International Women’s Day (8 March 2026) theme this year: “Give to Gain” emphasizes the call to give generously towards gender justice, with the question “What will you give to gain gender equality?“, ATTWI offers a liturgy compiled to celebrate the IWD 2026 theme with a focus on the myriad ways women “give” to all the […]
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Call to Observe ATTWI Founding Day 2026
ATTWI Invites Churches in India to celebrate ATTWI Founding Day by affirming the life, ministry, and contributions of theologically trained women in India
Remembering Dr Phyllis Trible: A Voice That Unravelled the ‘Texts of Terror’
Dr Phyllis Trible (1932 – 2025) will be remembered as one of the most courageous interpreters of Scripture in our time. Her work invited us to read the Bible not as a closed canon of authority but as a living text that bears both wounds and wisdom. Within India, Trible’s work gave a language to […]
Tribute: Dr Navamani Peter
Dr Navamani Elia Peter is one of the towering and gentle personalities among the foremothers of ATTWI who served as its President for two terms (1990-1997). All through her life she consistently created spaces and opportunities for both lay and theologically trained women in India to build their capacities, make their contributions, and take their rightful place as equal members in church and society.
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Call to observe ATTWI Founding Day
ATTWI calls on all church and ecumenical leadership to observe ATTWI Day annually on 22 February, to celebrate the legacy of women in ministry and the continued contributions of theologically trained women in India in many aspects of ministry both within ecclesiastical structures and otherwise. 45 years ago sixty theologically trained women of India representing […]
The Christmas Story and ‘Significant Others’
They say it takes a whole village to raise a child. That is only part of the story. There are always primary caregivers, and then the whole support system that helps them raise a child. It is not necessarily biological parents who are the primary caregivers. In the story of Jesus’ birth there was a […]
ATTWI Observes Constitution Day
“If we do not have a basis on which we can ground our struggle for rights and privileges, we cannot fully experience or enjoy our rights and freedoms,” was the note with which Rev Jacqueline Jothi called the attention of the women theologians drawn from North Tamil Nadu gathered in Chennai, to the significance of […]
ATTWI observes 16 Days of Activism through the symbolic “Red Chair Project,” at its North Tamil Nadu Regional Meeting in Chennai
ATTWI kicked off the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence on 25 Nov 2024 at a solemn observance that included the symbolic “The Red Chair” campaign. A group of ordained women set the tone for the observance by leading the gathering in feminist songs of struggle and resistance to sexism and casteism, to the […]