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  • Indian women work building a highway in the northeastern state of Assam. Women, particularly women of low castes, are often employed at low wages in such dirty jobs.
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  • Women in Agaramthem, a village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, who joined together in a support group that provides microfinance to each member. The program is sponsored by the Society for the Upliftment of the Economically Backward.
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  • An advertisement in the Indian city of Varanasi promotes violence against women.
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  • Women in Agaramthem, a village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, who joined together in a support group that provides microfinance to each member. The program is sponsored by the Society for the Upliftment of the Economically Backward.
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  • Indian women walking in the village of Agaramthem.
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  • Women in Hyderabad, India, show their savings passbooks. They participate in a self-help group where they save their money and then loan it out to each other at terms they designate.
    india-2004-jeffrey-women-08.jpg
  • A woman in Hyderabad, India, shows her savings passbook. She and other women participate in a self-help group where they save their money and then loan it out to each other at terms they designate.
    india-2004-jeffrey-women-06.jpg
  • A group of Sikh women in a neighborhood of Hyderabad, India, who participated in a human chain that successfully stopped outbreaks of violence in their city. The women are organized by a Catholic Relief Services-supported organization that provides microfinance assistance. The women used loans from their group to buy mirrors that they cut into small pieces for use as sequins on dresses. Once organized in financial groups, the women often take on larger social issues, such as communal violence.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-H007.jpg
  • A group of Sikh women in a neighborhood of Hyderabad, India, who participated in a human chain that successfully stopped outbreaks of violence in their city. The women are organized by a Catholic Relief Services-supported organization that provides microfinance assistance. The women used loans from their group to buy mirrors that they cut into small pieces for use as sequins on dresses. Once organized in financial groups, the women often take on larger social issues, such as communal violence.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-H081.jpg
  • Indian women work building a highway in the northeastern state of Assam. Women, particularly women of low castes, are often employed at low wages in such dirty jobs.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-Y53.jpg
  • Women, mostly illiterate, are key leaders of the disaster management team in Dhararghat, a village located near the Brahmaputra River in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Church-based groups have worked with residents here to survive the ravages of flooding, build roads and schools, and to form a DMT to help the community learn to live with worsening flooding. The teams are often the first opportunity for the village's women to participate in organized community life, and the groups have taken on other issues--such as domestic violence--that affect the daily life of the village's families.
    india-2004-jeffrey-rural-11.jpg
  • Displaced women collect water at a combination deep well and 20,000 liter bladder provided by ACT-Caritas in the Ardabba IDP Camp near Garsila.
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  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
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  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_128...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_127...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_003...jpg
  • A group of displaced women in the Salam IDP camp near Deleij, in the western Darfur region of Sudan..
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  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_999...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_129...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_128...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_128...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, hundreds of Umeå residents march through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_005...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_008...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_010...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_007...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_008...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, hundreds of Umeå residents march through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_004...jpg
  • 8 March 2016, Umeå, Sweden: Hundreds of Umeå residents marched through the city centre, marking International Women's Day and proclaiming equal rights for all.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160308_DSC_005...jpg
  • Women students at Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow, India, enjoy a school dance.
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  • Two women on their way home from working their field at the edge of a displaced persons camp near Bilel, where families displaced by the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan have taken refuge from the violence affecting the region. They are assisted by ACT-Caritas with a variety of emergency services, including seeds and agricultural tools, schools and pre-schools for their children, and health care.
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  • Women carry water home from a well in Geles, an Arab village in Darfur where an ecumenical coalition has provided wells and a variety of other services. While the Darfur Emergency Response Operation is focused primarily on responding to the needs of Darfur's internally displaced people, most of them Africans, it also is helping Arab villages, many of them host communities for displaced camps, as a contribution toward reconciliation and peace. The Darfur Emergency Response Operation is a joint effort of Caritas Internationalis, the Rome-based network of Catholic aid agencies, and Action by Churches Together (ACT), the Geneva-based Protestant relief network. Since 2003, as many as 400,000 people have been killed and 2,500,000 displaced by government-sanctioned violence against African farming communities in the region.
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  • An Indian woman works building a highway in the northeastern state of Assam. Women, particularly women of low castes, are often employed at low wages in such dirty jobs.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-Y52.jpg
  • A woman in Hyderabad, India, shows her savings passbook. She and other women participate in a self-help group where they save their money and then loan it out to each other at terms they designate.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-H146.jpg
  • Women, mostly illiterate, are key leaders of the disaster management team in Dhararghat, a village located near the Brahmaputra River in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Church-based groups have worked with residents here to survive the ravages of flooding, build roads and schools, and to form a DMT to help the community learn to live with worsening flooding. The teams are often the first opportunity for the village's women to participate in organized community life, and the groups have taken on other issues--such as domestic violence--that affect the daily life of the village's families.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-H032.jpg
  • Women, mostly illiterate, are key leaders of the disaster management team in Dhararghat, a village located near the Brahmaputra River in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Church-based groups have worked with residents here to survive the ravages of flooding, build roads and schools, and to form a DMT to help the community learn to live with worsening flooding. The teams are often the first opportunity for the village's women to participate in organized community life, and the groups have taken on other issues--such as domestic violence--that affect the daily life of the village's families.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-H025.jpg
  • Women, mostly illiterate, are key leaders of the disaster management team in Dhararghat, a village located near the Brahmaputra River in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Church-based groups have worked with residents here to survive the ravages of flooding, build roads and schools, and to form a DMT to help the community learn to live with worsening flooding. The teams are often the first opportunity for the village's women to participate in organized community life, and the groups have taken on other issues--such as domestic violence--that affect the daily life of the village's families.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-H015.jpg
  • A woman in Hyderabad, India, shows her savings passbook. She and other women participate in a self-help group where they save their money and then loan it out to each other at terms they designate.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-H004.jpg
  • Women students at Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow, India, enjoy a school dance.
    india-2004-jeffrey-ITC-7.jpg
  • In the northern Indian village of Mursan, traditionally-dressed Hindu women sit in a train station, waiting for a relative to arrive.
    india-2004-jeffrey-portraits-06.jpg
  • Three women displaced by violence in Sudan's Darfur region grind grain in the Abu Jabra IDP Camp.
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  • Karbi indigenous women planting rice in the Brahmaputra River Valley, near Borchung, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
    india-2004-jeffrey-rural-09.jpg
  • Jane Nampijja weaves bamboo mats in Lukaya, Uganda, where she also participates in a women's savings group. The Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped women here to improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_987.JPG
  • Jane Nampijja weaves bamboo mats in Lukaya, Uganda, where she also participates in a women's savings group. The Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped women here to improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_978.JPG
  • Jane Nampijja weaves bamboo mats in Lukaya, Uganda, where she also participates in a women's savings group. The Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped women here to improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_974.JPG
  • A woman checks her personal accounting in Lukaya, Uganda, where she participates in a women's savings group. The Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped women here to improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_969.JPG
  • A woman checks her personal accounting in Lukaya, Uganda, where she participates in a women's savings group. The Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped women here to improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_965.JPG
  • A woman who participates in a women's savings group in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_927.JPG
  • A woman who participates in a women's savings group in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_925.JPG
  • Members of a women's savings group pose in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_922.JPG
  • Members of a women's savings group count money as they meet in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_914.JPG
  • Members of a women's savings group count money as they meet in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_903.JPG
  • Members of a women's savings group meeting in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_892.JPG
  • A women's savings group meets in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_881.JPG
  • Simon Peter Kaweesi, 8, raises his hand in class in the Buyikuuzi Primary School in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. The boy's mother is an enthusiastic participant in the program.
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  • Simon Peter Kaweesi, 8, raises his hand in class in the Buyikuuzi Primary School in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. The boy's mother is an enthusiastic participant in the program.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_854.JPG
  • Children raise their hands in class in the Buyikuuzi Primary School in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_829.JPG
  • Matilda Kasirida Lwasa in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. This woman is a widow in her 80s. Only one of her four children is still alive.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_799.JPG
  • Sylvia Namaganda helps Simon Peter Kaweesi, 8, get dressed for school at their home in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Namaganda, a widow, cares for her own three children along with four she adopted after her sister died.
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  • Children get dressed for school in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children belong to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_614.JPG
  • Children bathe in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children belong to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_586.JPG
  • Cissy Nyarwa (second from left) talks with women in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. The project was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Nyarwa is program coordinator of NVIWODA.
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  • Cissy Nyarwa (left) talks with women about microfinance records in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. The project was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Nyarwa is program coordinator of NVIWODA.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_475.JPG
  • Prossy Nalazibwe makes bricks in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. Nalazibwe has been an enthusiastic participant in the program, which was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_407.JPG
  • Annet Mwenyango works in her garden in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. Mwenyango has been an enthusiastic participant in the program, which was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_375.JPG
  • Prossy Nalazibwe in her garden in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. Nalazibwe has been an enthusiastic participant in the program, which was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_354.JPG
  • Grace Buba in her garden in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. Buba has been an enthusiastic participant in the program, which was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_261.JPG
  • Grace Buba in her garden in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. Buba has been an enthusiastic participant in the program, which was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
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  • Grace Sebowa (left) and Grace Buba work in Sebowa's garden in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. Sebowa and Buba have been enthusiastic participants in the program, which was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
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  • Grace Sebowa works in her garden in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. Sebowa has been an enthusiastic participant in the program, which was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_151.JPG
  • Annett Nakamya harvests plants from her raised garden in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. The raised garden bed has space for animals underneath, and the animals' manure is used in making fertilizer. The project was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
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  • Annett Nakamya (left) and Regina Baagala inspect plants in Nakamya's garden in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. The project was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Baagala is staff of NVIWODA.
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  • Cissy Nyarwa (left), Annett Nakamya, and Regina Baagala inspect plants in Nakamya's garden in Kabulasoke, Uganda, where the Ntulume Village Women Development Association has trained women in improved agricultural practices, thus increasing food security and empowering women and children. The project was supported by funding from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Nyarwa and Baagala are staff of NVIWODA.
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  • Juanita Baptiste is a resident of the Mary Elizabeth Inn in 2010, which provides safe and permanent housing in San Francisco for women who were homeless or survivors of domestic violence. Many of the women, while homeless, stayed awake out of fear all night long on the streets of San Francisco. The Mary Elizabeth Inn is supported by the Women's Division of the United Methodist Church.
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  • Yue Takada from Japan holds hands with the statue of a teenage girl who symbolizes "comfort women" in the War & Women's Human Rights Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Created in 2011 for the 1000th weekly vigil demanding action from the Japanese embassy in Seoul, the statue, known as Pyeonghwabi, has a bird perched on its shoulder, signifying peace and freedom. A similar statue sits permanently at the demonstration site, within constant sight of Japanese diplomats.<br />
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Thousands of women, mostly from Korea, were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.<br />
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Takada visited the museum as part of a seminar on peacemaking for young women from Japan and Korea. The seminary was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
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  • Jueun Cha holds hands with the statue of a teenage girl who symbolizes "comfort women" in the War & Women's Human Rights Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Created in 2011 for the 1000th weekly vigil demanding action from the Japanese embassy in Seoul, the statue, known as Pyeonghwabi, has a bird perched on its shoulder, signifying peace and freedom. A similar statue sits permanently at the demonstration site, within constant sight of Japanese diplomats.<br />
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Thousands of women, mostly from Korea, were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.<br />
<br />
Cha visited the museum as part of a seminar on peacemaking for young women from Japan and Korea. The seminary was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-comfort-wom...jpg
  • A woman puts on her glasses as she checks her personal accounting in Lukaya, Uganda, where she participates in a women's savings group. The Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped women here to improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_971.JPG
  • Simon Peter Kaweesi (left), 8, raises his hand in class in the Buyikuuzi Primary School in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. The boy's mother is an enthusiastic participant in the program.
    Uganda_2015_Jeffrey_women_865.JPG
  • Simon Peter Kaweesi, 8, in class in the Buyikuuzi Primary School in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. The boy's mother is an enthusiastic participant in the program.
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  • Children in class in the Buyikuuzi Primary School in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
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  • A young woman works on her farm in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
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  • Matilda Kasirida Lwasa in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. This woman is a widow in her 80s. Only one of her four children is still alive.
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  • Matilda Kasirida Lwasa walks through her farm in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. This woman is a widow in her 80s. Only one of her four children is still alive.
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  • Matilda Kasirida Lwasa stands on her farm in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. This woman is a widow in her 80s. Only one of her four children is still alive.
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  • Matilda Kasirida Lwasa stands on her farm in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. This woman is a widow in her 80s. Only one of her four children is still alive.
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  • Matilda Kasirida Lwasa works on her farm in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. This woman is a widow in her 80s. Only one of her four children is still alive.
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  • Matilda Kasirida Lwasa works on her farm in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. This woman is a widow in her 80s. Only one of her four children is still alive.
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  • Sylvia Namaganda reviews her finances in the doorway of her home in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Namaganda, a widow, cares for her own three children along with four she adopted after her sister died. In the notebook she keeps track of her income and expenses.
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  • Sylvia Namaganda on her farm in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Namaganda, a widow, cares for her own three children along with four she adopted after her sister died.
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  • Children laugh and play as they walk to school in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children are part of an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted the four children of her sister who died.
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  • Sylvia Namaganda works on her farm in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Namaganda, a widow, cares for her own three children along with four she adopted after her sister died.
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  • Children walk to school in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children are part of an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted the four children of her sister who died.
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  • Children walk to school in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children are part of an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted the four children of her sister who died.
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  • Sylvia Namaganda helps Margret Namukisa, 10, get dressed for school at their home in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Namaganda, a widow, cares for her own three children along with four she adopted after her sister died.
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  • Children get dressed for school in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children belong to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
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  • Children package cooked cassava to take with them to school in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children belong to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
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  • Children get dressed for school in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children belong to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
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  • A girl bathes in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. This girl belongs to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
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  • Children bathe in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children belong to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
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  • Children bathe in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children belong to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
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  • A girl sweeps around her home in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. This girl is part of an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
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