“Are all women celebrating International Women’s Day as we are celebrating?” wondered Dr Zivayi Nengomasha, Programmes and Planning Director for ADRA Africa. Her significant question went to the heart of the March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College on the evening of Tuesday, 8 March. The question focused minds on the topic for the evening – ‘The Environmental Crisis – Through the Eyes of a Christian woman in Africa’. Looking at the crisis from a gender perspective, Nengomasha demonstrated…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-03-11/1086/

Scottish Mission churches and members have responded generously to an appeal to raise money for ADRA’s emergency relief fund for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. In just over a week, more than £7500 was donated.  In a Pound-for-Pound matching challenge the Scottish Mission pledged to match donations, and this has doubled the total raised to £15 074.88 as of Thursday afternoon, 10 March. The pledge to match donations is still ongoing with the deadline for this drive being the 14th of March…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-03-10/generous-response-to-scottish-mission-ukraine-appeal/

Dear Friends
Imagine that you had to leave your home with nothing more than the clothes on your back and a small walk-on suitcase. Imagine that you are a woman with two small children. You are fleeing your country not knowing whether you will ever return home or see your spouse again. You are now classed as an internally displaced person or a refugee. In just a few weeks, your life and the lives of your children will never be the same again. And imagine, you are disabled, or extremely…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-03-10/1083/

Some months ago, I accepted a request to share the Word of God with the Ukrainian church in London. The appointment coincidentally fell on Sabbath 5 March, just several days into the current conflict in Ukraine.
As the conflict has escalated, the world’s focus has been on dealing with the injustices happening in that country. And while we witness the tremendous humanitarian work carried out by charities (including ADRA) in the bordering countries of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova and…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-03-10/1082/

From suffragettes to supervisors, from revolutions to rights, from struggles to successes, women have been striving for decades for an equitable and inclusive existence, void of discrimination, stereotype and bias.
This determination has paved the way for International Women’s Days like this year’s theme – #BreakTheBias. *1
Challenging behaviours
Hosting various seminars and discussions with women in leadership over the years, I continue to hear of the disparities in how females are treated…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-03-09/1081/