Open Doors and Aid to the Church in Need event

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) teamed up with Open Doors to present a panel event on a topic of great importance to both charities: the persecution of women and girls from religious minorities.

In case you missed it please listen to the recording of the event held on Tuesday 8^th March 2022, International Women’s Day. Alongside first-hand accounts from survivors of sexual violence and forced conversion, the event unpacks further research into persecution of women from religious minorities and provides policy asks for the UK government.

BBC journalist Emily Buchanan chaired a discussion with 3 panellists. Listen to the first-hand accounts from survivors of sexual violence and forced conversion. The event outlines research on the topic and proposes policy asks for the UK government. We hope you will enjoy watching this collaborative event.

ACN has a number of projects that support female victims of religious persecution, and other abuses, including:

The initiative to Help and Protect Christian Girls, in Pakistan, which sees ACN team up with Catholic-run National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), which helps save abducted Christian girls and prevent others from suffering the same fate. Help and Protect focuses on legal aid, emergency aid, lobbying for legal change and rights’ awareness campaigns.
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The Human Resource and Skill Acquisition Centre, in Nigeria, provides psychological and spiritual counselling to address the trauma of women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram.
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The Orthodox Centre for victims of domestic violence in Velikij Rostov, Russia, supports women in need, including victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and migrant women. So far, between 300 and 500 women have been counselled by a six-person team of trained female counsellors.
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