Rape. Domestic Violence. Acid Burnings. Female Infanticide. Human Trafficking. Emotional Abuse. Sexual Harassment. Genital Mutilation.
These are just a few forms of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) that women and girls endure on a daily basis. But these assaults on the human spirit and sacred worth of women and girls will not have the last word.
As part of our commitment to ending SGBV, Sojourners is joining the creative forces of One Billion Rising — a global movement to end violence against women that features a day of action and solidarity on Valentine’s Day. Demonstrate your faithful love and support of women and girls by participating in our weeklong initiative of prayer and action leading up to V-Day. Follow along this week as we release daily opportunities for you to boldly put your faith into action for social justice. And know that you are not alone in this struggle for justice as we unite together across the world to #Rise4Revolution.
Day 1: Learn the Facts
- Action: Be informed – check out the following resources. Educate yourself and your community about sexual and gender-based violence in all its forms.
- Resources:
- Prayer: Tender God, who gives us breath and gathers us under your wing, we come to You as a bruised and battered people. What happens to one part of the Body affects the whole Body. Open our eyes that we may see what some prefer to keep hidden from view. Teach us to shout aloud Your word of justice that we might disrupt the violence of injustice. Make us courageous to act for those who are immobilized by fear until they can act on their own behalf. Amen. — Rose Marie Berger, Sojourners Senior Associate Editor
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