Christian Conference of Asia

Global access to vaccines an urgent moral and ethical imperative, affirms CCA Consultation

Posted on 22 July 2021

Participants of the CCA’s virtual Consultation on ‘Towards Vaccine Equity amidst COVID-19 Surge in Asia’ CHIANG MAI: “As faith communities, we must support and amplify the need for equitable sharing of vaccines and enforceable frameworks for vaccine development and distribution; countries must be bound by agreements rather than arbitrary limits which maximise profits for a […]

 

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CCA to hold an online Consultation on vaccine equity amidst COVID-19 surge in Asia

Posted on 16 July 2021

A virtual Consultation on ‘Towards Vaccine Equity amidst COVID-19 Surge in Asia’ will be organised by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), which will be held on Tuesday 20 July 2021 from 12:00 to 16:30 (12 PM to 4:30 PM) Bangkok (Thailand) time. Vaccine equity continues to be a major obstacle for Asian countries, several […]

 

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CCA mourns the demise of His Holiness Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Paulose II of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in India

Posted on 12 July 2021

The Supreme Head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in India, His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, has passed away. His Holiness was 74 years of age. The septuagenarian Catholicos of the Indian Orthodox Church had been undergoing treatment for cancer for the past two years. While expressing condolences, the General Secretary of […]

 

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“Instilling hope and positive attitude for gender equality is a way to build a just society,” affirm participants of CCA consultation

Posted on 10 July 2021

Participants of the CCA’s virtual consultation on ‘Ensure gender equality; empower women and lift up humanity’ CHIANG MAI: The participants in a regional Consultation affirmed that instilling hope and positive attitude for gender equality is a way to build a just society as well as to empower women and men. A two-day online Consultation on […]

 

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CCA’s consultation to focus on ‘Towards Vaccine Equity amidst COVID-19 Surge in Asia’

Posted on 9 July 2021

An online consultation on ‘Towards Vaccine Equity amidst COVID-19 Surge in Asia’ will be organised and facilitated by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), on 20 July 2021 from 12:00 to 16:30 (12 PM to 4:30 PM) Bangkok (Thailand) time. The CCA will organise this online consultation in order to understand various challenges in increasing […]

 

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Asia Regional Consultation on ‘Ensure gender equality; empower women and lift up humanity’

Posted on 30 June 2021

The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) will organise a two-day online consultation on 8–9 July 2021 on the theme ‘Ensure gender equality; empower women and lift up humanity’. The two-day online consultation will engage CCA member constituencies in deliberations to acknowledge the importance of gender equality and promoting women’s role to accelerate the effective implementation […]

 

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CCA’s advocacy training for tackling HIV and AIDS promotes specific actions amidst COVID-19

Posted on 23 June 2021

Resource Persons and Participants of the ‘HIV and AIDS Advocacy’ Training CHIANG MAI: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) organised a regional capacity building training on HIV and AIDS advocacy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic under the theme ‘Providing Care and Support’. The consultation was held from 15 to 17 June 2021, and was attended by […]

 

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Refugees in our midst should not be forgotten entities, says CCA General Secretary in a World Refugee Day message

Posted on 20 June 2021

CCA General Secretary listens to young, unemployed refugees during his visit (2019) to the UNHCR managed Rohingya Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. An estimated 800,000 Rohingya refugees are still living in Cox’sBazar camp, which is the world’s largest. ( File photo) In a message issued on World Refugee Day–2021, the CCA General Secretary Dr […]

 

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WCC–CCA joint Asia Regional Consultation urges churches to deepen accompaniment amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on 8 June 2021

Resource persons of the Joint WCC-CCA PJP Asia Regional Consultation Vaccine inequity that is making containment measures more difficult for people and communities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and increasing trends of gender-based violence, injustices against indigenous peoples, and insecurities among the youths were identified as major issues in Asia during a regional […]

 

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Human rights training participants affirm the image of God in every person and recognise the dignity and rights of ‘the other’

Posted on 4 June 2021

Resource persons and students of the CCA’s Institute on Human Rights CHIANG MAI: With the conclusion of the two-week-long intensive training programme on human rights, the 25 students of the Christian Conference of Asia’s (CCA) Institute on Human Rights (IHR) made a commitment to “follow in the footsteps of Christ, who incarnated ‘good news to […]

 

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