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Restoring right relationship

When the Provincial Links of the International Anglican Women’s Network met in 2009 they identified the elimination of all forms of violence against women and children as a priority for the advocacy work of IAWN.

Count Every Child

This newsletter, the final IAFN publication for this year, raises issues about birth registration and identity. A birth certificate "is a small paper but it actually establishes who you are and gives access to the rights and the privileges and the obligations of citizenship."

Violence and the Family - July 2011 

“Violence in the home is a violation of God’s wish for humanity.” This is how Bishop David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, begins his editorial for the third IAFN newsletter in the series on Violence and the Family.
This edition shows how churches in many part of the Communion are responding to the challenge of violence in the home. Participants’ in the recent IAFN Oceania consultation on Violence and the Family (see the Oceania Action Plan for the Churches) were quick to put their learning into practice and have been raising awareness of the issue and working to prevent it in their own contexts.

The Gathering opened with a Choral Eucharist at St James’ Church in Sydney City, followed by a Reception hosted by the AIN Secretary-General, Malcolm Naea Chun (Appendices 3 and 4).

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Fulfilling God’s mission in all we say and do without fear

The last few months have shown us how important it is to care for each other, share our stories and support each other as women and men of faith across the Anglican Communion.