Gender based violence Trafficking FGM Intimate Partner Violence Child Marriage Sexual Violence Trafficking Violence against girls in school Domestic Abuse Murder Forced Prostitution Infanticide Prenatal sex selection Sexual Slavery Systemic Rape [as reading slide] To be honest, I couldn’t get all the manifestations of GBV onto this slide And that, in and of itself, is an indication of the reach and the complexity of this issue physical financial emotional psychological
1 in 3 women, globally, will experience That’s one billion women gender based violence in her lifetime. That’s one billion women around the world.
Gender relations The 1993 the UN General Assembly recognised that “violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women” UN declaration on the elimination of violence against women In fact the UN…
Government figures suggest 1 in 4 women in the UK will suffer abuse [at the hands of a man] at some point in her lifetime.
the best statistics we have suggest that rates of abuse in UK churches don’t differ significantly from that national average
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation”.
Dignity- three objectives Challenging our own churches Challenging flimsy frameworks to affect systemic change Challenging overseas partner organisations
Has replaced Link Up as the relationship programme with BMS for Baptist churches. So, why did we change? It began with a survey in 2011. S:\CRT\BMS Church Partners\Presentations\BMS Church Partners 2013.pptx
It costs £286,000 each year to support our justice ministries. For £32 you can enable our ministries in Mozambique and India for half a day. Could you partner with us on a monthly basis?