Oct 31, 2013 | Get Involved, Hope Shines, Photo Gallery
The Hope Shines 2013 photo gallery is up! Hope Shines, which takes place on International Day of the Girl, is an opportunity for people all over the world to shine a light on behalf of girls into the evening sky. Groups gathered together for prayer walks and raised...
Oct 8, 2013 | Education, Hope Shines
During the weeks preceding International Day of the Girl 2013, we’ve highlighted two issues that threaten the well-being of millions of girls around the world: child marriage and human trafficking. Now, we want to explore a solution that dramatically alters the...
Oct 3, 2013 | Anti-trafficking, Empowerment, Get Involved, Hope Shines, Issues Affecting Women, Nepal
Human trafficking is defined by the State Department’s 2013 Trafficking In Persons Report as the “act of recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts through the use of force, fraud, or...
Sep 25, 2013 | Child Marriage, Get Involved, Hope Shines, Issues Affecting Women
Child marriage is a practice in which parents give their young daughter in marriage to a much older man, often in exchange for money and goods. Child brides are typically between the ages of 15 and 19, with 1 in 9 married before they turn 15. A child bride faces far...
Sep 18, 2013 | Education, Empowerment, Get Involved, Hope Shines, Issues Affecting Women
The United Nations has declared October 11 “International Day of the Girl.” We’re asking those who believe in God’s love for at-risk girls to join us and shine the light of hope into the night. Will you join us to make this light shine brightly from your spot on the...
Sep 11, 2013 | Anti-trafficking, Child Marriage, Education, Get Involved, Hope Shines, She Is Safe, Transformation
Dear praying friend, Each year that little girls are kept out of school to work, marry or be sold, our world grows darker. But studies repeatedly show that freeing and equipping girls is key to destroying injustices and brightening the world for generations to come....
