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Introduction: Diakonia in a Gender Perspective Part I : Biblical and Theological perspectives "poverty Has Woman`s Face": Theological Arguments for a Gender - Based Approach to Diakonia Women`s Religious Experiences Justice Perspectives on Biblical Narratives: Building Bridges to Diaconal Practices Feminization or Engendering of Diakonia: New Testament Perspectives Women`s Empowerment and Gender Equality: Pastoral - Theological Reflections from Africa Part II : Learning From The Praxis of Engendered Diakonia Diapraxis in Response to Female Genital Mutilation Diakonia in a Practical Perspective: Orthodox Reflections on the Background of the Syrian Crisis Culture, Baptists and Diakonia: Naga Christianity from a Gender Perspective Women`s Religious Agency: How Swedish Deaconesses Negotiate Secularism and Changes in Welfare Society in Everyday Life Conviviality, Diakonia and Gender Learning Gender Mainstreaming Through Practice: Lessons Learned from Digni`s Women`s Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) Programme `this Is My Beloved Daughter - Listen to Her!` Diaconal Empowerment Through Scripture Study Among Marginalized Women of the Mekong Walking With Hope: Transforming Lives in a Context of Violence Throgh Diaconal Reading and Accompaniment Women En Route to Justice: Migration, Gender and Gender - Specific Human Rights ` Women, Use Your Talents!` Empowerment in the Malagsy Lutheran Church - Madagascar Africanisation of Diakonia: Care in Community With Femmes Pour Christ in Cameroon Gender Analysis and Development Work: A Case Study from Ethiopia Part III : Reflections and Key Issues in Diakonia and Gender Gender Perspectives on Power Mainstreaming Gender Leadership in Diakonia Global Development: Why a Religious and Gender Perspective Matters Human Rights and Diakonia in a Gender Perspective Dialogical Spaces of Gender in Pastoral Care and Counselling Sexual Misconduct in Church: A Gender Perspective