A Campaign with a difference

Programme Review and Programme Direction

Two key deliberative sessions during the 15th CCA General Assembly are the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions.

The Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions will both be conducted in three groups relating to the CCA’s programme areas, namely, (i) General Secretariat (GS), (ii) Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF); and (iii) Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia (PD).

Assembly participants will have the option to join one of three groups for both the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions. For the sake of coherence, the assigned group will remain the same for both sessions.

General Secretariat

The General Secretariat oversees the coordination of programmatic, administrative, and financial activities of the organization. The GS comprises various departments such as church and ecumenical relations, relations with ecumenical partners, finance, administration, and communications, which provide crucial support and services for the implementation of programs and contribute to the overall functioning of the CCA.

Programmes: Relations with member churches and councils, ecumenical partners; advocacy at the United Nations; ecumenical responses to emerging issues in solidarity; income development and finance; and communications.

Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF)

Under the MU programme area, the CCA accompanies Asian churches to strengthen their mission and witness in multi-religious contexts, revitalise and nurture church unity and the Asian ecumenical movement, and develop contextual theological foundations.

Programmes: Asian Movement for Christian Unity (AMCU); Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS); Asian women doing theology in the context of wider ecumenism; contextualisation of theology in Asia and ecumenical theological education.

The EF programme area focuses on nurturing and developing ecumenical leaders in Asia. The programme aims to enhance spiritual formation and theological understanding, enabling people to actively engage in ecumenical dialogue and collaboration.

Programmes: Ecumenical Enablers’ Training in Asia (EETA); Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI); Youth and Women Leadership Development; Ecumenical Spirituality and Nurturing of Contextual Liturgical Traditions; Asia Sunday

Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia and Advocacy (PD)

The BP programme area is dedicated to promoting peace, justice, and reconciliation in Asia’s diverse contexts. Through training, advocacy, and dialogue, the programme addresses the root causes of conflicts, empowers communities, and fosters sustainable peacebuilding initiatives.

Programmes: Pastoral Solidarity Visits; Churches in Action for Moving Beyond Conflict and Resolution; Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA); Ecumenical Women’s Action Against Violence (EWAAV); Eco-Justice for Sustainable Peace in the Oikos.

The PD programme area focuses on promoting justice, human rights, and social transformation in Asia. Through advocacy, capacity-building, and raising awareness, the programme addresses systemic injustice, empowers marginalised communities, and advocates for prophetic actions and meaningful change.

Programmes: Human Rights advocacy; Migration, Statelessness, and Trafficking in Persons; Asian Ecumenical Disability Advocacy Network; Asian Advocacy Network on the Dignity and Rights of Children (AANDRoC); Ecumenical Solidarity Accompaniment and Diakonia in Asia (ESADA); Health and Healing; Good Governance; Action Together to Combat HIV and AIDS in Asia (ATCHAA).

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15 February 2013
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'One Billion Rising: Campaign to end Violence against Women and Girls"

‘A huge feminist tsunami’ rose on 14 February 2013 in song and dance to direct the attention of the world to the increasing incidences of violence against women. Women in more than 190 countries around the world rose and took to the streets to dance as part of a global movement to end rape and sexual violence against women called "One Billion Rising.”

Playwright, activist and author of “The Vagina Monologues" and creator of V-Day, Eve Ensler, launched this global movement that promotes creative events to increase awareness about violence against women and to re-energize anti-violence organizations. The word "billion" refers to the statistics that one in three women will be raped or beaten in their lifetime, or about one billion. On September 20, 2012, people from 160 countries had signed up to take part in the campaign. 14 February 2013 marked the movement’s 15th anniversary and the culmination of the "One Billion Rising" campaign.

The success of this movement took everybody by surprise, even Eve Ensler herself. Giving credit to the global success of the campaign to a combination of social media and the world's grass roots feminist movements, she said “It is something that has gone across class, social group and religion. It's like a huge feminist tsunami.”

Dancing, flash mobs, and other forms of campaigning in 190 countries including Asian countries like Bangla Desh, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Philippines and Indonesia, marked protests that were unique and non-violent, yet colourful and attractive as it caught people by surprise. Flash Mobs erupt with no warning in public places. Performers emerge suddenly from a crowd to sing or dance then disappear as soon as the performance ends.

Valentines Day this year was thus made significant, by a singularly spectacular global campaign, that made the impossible possible... the rise of a billion voices in a rare gesture of love, compassion and solidarity.