Advancing the Biblical Basis for Women’s Equality in Africa
Since 2013, CBE has worked beside partners in Africa on that CBE would otherwise not be able to perform in advancing the biblical basis for women’s equality and shared leadership.
CBE is currently partnering with the following faith leaders, investing over $50,000 annually:
Deborah Asio is an organizational development professional with NGO experience who oversees CBE’s Africa partner projects. Deborah represents CBE and actively looks for opportunities to expand CBE’s social impact with new partners. Deborah holds workshops to train pastors, gives reproductive health talks to build girls’ agency as made in God’s image, provides Bible-based psychosocial support to women in refugee camps, and conducts male ally/champion classes so they can become Bible-inspired change agents to advocate with other men to end injustices to girls and women.
CoMaFo (Courtship and Marriage Foundation) confronts gender-based violence in Zimbabwe. This year’s goals include:
- Conducting joint workshops with the police departments’ chaplaincy to prevent and address gender-based violence and incorporate gender equality in marriage counseling.
- Staffing a newly established call center/clinic to counsel couples and prevent domestic violence.
- Conducting bi-annual youth workshops on social stresses, relationships, and gender-based violence.
- Training marriage counselors through marriage and family strengthening courses.
“The Commissioner General of the police authorized a partnership between CoMaFo and the police. So far, we have held two functions attended by pastors and chaplains from the police. During these conferences, we explored and assessed the realities of gender-based violence in the churches and in the police force, so we could craft relevant intervention measures.”
Please join us as we partner in this important work. Your support will make a difference in the lives of our sisters and brothers in Africa.
Thank you for standing with us to give an equal voice to women around the world.
Contributions for this project are administered and disbursed under the supervision of CBE and are made with the understanding that CBE has complete control and discretion over the donated funds. In the unlikely event that this project(s) is overfunded, or becomes impossible, impractical, or illegal to execute, donations may be used for another purpose consistent with CBE’s mission. Your generous contribution will always be used to further CBE’s initiatives.