We invite you to join us as we investigate the global needs of women, discover ways to share our influence, and respond as God calls to involvement.
Motivated by the love and mercy of Jesus Christ, Global Women is a nonprofit organization connecting and empowering women to transform our worlds through global friendships as we:
investigate the needs of women,
involve ourselves and our communities in meeting these needs, and
influence leaders to cultivate cultures that value women.
How Can I Connect?
Together, we can Investigate opportunities and resources to pray for and respond to needs of women worldwide. We investigate through: Global Women websites, webinars, events, the annual Global Voices Summit, books, movies, televised documentaries, and print media.
Together, we can Influence and are influenced, through: prayer, advocacy,collaborations, and financial support of GW.
Together, we can Involve ourselves personally and sacrificially through: Global Women Groups, observances of International Women's Day (March 8th), and projects.
After reading our 2010 Prayer Guide you will be interested in some great downloads for International Justice Ministries too! Log into www.ijm.org for topics that include:
Birthing kits with supplies for 800 births were sent to Florida yesterday where they will be shipped to GW partners in Haiti! These kits are needed more than ever in this poverty-stricken and devastated country.
To participate in this on-going GW project click on IWD Resources and download GW Connections to see the contents and shipping instructions.
As humanitarian attention on Haiti slowly fades, the issue of maternity mortality remains as imperative as ever. But with an estimated 63,000 women in Haiti currently pregnant—and a main midwife training school devastated by the earthquake—the mission of keeping mothers alive has never been more daunting.
Check to see when an important special will be aired in your area: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/605/index.html
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