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IAWN Mission Statement and General Information
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Sample Proposal for Gender Desk
Basic Documents on women: UN and ACC
Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) Resolutions
Elimination of Violence
At its meeting in February 2009, IAWN’s Steering Group and Provincial Links confirmed the elimination of all forms of violence against women and children, especially trafficking, as one of their key concerns and undertook to promote awareness and action. Below are some resources intended to inform and assist this process.
Breaking the Silence: The Church responds to Domestic Violence by Anne O Weatherholt is a publication from The Episcopal Church and approaches domestic violence from a spiritual perspective. It gives advice on how to recognise the signs of domestic abuse and how church communities can offer help to those who are caught in abusive relationships. Morehouse Publishing, Harrisburg, NY, 2008.
Responding to Domestic Abuse: Guidelines for those with pastoral responsibilities is a Church of England resource with guidelines for good practice at parish and diocesan level.
Church Action on Domestic Abuse: This is an example of a diocesan resource (Oxford, Church of England) giving parishes information and advice for combating domestic violence and supporting victims.
The Decade to Overcome Violence 2001-2010 is an initiative of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and strives to strengthen existing efforts and networks for preventing and overcoming violence, as well as inspire the creation of new ones.
UniTE to End Violence Against Women is a campaign initiated in 2008 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls in all parts of the world.
UNIFEM: The United Nations Development Fund for Women has a section on Violence against Women, which includes facts and figures and other resources.
WUNRN: The Women's UN Report Program and Network is a non-governmental organisation that seeks to implement the conclusions and recommendations of a United Nations Study on Freedom of Religion of Belief and the Status of Women From the Viewpoint of Religion and Traditions.
The Faithtrust Institute, USA is an international, multifaith organisation working to end sexual and domestic violence. It provides communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge needed to address the religious and cultural issues related to abuse.
The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to end violence against women and children around the world and offers on-line resources on a variety of issues such as ‘coaching boys into men’, and ‘knowing more and saying more about how to stop dating abuse and reproductive coercion’.
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is a global initiative to ensure men take more responsibility for reducing the level of violence against women. Wearing a white ribbon is a personal pledge to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women and girls. It is a way of saying, 'Our future has no violence against women'. The WRC has a number of national websites with excellent resources including :-
Brazil www.lacobranco.org.br
Canada www.whiteribbon.ca
UK www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk
Australia www.whiteribbonday.org.au
Pakistan www.whiteribbon.org.pk
Scotland www.whiteribbonscotland.org.uk
'No Exceptions… A Faith Perspective on the myths and realities of domestic abuse': In September 2002, a group representing the major Christian churches and organisations in Scotland planned a conference on domestic abuse which was held at Caledonian University, Glasgow. The same inter church group subsequently organised a study day with workshops on themes of domestic violence. Under the title 'No Exceptions… A Faith Perspective on the myths and realities of domestic abuse', a report of the conference was produced, along with an information/training pack for organisers of conferences and study days raising awareness of issues of abuse. These resources are available at www.nationalcommissionforsocialcare.org/news/Domestic_Abuse.htm. the report includes keynote addresses by Dr Mairead Tagg of Easterhouse Women’s Aid, and the Revd Kathy Galloway, Leader of the Iona Community, Scotland.
UNHCR Hanbook for the Protection of Women and Girls: This handbook, formally launched by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in November 2009, was written specifically for UNHCR but contains a lot of material that is used by UNHCR partners, eg, CARE or the Kenyan Refugee Network, and that could be of use to local parishes, for example, the chapters on 'Strengthening participation of women and girls', 'Working with men and boys', etc. The handbook is included in interactive CD-Roms available from UNHCR in French, Spanish and Arabic.
Trafficking in Persons
Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking Across Europe (CHASTE) is a charity which works for the global eradication of trafficking for sexual exploitation, the provision of practical care and support for those who have been trafficked, and the suppression of demand which drives the supply of women and the girl child into the sex markets of Europe. CHASTE’s publications The Real Scandal of Sex Trafficking and Not for Sale: Raising Awareness, Ending Exploitation provide resources for worship, education and action.
The website of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has a section on Human Trafficking which offers a wealth of information and resources.
The UNODC February 2009 Global Report on Human Trafficking is available here:
http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Global_Report_on_TIP.pdf
An Executive Summary of this report is here:
English: www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Executive_summary_english.pdf
French: www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Executive_summary_french.pdf
Spanish: www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Executive_summary_spanish.pdf
The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) was launched in 2007 to promote the global fight on human trafficking, on the basis of international agreements reached at the UN. Recognising that human trafficking is a crime of such magnitude and atrocity that it cannot be dealt with successfully by any government alone, UN.GIFT works with all stakeholders - governmental and non-governmental - to support each other's work, create new partnerships and develop effective tools.
The UN ‘Trafficking in Persons Protocol’, Palermo 2000
Look and See our Disgrace: This 2007 report published report from the Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber, UK, calls on 21st century Christians to complete the work of early abolitionists to tackle the injustice of human trafficking. The report provides a briefing for churches on the various forms of trafficking, bringing home the reality of the trade in human beings as commodities within our own communities and across the globe. A raft of recommendations is supported by informative briefings and useful resources which aim to equip churches for a practical response.
'Anglican Consultation on Human Trafficking with a focus on children in Asia'
3 to 6 November 2009: Women and men from around the Anglican Communion gathered in Hong Kong for a four-day consultation on the human trafficking of children, with a particular focus on the girl child in Asia. The consultation was organised by the Office of the Anglican United Nations Observer and was supported by a grant from the Archbishop of Canterbury, with accommodtion, board, and ground transportation generously provided by the Primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, Archbishop Paul Kwong. Documents from the consultation, including country reports, theological reflections, examples of churches' best practice and presentations by experts from the United Nations and ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) are available here:-
www.episcopalchurch.org/41685_116371_ENG_HTM.htm.
Article available in Cantonese
Gender Budgeting
Anglican women at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 2008 reported to the ACC that budget analysis, whereby budgets are assessed to see how they benefit or negatively impact women and men, is an important step towards establishing a financial strategy for gender equality, and therefore towards achieving Millennium Development Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women. It is hoped that the following will inspire the development of further Anglican resources and prompt the reporting of case studies from the Provinces of the Anglican Communion for inclusion here.
Gender Budgets: Uplifting Women, Men, and Children is a tool kit for parishes developed by Anglican Women’s Empowerment. Available in English and Spanish.
The World Bank website has a section on Gender and Development. (Click on ‘Topics’, then alphabetically to ‘Gender’.)