Did you know that slavery is more prevalent today than ever before? In fact, there are more than 40 million people in slavery today, which is more than ever before in human history. It is an industry that generates $150 billion annually. [1]

Slavery is the recruitment, control and trade of human beings for their bodies and for their labour. ...

Hidden behind the façade of an apparently normal or happy family may be violence that we cannot see.

Think about the two words making up the term “family violence.” Would you say that these two words sit comfortably with each other? I would say not. “Family” brings to mind the ideas of warmth and security. But when...

Around the world, the hope of Jesus is changing lives. Women who have heard the gospel truth from the Women of Hope program are finding freedom and healing. As we spend this month praying for women who are experiencing violence, rape and female genital mutilation, please be encouraged by the testimonies we hear from women who are finding hope...

Bahar’s* story is all too familiar but no less horrifying than those of so many women forced into marriage. Her father abused her, and then when she became older, he forced her to marry an older man.

“My husband was an alcoholic. He was not working, and I had to work and bring money home,” Bahar told the TWR Women of Hope team....

One in three women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime and most violence against women happens in the home by an intimate partner. Domestic violence occurs in every country around the world and crosses all socio-economic classes. (Source: https: www.who.int news-room fact-sheets detail violence-against-women )

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