Listed below are recommended resources on important issues facing women today. We hope you will be informed, motivated and encouraged by the women represented here.
BOOKS
The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
- On human trafficking but touches on many of the justice issues impacting girls/women
Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn
- An overview of women as opportunity and not the problem
The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
- Challenges conventional views about development and aid
The Race Against Time by Stephen Lewis
- On the AIDS crisis
There is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene
- On women and HIV
Hope Lives by April Schoneveld
- A devotional book challenging believers to engage in justice issues globally
Not for Sale by David Batstone
- On human trafficking and modern day slavery
Global Woman, Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy by Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild
Discovering God’s Heart for Suffering Women, a 40 Day prayer pilgrimage by Gwen McVicker and Idelette McVicker
Why Not Women by David Hamilton and Loren Cunningham
- Explores a biblical rationale for women in leadership and women using all of their gifts
Lessons in Leadership by Lorry Lutz (founder of WOGA)
- Explores a biblical rationale for women in leadership and women using all of their gifts
Great Women of the Christian Faith by Edith Deen
- Inspiring stories of amazing Christian women starting from the time of Christ
America’s Women, 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins
- On the history of women in the United States
DVDs
Moolaade
Set in Burkina Faso, an inspiring story about a group of women who stand up for their rights against the FGM traditions of their village.
Yesterday
A story of love and perseverance gives a glimpse into the South African AIDS epidemic.
Miss HIV
"Follows two HIV positive contestants in the annual Miss HIV Stigma-Free pageant in Botswana while exploring the international policies on HIV/AIDS prevention. You'll never judge HIV the same way again."
God Sleeps in Rwanda
A powerful documentary about five women whose lives have been irrevocably altered by the Rwandan genocide.
Sacrifice by Ellen Bruno
"Examines the social, cultural, and economic forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution in Thailand. It is the story of the valuation and sale of human beings, and the efforts of teenage girls to survive a personal crisis born of economic and political repression."
Burma VJ
A rare inside look into the 2007 uprising in Myanmar through the cameras of the independent journalist group, Democratic Voice of Burma” These are Burmese journalists sacrificing their lives to capture this footage and it gives an amazing look into this country and therefore into what our sisters are facing there.
Born into Brothels
A documentary on children that are born to mothers working in brothels in India.
Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter
Based on the issue of FGM but through the eyes of a Malian woman who has brought her baby daughter to the US and doesn’t want her to go back to Mali to undergo FGM (see trailer at: http://www.attiegoldwater.com/goundosdaughter/home.htm)
**Women Making Movies is a good place to look for films/documentaries on the issues WOGA addresses. They offer films made by and about women.
ON THE WEB
You Tube “Girl Effect” videos – there is a basic “The Girl Effect” video and several other Girl Effect videos where individual girls are being interviewed on justice issues.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
A United Nations sponsored site which gives an overview of current justice issues being faced by women.