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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.