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Advent a time for Anglicans worldwide to engage with birth registration for all

The International Anglican Family Network (IAFN) is using the season of Advent to encourage member Churches of the Communion to get involved with making birth registration a universal reality.

30 November 2011

Archbishop of Canterbury's Statement for the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children

Archbishop of Canterbury's Statement for the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has released a statement in advance of the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children, which is on Sunday 20th November 2011.

18 November 2011

Ecuador: Workshop on domestic violence

Ecuador: Workshop on domestic violence

In August 2010, the Litoral Diocese of the Episcopal Church of Ecuador held a workshop covering the theme 'Domestic Violence in our Ecuadorian society'. The workshop looked at types and characteristics of violence in the family, and the factors that underlie this violence in the Ecuadorian context, such as cultural values, personal history and psycho-social environment.

10 January 2011

Churches and schools protecting thousands of youngsters from human trafficking during World Cup

Churches and schools protecting thousands of youngsters from human trafficking during World Cup

Thousands of children in South Africa have been protected from human traffickers during the Football World Cup thanks to holiday clubs set up by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. 

09 July 2010

IAFN Newsletters - articles in Spanish and French

IAFN Newsletters - articles in Spanish and French

The International Anglican Family Network has been looking into the possibility of having some of the articles in its newsletters available in languages other than English, recognising that this will make them more accessible to some parts of the Anglican Communion.

28 April 2010

Valuing Our Elders

Valuing Our Elders

The next IAFN newsletter on the theme of Valuing Our Elders will be published shortly. Articles from Africa, India, Papua New Guinea, the West Indies and the Anglican Indigenous Network tell of the valuing of older people in many cultures.

23 June 2009

The Networks of the Anglican Communion Podcast 7

The Networks of the Anglican Communion Podcast 7

The word family evokes a wide range of emotions. For some it is a very loving and supportive word that is the centre of their being.

11 May 2009

IAFN Newsletters

IAFN Newsletters

The decision taken by the Anglican Communion Office to suspend the publication of Anglican Episcopal World because of its cost has posed new challenges for the Family Network.

19 March 2009

Family Network and the Lambeth Conference

Family Network and the Lambeth Conference

The International Anglican Family Network (IAFN) started work with a series of international consultations culminating in a report for the 1988 Lambeth Conference when the Network was welcomed and affirmed by the Bishops

24 July 2008