Come, My Beloved – God’s gentle call to us in times of uncertainty
WHAT'S GOING ON?
I’ve found myself finding it a little harder to hope. With uncertainty looming from...
14
Mar
01
Jun
Life and Hope in War
Ukrainian Christian ANASTACIA NEVMYVAKA reflects on how she can have hope and joy as she surrenders ...
01
Sep
Man-made Famine in Tigray, Ethiopia
STATISTICS
0% OF THE POPULATION NEEDS ACCESS TO EMERGENCY FOOD AID (TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 2021)
400,000 ...
01
May
Uighur Genocide In Xinjiang
STATISTICS
BIRTH RATES DROPPED 60%
FROM 2015 TO 2018
AS A RESULT OF FORCED STERILISATIONS
(ASSOCIAT...
01
Mar
Rising Porn Exposure In USA
STATISTICS
9.1 MILLION SEARCHES
FOR PORNOGRAPHY
USING
COVID-19-RELATED ITEMS
(E.G. MASKS, GLOVES, ME...
01
Jan
The Plight of Foreign Domestic Workers
STATISTICS
APPROXIMATELY
400,000
FDWS IN HONG KONG,
ROUGHLY 5% OF THE
POPULATION
PAID MINIMUM
HK$463...
26
Nov
Kenyan Women Affected By COVID-19
STATISTICS
WORKING MORE TIME FOR LESS WAGES,
WOMEN IN KENYA HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED
BY...
16
Sep
The Women Giving Away Their Children
STATISTICS
AN ESTIMATED 6.5 MILLION VENEZUELANS
WILL HAVE FLED TO ESCAPE POVERTY BY THE END OF 2020
...
16
Sep
Dig Deeper: Does The Old Testament Promote Racism?
Does this question make you uncomfortable? It should! The answer that any Christian wants to hear to...
07
Jul
Victims of Revenge Porn
STATISTICS
207,405 VIEWS OF PORN ARE ACCESSED EVERY MINUTE
(Forbes, 2020)
27% of non-consensual med...
24
May
Sex Trafficking in Singapore
STATISTICS
MORE THAN 45 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING
79% ARE WOMEN AND CHILD...
13
May
Skin Bleaching In The Philippines
STATISTICS
1500s A.D.
Origin of skin bleaching.
GENERATIONS of mixed-race relationships,
it now im...
24
Mar
Refugees From The Middle East
STATISTICS
70.8 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
ARE FORCIBLY DISPLACED
25.9 MILLION REFUGEES
TO DATE
2/3 O...
24
Jan
The True Cost Of Cashew Nuts
STATISTICS
17% INCREASE IN IMPORTS
OF CASHEWS INTO EUROPE IN THE LAST 5 YEARS
(CENTRE FOR THE PROMO...
24
Nov
Child Cybersex Trafficking In The Philippines
STATISTICS
54% OF VICTIMS RESCUED BY IJM CASES ARE 1-12 YEARS OLD
16-17 YEARS OLD: AVERAGE AGE OF C...
24
Sep
The #NunsToo Movement
STATISTICS
UP TO 30% OF CATHOLIC SISTERS HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED AND MANY MORE ARE AT
RISK OF CLER...
24
Jul
Breast Ironing In The UK
STATISTICS
ESTIMATED 1,000 VICTIMS OF BREAST IRONING IN THE UK
(SOURCE: CAME WOMEN AND GIRLS DEVELO...
24
Mar
Persecution Of The Chinese Church
STATISTICS
ESTIMATED 72- 92 MILLION CHRISTIANS IN CHINA
OFFICIALLY AN ATHEIST COUNTRY
1.4 BILLION: ...
24
Jan
The Yemen War
STATISTICS
AS OF NOV 2018: 6,800 CIVILIANS KILLED AND AT LEAST 10,700 INJURED (UNITED NATIONS) ...
24
Nov
Devadasi In India
STATISTICS
450,000 DEVADASI IN INDIA
(National Human Rights Commission, 2013)
DEVADASI OR DEVARADIY...
24
Sep
The Rape Victims Of The Rohingya Crisis
STATISTICS
THE MAJORITY OF RAPE VICTIMS ARE 13-25 YEARS OLD
Source: The Washington Post
MORE THAN H...
24
Jul
Virginity Tests In India
STATISTICS
IN MAHARASHTA, THE KANJARBHAT COMMUNITY CONSISTS OF 200,000 PEOPLE
IF A WOMAN IS FOUND N...
24
May
Surrogacy in Ukraine
STATISTICS
COST OF SURROGACY: $150,000 IN THE UNITED STATES AND $30,000-45,000 IN UKRAINE
A WOMAN E...
24
Mar
Korea: The Capital For Plastic Surgery
STATISTICS
980,000 PROCEDURES DONE IN 2014 ALONE19 YEARS OLD: AVERAGE AGE TO GET SURGERYEY...
29
Jan
Foreign Domestic Workers In Singapore
STATISTICS
243,000 FDWs IN Singapore IN 2017 (MOM, 2017)
12 HOURS OF WORK A DAY (TWC2, 2016)
40% CO...
30
Nov
Street Children In Cambodia
STATISTICS
150 MILLION CHILDREN LIVE ON THE STREETS GLOBALLY (UNICEF, 2005)
10,000 - 20,000 ESTIMAT...
30
Sep
Labour Exploitation In Laos
STATISTICS
40% WERE DENIED FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
1 OUT OF 3 GLOBAL TRAFFICKING CASES INVOLVING WOMEN ...
30
Jul
A Date With A Japanese School Girl
STATISTICS
MORE THAN 170 JK BUSINESSES, CONCENTRATED IN THE AKIHABARA DISTRICT
5000 GIRLS AGED 18 A...
30
May
Banished For Menstruating
STATISTICS
KNOWN LOCALLY AS A "GOTH", MENSTRUATION HUTS ARE A COMMON SIGHT IN WEST NEPAL
OUTLAWED B...
30
Mar
Bride Kidnapping In Kyrgyzstan
STATISTICS
EVERY 40 MIN A GIRL IS KIDNAPPED TO BE A BRIDE
1 IN 10 GIRLS GET MARRIED BEFORE THE AGE ...
30
Jan
Sex Initiation In Mozambique
STATISTICS
800,000 LIVES CLAIMED IN BEIRA BY HIV/AIDS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS
1 IN 10 ADULTS ARE INFEC...
30
Nov
Female Education In Pakistan
STATISTICS
4.5 MILLION: NUMBER OF GIRLS WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL IN PAKISTAN (UNESCO)
18% OF PAKISTANI...
30
Sep
Child Brides In Bangladesh
According to UNICEF, Bangladesh has the fourth highest rate in child marriages across the world with...
30
Jul
Victims of Human Trafficking
Every year, more than 8,000 Nepalese citizens are trafficked across the border (National Human Right...