Reprinted with permission from Walking with Guatemalan Sisters in Faith by Amanda Craft. Below are several suggestions about what we can do for our own mothers and /or for other mothers: 1. International Violence Against Women Act The International Violence…
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A Gift to Mothers around the World: the CEDAW Treaty
From the Presbyterian Washington Office: Women and girls around the world face violence and discrimination daily. We also know that CEDAW, the Women’s Treaty, helps women and girls to go to school, to own and inherit property, to take part…
Read more »Honor Mom, protect children from sexual exploitation
Here are three ways to honor your Mother on Mother’s Day by acting to protect children from sexual exploitation: Tag a Bag to End Child Sex Tourism. Be a part of ECPAT-USA’s TassaTag Project with your TassaTag…a big, bright, beautiful,…
Read more »Pray for Peace
This week, Spiritual Nurture for Peacemakers features prayers for Sri Lanka and the women who have shaped and guided our lives. A reflection on Mother’s Day is also included.
Read more »I bought my mother flowers, but . . .
I grew up as a child on Neville Island, about nine miles down the Ohio River as the car drives from Point State Park and the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers in Pittsburgh. We lived on Front River…
Read more »Promoting the Great and General Interests of Peace
On the National Network of Presbyterian Women’s blog, Noelle Gulden has posted Julia Ward Howe’s 1870 call to celebrate Mother’s Day. Howe envisioned a day when women would remember the lives lost in war and hold a gathering dedicated to…
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