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Women and Girls

SojoAction: Women and Girls

Since the 1970s, Sojourners has been committed to resisting sexism and misogyny by advocating for a world where women and men are given equal respect and opportunity in the church and beyond. To help that vision become a reality, the Women and Girls Campaign works to address gender-based violence from a faith-based perspective and seeks to close the gender gap in church leadership through storytelling, scriptural analysis, and resources. 

The Women and Girls Campaign advocates for trauma-informed and women-empowering legislation, particularly legislation against domestic and sexual violence. We also encourage seminaries to include domestic and sexual violence training, so church leaders can be equipped to offer pastoral care to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Women and Girls
Resources

Our Work

An invitation to uplift the sanctity, struggle and stories of mothers as co-creators with the Divine. Join us in Embracing Mamas, Embracing Life.
Watch a recording of the 10 Out of 10 Webinar addressing what seminaries and institutions can do to equip future faith leaders to address domestic and sexual violence in their practice.
A collection of sermons on domestic and sexual violence. Search our database by location, scripture, or denomination and learn how you can begin making your church a safer sanctuary for survivors.
Women and Girls
Latest Stories
  • A picture of the book cover for "You Could Make This Place Beautiful" by Maggie Smith over a pink backdrop. The book cover features the title neatly cut into paper with the flaps opening to expose flowers and leaves poking through the letters.
    The author of “Good Bones” teaches us to change direction, create a new path, and let the light in. 

    The author of “Good Bones” teaches us to change direction, create a new path, and let the light in. 

    by Olivia Bardo
  • A picture of Judy Chicago's art exhibit called "The Dinner Party." There are unique plates, glasses, silverware, and tapestries depicted for esteemed women across time (mythological and historical) around a triangular banquet table.
    In the famed feminist art installation, Sophia stands as a cross-cultural symbol of a female God.

    In the famed feminist art installation, Sophia stands as a cross-cultural symbol of a female God.

    by Sarah James
  • Philomena (played by Dame Judi Dench) and Sixsmith (played by Steve Coogan) sit next to each other in a waiting room. Philomena is wearing a black jacket with a flower-patterned scarf. Sixsmith is wearing a dark brown jacket and blue jeans.
    A meditation on what it means to stand up to institutional abuse without allowing the violence of the church to poison our own spirits.

    A meditation on what it means to stand up to institutional abuse without allowing the violence of the church to poison our own spirits.

    by JR. Forasteros