spoken out during a visit to WSCF and WCC in Geneva this week, calling on the Zimbabwean Council of Churches to take a stand in favour of ordinary Zimbabwean's rights.
»»see full story from Ecumenical News international |
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North America Secretary addresses 2010 mission themes
25 October 2008
WSCF's North America Regional Secretary Mr. Luciano Kovacs has spoken out on the core principles of mission at Christian World Service USA's "Towards Mission 2010: Mission for the 21st Century" Consultation. As primary organisers of the 1910 Mission Conference and ecumenical missioners since 1895, WSCF is profoundly concerned with the understanding of mission in the 21st Century.
»»see full story |
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WSCF student reports from WACC Congress
23 October 2008
The World Association of Christian Communicators (WACC) gathered in Cape Town, South Africa early this month urged the Christian communicators to write and publish stories aimed at developing the world.
»»see story from WSCF's Pascalinah Kabi |
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WSCF 2007 Annual Report comes online
3 October 2008
The World Student Christian Federation's 2007 Annual Report is now available online. The Red Book'07 is a fully illustrated twenty page report which is currently being published and will be available soon for WSCF's member movement partners, friends and supporters.
»»see web resolution PDF |
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Campaign challenges WSCF men to mission of non-violence
2 October 2008
The Canadian-based White Ribbon Campaign has called on WSCF men to take up the campaign’s mission of ending violence against women through the collaborative actions of men, particularly addressing the men who attended the 2008 GA men’s pre-assembly.
»»see story and letter from White Ribbon Campaign |
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SCM calls for major shifts in Australian defence spending
1 October 2008
Australian SCM has made a submission to the Australian Department of Defence's 'White Paper' consultation process, which will help guide Australia's defence policy over the next five to ten years. The submission specifically emphasises the importance of a new focus on peace-keeping activities, reducing large scale armaments purchases and taking into serious consideration the Australian defence forces' responsibility to help prevent illegal actions by foreign militaries against their citizenry.
»»see full story and ASCM submission |
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WSCF students scrutinise migration in Italy
29 September 2008
Students from five WSCF regions have joined together to help scrutinise migration and justice issues at the Agape Political Camp in Prali, Italy this year. As WSCF’s global theme for 2007, migration has been high on the agenda for analysis and political action in many SCMs over the last two years.
»»see full story |
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WSCF commits to Asian youth mandate for peace
19 September 2008
WSCF’s Asia-Pacific region has joined with youth and students from churches and faith traditions across Asia to identify areas of human suffering and environmental degradation in the region and to call for youth action towards building peace.
»»see Asian youth gathering statement |
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SCMers vigil for India and Indonesia
17 September 2008
SCM students in Burma and Bangladesh have expressed their shock and solidarity with SCM India and the Indonesian SCM GMKI over recent news of the attack on GMKI’s national office and the communal violence in Orissa.
»»see story from WSCF |
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WSCF joins call for interfaith peacebuilding in Latin America
15 September 2008
WSCF has joined with the Latin American Religions for Peace network, to call for increased interfaith efforts by young people towards building societies based on peace and justice in the region.
»»see full statement from Religions for Peace Latin American Youth Network |
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SCM India calls for prayer and halt to statements
12 September 2008
SCM India has sent detailed updates of the effects and responses of the Orissa violence on the Indian Student Christian Movement and its members and has called for continued prayer from WSCF member movements. Alongside the call for prayer SCM India has included a request for WSCF movements to halt statements of outrage and demands for action directed to the Indian government.
»»see story and details from SCM India |
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WSCF cautiously welcomes Zimbabwe agreement
12 September 2008
WSCF's General Secretary Michael Wallace welcomed the agreement between parties in Zimbabwe today, but called for ongoing commitment to ensure the change brings real benefit to ordinary Zimbabwean people who have suffered for too long under the previous regime.
»»see statement from WSCF |
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WSCF Inter-Regional News magazine: Federation News
The WSCF Inter-Regional Office currently produces a twice-yearly magazine called Federation News. Federation News contains stories on the current programmes and activities of WSCF at global and regional levels. It also carries news on current WSCF appointments and activities and news from well-known senior friends. To view a whole issue of Federation News in Adobe PDF format, please click on one of the links below.
Federation News April 2009
Federation News November 2008
Federation News April 2008
Federation News November 2007
Federation News April 2007
Federation News October 2006
Federation News May 2006
Federation News July 2005
Federation News November 2005
WSCF in the Media
The "WSCF in the Media" page contains Ecumenical News International (ENI) and WCC media stories related to WSCF and links to WSCF related news from other media organisations. To view recent WSCF stories generated by organisations other than WSCF, click on "WSCF in the Media".
Other WSCF Inter-Regional publications such as Student World, the WSCF Book Series and WSCF Regional Publications can be found on the WSCF publications page. |
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