Events

IFAGE plans and hosts annual international conferences with faith leaders on gender-based violence and the role of religious communities in ending it. The main goal of these events is to create and build a faith movement in Africa for gender justice by equiping faith communities in the role of faith leaders to achieve gender justice

Dubbed the “Pan African Faith Leaders Conferences”, these annual events provide safe spaces and opportunity for faith leaders, women, and civil society organizations across Africa to dialogue about the role of faith actors and religious communities in ending sexual and gender-based violence.

2025 Pan African Faith and Gender Justice Conference

Save the Date! We are pleased to announce our 2025 Pan African Faith and Gender Justice Conference to be held in Kenya. Details are as follows;

Conference Theme: Mutuality in Christ: Building Safe Churches for Healing and Gender Reconciliation

Suggested Date: SEPTEMBER 24, 25 & 26, 2025

Suggested Venue: ST. PAUL’S UNIVERSITY, NAIROBI, KENYA

Expected Participants: Key faith actors, gender practitioners, theologians, international development partners, researchers, and civil society groups.

 

The idea of Pan Africa Faith and Gender Justcie Conference was started in 2015 with the aim to mobilize and create a movement of faith actors, gender practitioners, theologians, researchers, civil society groups and international development partners working on the intersectionality of faith and gender justice in the Sub Saharan Africa region in order to cultivate best practices, share knowledge, ideas and experiences, get connections for partnerships and to continues with the dialogue and conversations regarding ending domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.

The initiative is to provide safe space for couragious conversations regarding persistent oppresion and violence against women and girls, patriarchal norms, human rights and dignity, masculinities and power dynamics.

 

2025 Conference Objiectives

The following are key objectives;

1. To create supportive and safe environment for faith leaders and gender practitioners to dialogue and have productive conversations about faith and gender justice, and how faith community can help end domestic abuse and gender based violence (GBV)

2. To equip and empower local and key faith actors as change agents and gender champions with correct theological understanding on gender equality

3. To form and stinulate regional faith movements for gender justice across Africa for continued dialogue and conversation on the intersection of faith, gender reconciliation

4. To foster connections, collaborations, networking and partnership among delegates

 

Check back frequently for further information, including instructions for registration!

Past Events

2023 Pan-African Faith and Gender Justice Conference

IFAGE is pleased to host its 6th international conference in Juba, South Sudan on October 2023. The theme is: "Gender Reconciliation: Cultivating Biblical Gender Equality Principles for Justice and Peaceful Communities”. This event targets key faith leaders,...

2019 FAITH & GENDER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REPORT (1)

This year on the theme “Man and Woman, One in Christ: Engaging Faith Narrative for Justice & Equality” we gathered 98 faith actors and leaders from across Africa including Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda and other parts...

2018 International Conference

FAITH AND GENDER: EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AND MEN, IN THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY Date: August 23-25, 2018 Venue: “Vision for Africa International Christian College, Kampala” Why “Faith and Gender” conference in Uganda? While studies indicate steady growth of the Church in the...

2017 International Conference

Ekklesia Foundation for Gender Education (EFOGE) held its 2017  international conference in Dar – Es – Salaam, Tanzania in September  20-22, at The Landmark Hotel. The theme of the conference was “Cultivating Oneness in Christ: Biblical Truth about Equality for Men...

2016 International conference

Conference Theme: Truth Be Told: “Engaging Faith Leaders, Understanding the Bible for Justice &Equality” Conference Verse: 1 Timothy 2:12 “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission…I do not permit a woman to teach or assume authority over a man…”...

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