CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION HELEN REDMAN, DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER October  2000

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THE WORLD OF WOMEN Some Statistics On Women: Women make up almost 70% of the worlds 2 billion poor. The total number of rural women living in poverty is estimated to be over 600 million. Nearly one billion people (855,000,000), 1/6 of humanity is functionally illiterate, 2/3 of this figure are women. In the USA, a woman is abused physically every 8 seconds and one is raped every six minutes, 2 million are raped globally yearly. In India 5 women are burned in dowry related disputes daily. Of the worlds 23 million refugees, 75% are women and their dependants. Girl Children are still discriminated against receiving less food, less education and less    health care than their male siblings receive. More than 2 million girls undergo genital mutilation each year. According to a UN wire of June 18, 1999, "At least 2 million women from Eastern    Europe have been sold as sex slaves to the West and the practicce shows no signs of abating, according to Interpol."  The Asia route is more commonly known and still very active, making up a large percentage of the Asian national income. "Honor killings" of women continue on in the Arab world: Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon. According to a UN wire of May 29, 1999, "Besides S. Africa, 3 other countries are at the heart of Africa's AIDS epuidemic: Zambia, Aimbabwe and Uganda; ...Some 22 million people in the region are now living with the virus and are expected to die in the next 10 years.  UNAIDS expects some 40 million childern to be orphaned throughout sub-Saharan Africa in the coming years." Most of these statistics were taken from Partner's International Women's Track AD 1000, 3rd quarter 1999, p. 4, as prepared by a team of PACWA women in Nairobi, Kenya.  Used by permission from "My Sister's Keeper" Newsletter. DID YOU KNOW Uganda:  A recent survey said that Ugandan women work 16 hours a day, compared to only 6 for their male counterparts.  80% of the country's food is grown by women. Afghanistan:  Women are banned from attneding school, leaving their homes without permission, and riding in vehicles next to men who are not their relatives. China:  Women and children are abducted and sold into marriage.  From 1991 to 1996 Chinese police rescued 88,000 abducted and sold into marriage or slavery. United States:  Sexual and other abuse of women in custody is a serious problem for women incarcerated in local jails, state and federal prisons, and imigration detention centers. Women in custody face abuses such as verbal, visual surveillance, and sexual at the hands of prison guards, most of whom are men. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Women in every culture around the world are searching for truth and a better existence.  This comes through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Stability in our ever changing world is Christ.  Let us continue to look for ways to reach out to hurting people with God's message of hope and love.  Do not be afraid to inform yourself of the issues that affect our world.  Then pray and ask God what part you can play in reaching out to our hurting world.  Women and men are trapped in ignorance.  We as believers must reach out to those who need to know Christ. LIMA PERU LADIES SEMINAR & MEETINGS NOVEMBER 2 - 13, 2000 I trust you have been praying for the Peru Ladies Seminar and Meetings.  Pastors Lloyd & Regina Blount from Hammond, LA, along with Lurie Dantin from Golden Meadow, LA, will be joining me on this trip.  I will be working closely with Pastor Robert Barringer and his associates in teaching the women of Lima and the surrounding areas. If you feel lead to assist in this way to reach the women of Peru, please mark your check:  PERU SEMINAR.  A complete update of this trip will be featured in the December newsletter.

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