From ACNS-The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has urged faith-leaders across the world to identify with the global campaign against gender-based violence (GBV). In a video message for Christian Aid, Britain’s ecumenical aid-agency which he chairs, Bishop Rowan said that faith leaders can still play a crucial role in many of the contexts where GBV is a challenge; and he urged them to “make a personal pledge to identify with” the 16-Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, which began on Saturday (25 November), International women’s Day; and concludes on 10 December – Human Rights Day.
“Jesus tells us to seek first the Kingdom of God, and his justice,” he said in the video. “Justice means that no-one is denied a voice and a place; a right to make a different to the world they live in. But in our world, women and girls are frequently denied that place and that voice: humiliated, marginalised, objects of violence and exclusion.”
He said that faith leaders can have “a transformative effect on the society they’re in.”
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http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/11/former-archbishop-of-canterbury-invites-faith-leaders-to-join-16-days-of-activism.aspx
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