Category - domestic violence

Churches urged to confront the issue of domestic violence

agency reporter — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:01:42 +0000

German churches' practical experience with confronting the issue of domestic violence will play an important role in a Peace Declaration of the World Council of Churches planned for 2011.

Central American Anabaptist Women Theologians tackle domestic violence

agency reporter — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:18:01 +0000

Domestic violence and what the church needs to do to respond to this problem topped the agenda for the recent second gathering of Central American Anabaptist Women Theologians.

Domestic Violence

Jordan Tchilingirian — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:37:26 +0000

Start: 03/12/2007 - 18:30

Domestic violence accounts for one quarter of all reported crime in London, including murders. For many survivors, faith plays a key role in coming to terms with their experience.

Blow-up dolls aid Tajik anti-domestic violence message

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:24:37 +0000

Student Umedjon Sharifov uses blow-up dolls in his voluntary work for a Tajikistani non-governmental organization around the Central Asian country's third-largest city of Kulob and he shows videos against domestic violence to men and women.

US churches and women's networks challenge domestic violence

staff writers — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:12:50 +0000

The National Council of Churches USA's Justice for Women Working Group is working with people of faith across America in October 2007 to observe Domestic Violence Awareness Month and make sure the churches take the issue seriously.

Brazilian exhibition puts out a call to combat domestic violence

staff writers — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:45:01 +0000

In a symbolic act of ending the year that began with the first World Council of Churches general assembly in Latin America, WCC central committee moderator the Rev Dr Walter Altmann visited an interactive exhibition on domestic violence in downtown Porto Alegre/Brazil earlier this month (December 2006).