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  • Millions of the World’s Widows in ‘Crisis of Survival’

    Treatment of widows is often startlingly unfair and cruel, catapulting them into a crisis of survival, says the new global report by Texas-based Gospel for Asia (GFA). Titled Widows Often Face Uphill Battle, it examines the different struggles faced by widows in the U.S., Africa, and Asia. Those struggles include battles over widows’ benefits in […]

  • ‘Hidden epidemic’ revealed as 300,000 females missing across the U.S. last year

    A shocking new report released by Christian mission agency Gospel for Asia has uncovered the “hidden epidemic” of murdered and missing women and girls globally and in America — and challenges people to “combat the culture of violence.” Globally, between 90-100 million women and girls are “missing and unaccounted for” — the victims of sex-selective […]

  • ‘Horror Story’ of Violence Against Women Must End

    The World Bank, a source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries, estimates that one in every three women around the world will suffer violence in their lifetime. Globally, as many as 100 million women and girls are “missing and unaccounted for”– the victims of sex-selective abortions, female infanticide, sexual slavery and other practices, […]

  • New Report Shines Spotlight on 100 Million ‘Missing Women’

    This Mother’s Day, experts say up to 100 million women and girls mostly from Africa and Asia who should be alive today ‘simply do not exist.’ As many as 100 million women and girls are “missing and unaccounted for” – the victims of sex-selective abortions, female infanticide, sexual slavery and other horrific practices, according to […]