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A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
By: Jimmy Carter | March 10, 2015
In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world’s most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: the ongoing discrimination and violence against women and girls.
International Women's Day: Celebrating Those Who Misbehave
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 9, 2015
Too often communities lack a “gender-lens” in dealing with power-imbalances that women and girls are best acquainted with and therefore are best able to address. When developing solutions to gender-based violence, their voice and experience is essential but frequently ignored.
Fifty Shades of Grey: A Trilogy of Deceit, Collusion, and Domination
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | February 11, 2015
While activists labor to combat abuse, filmmakers are working to normalize the sexual domination of women as entertainment.
To Sin by Silence
By: Sarah Brooks | January 28, 2015
In America today we have this idea that the Civil War ended slavery. That, however, is not true. In fact, there has not been a single day in the history of The United States of America that slavery has not existed.
Female Ritual Servitude
By: Aliyah Jacobs | January 28, 2015
A sad reality of female slavery known as Trokosi or Female Ritual Servitude still exists in areas of Ghana, Togo, Benin, and parts of Nigeria to this very day. I first learned about this reality from a young girl who stood on the terrace of her home and shared with me the stories [...]
An Overview of Gendercide
By: Aliyah Jacobs | January 8, 2015
Gendercide is the silent elimination of females, young and old, through sex-selective abortion, infanticide, gross neglect, and for older women, lack of access to food and shelter.
Book Review: Is It My Fault?: Hope and Healing for Those Suffering Domestic Violence
By: Liz Sykes | January 1, 2015
There are many excellent books on the topic of domestic abuse, but this is one of the more practical ones that I have read. Included in its helpful resources is a detailed plan or “exit strategy” for the abuse “victim” who has decided she must leave the situation for the well-being of herself and any [...]
Book Review: Battered without Bruises: A Survivor's Story
By: Liz Sykes | January 1, 2015
An extremely well-written account of the author’s experience of living with an abusive husband who appeared to others as the epitome of a fine Christian gentleman . . . This heartfelt account is practical yet not clinical and without a trace of bitterness. How Marjorie recovered from this ordeal of many years will be of great encouragement [...]
Abuse and the Church: Appreciating Pastors who Tackle Hard Issues
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | October 7, 2014
Take the risk, ask the questions. Dare to bring problems to the light. Is there really a topic we cannot discuss together as God’s children? Problems unaddressed only fester and become more entrenched, and more virulent, enslaving one generation after another. The church can and should lead the way, but we need many more [...]
Battered Without Bruises
By: Marjorie Zook | September 5, 2014
Statistics reveal that churched families are not immune to abuse in the home, but few people dare to talk about it. Sometimes abuse doesn't even show because there are no bruises or black eyes or knocked-out teeth."But he never hits me," does not make these abuses okay and is no excuse for the equally— [...]