Praxedis Bouwman

Dr. h.c. Praxedis Bouwman (*1968) is originally a graduated radio journalist, working in the Netherlands and later from 1997 as correspondent for the Dutch national public radio and television (NOS) from Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles). Back in the Netherlands, she established her own company in journalistic productions and stayed working for the radio more and more in the area of worldview and religion. As from 2000 Praxedis became active in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and President of KALME (Communication Committee of Lutheran Minority Churches in Europe, network program of the Lutheran World Federation, www.kalme.net). She studied from 2007-2013 religious communication and media and was elected president of the Steering Committee WACC Europe (World Association for Christian Communication) and Vice-President of WACC global. In 2014 she has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration, which cited her “national and international inter-denominational and ecumenical leadership".