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April 24, 2013Orange your day - End violence against women in the workplace
The 25th of every month is an Orange Day to end violence against women and girls.
On the 25th of each month, join the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign and orange your day!
April 1, 2013
From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
Women of faith are reinterpreting the traditional understandings of sacred texts of Christianity to challenge violence condoned and promoted within the church. What can we learn from such efforts about confronting all forms of institutional violence?
On 6 March 2013, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Presbyterian Women in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Young Women’s Leadership Development of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Presbyterian Women Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Interfaith Worker Justice co-hosted a parallel event at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The event explored Ecumenical Women’s talking point ...
March 31, 2013
Sung Yeon Choi-Morrow - From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
Sung Yeon Choi-Morrow shares her work confronting economic violence against women through the organization Interfaith Worker Justice at the parallel event From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
March 31, 2013
Mary Ann Pedde - From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
Mary Ann Pedde shares her work confronting the institution of the legal system vis a vis violence against women at the parallel event From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
March 31, 2013
Ann Rhee Menzie - From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
The Rev. Ann Rhee Menzie shares the story of her work confronting institutional violence against women in the church at the parallel event From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
March 31, 2013
Ola Leasi - From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
Ola Leasi, Presbyterian Women Aotearoa/New Zealand, presents her story of how culture can be violent towards women the parallel event From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
March 31, 2013
Biblical reflection - From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
Pamela Tankersley, of Presbyterian Women Aotearoa/New Zealand, presents an interactive look at John 8:1-11 at the the parallel event From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
March 31, 2013
Exegesis - From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
The Rev. Carmen Torres, Presbyterian Women, and Alex Zareth, Young Women’s Leadership Development Field Staff for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) present an exegesis of the Biblical story of John 8:1-11 at the parallel event From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
March 31, 2013
Scripture reading - From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
The Rev. Laetitia Wells, Presbyterian Women, reads John 8:1-11 at the parallel event From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
March 31, 2013
Opening - From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
Sheila Louder, Vice Moderator for Presbyterian Women in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), welcomes attendees to the parallel event From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Pamela Tankersly and Ola Leasi, from Presbyterian Women Aotearoa/New Zealand bring greetings and a song.
March 31, 2013
Commitments - From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence
Participants in From Hurt to Hope: Women of the Church Confronting Institutional Violence, the parallel event at the Commission on the Status of Women, discussed what they had heard in small groups and then shared their commitments on how they would follow up at home. Commitments included:
- Break the code of silence. If you know of sexual going ons, report it to the police. Be active. Call or write congress to give your opinion either for or against what they have voted for. Call radio stations to protest hate speech.
- The faith based communities and churches need to talk about ...
November 27, 2012
Opposing violence against women - a prayer
This prayer of the day for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was composed by The Rev. Sarah Henkel and offered at the White Plains Presbyterian Church. It originally appeared on Pastor Jeff's Blog.
It is reprinted here with permission and in the hope that others will use or adapt the prayer as we work for an end to violence against women.
Creator God,
You are God of hope and new life; God of healing and restoration. You are the beginning and the end, the One who walks with us through all of life and for ...
November 26, 2012
Going orange to end violence against women and girls
November 25 was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invites the world to join the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign on the 25th of every month by observing an Orange Day.
Several Presbyterian congregations took action and bore witness for an end to violence against women on November 25:
White Plains Presbyterian Church heard a sermon "The Way Things Are Is Not How They Have to Be" by the Rev. Jeffrey Geary and congregation members wore orange.
Worshipers at the United Presbyterian Church of West Orange ...
September 19, 2012
September 25 - Observe an Orange Day - Call for an end to violence against women and girls
On September 25 observe an Orange Day – a day to say no and to work for an end to violence against women and girls. Here are some ways to mark this day:
Pray
- Pray for guidance for all those who work to end violence against women. Pray that all people turn from violence.
Advocate
- Ask your members of congress to pass an inclusive Violence Against Women Act that protects all women.
- Read “Late at Night … Dear House”, a poem in response to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) re-authorization debate in Congress.
Act
- Take part in the Stop Rape ...
August 27, 2012
How do you help tell our story?
At Wellshire Presbyterian Church in Denver this morning, I noticed the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations bulletin board. It includes a print out of our email newsletter, Discipleship in the Global Community, as well as other information about our work and the resources we provide.
Note the orange ribbon to mark 25 August - an Orange Day to say end violence against women and girls
How do you help tell our story?
August 21, 2012
Orange Days: Say No – End Violence Against Women and Girls
On the 25th of each month – join people around the world in observing an Orange Day to work and witness for an end to violence against women and girls. Read the most recent Orange Day stories.
One of the most widespread violations of human rights, violence against women and girls includes physical, sexual, psychological and economic abuse. It cuts across boundaries of age, race, culture, wealth and geography. It takes place in the home, on the streets, in schools and workplaces, in farm fields and refugee camps, and during conflicts and crises.
Violence against women and girls takes many ...
July 25, 2012
Orange Day says end violence against women
The UNiTE campaign proclaims every 25th of the month as Orange Day, aiming to raise awareness about the issue of violence against women and girls, not only once a year on 25 November (the International Day to End Violence against Women), but every month!
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign aims to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls in all parts of the world.
UNiTE brings together a host of UN agencies and offices to galvanize action across the UN system to prevent and punish violence against women.
Through UNiTE, the ...