Prison Entrepreneurship Program: Job Training to Restore Lives
More than 60% of all former convicts will be rearrested, according to a 1994 Department of Justice study. The Prison Entrepreneurship Program provides job training to help current inmates break the cycle.
Providing family support for the Incarcerated.
My name is Minister Diona Chandler and I represent the Florida General Baptist Convention State Prison Ministry. I am the Chairperson and need not tell you how vast the responsibility is to service our state. I created this blog to share with the family members of those who are incarcerated and or have been formerly incarcerated. The vision is create a state network to empower, encourage and inspire the families and the victims. I will check my blog everyday. The hand has been extended, don’t leave me hanging. Diona
Read More7 Terrible Abuses Suffered By Women Around The World
For most of us in the West, the biggest troubles in our lives are petrol prices, long working hours, and increasing food costs. For many women in the world, these are the least of their concerns. Terrible atrocities are committed against untold numbers of women around the world every day and for most of these women, justice will never be …
Read MoreGender equality
We need to be concerned about gender inequality because the majority of the world’s poor are women: around 70 per cent of the 1.3 billion people who live in extreme poverty, on less than one dollar a day, are women and girls. Gender discrimination, or the denial of women’s basic human rights, is also a major cause of poverty. Men …
Read MoreStop Female foeticide campaign-The Aadhar Association,Cannes winner,2008
In India, every year 1.1 million unborn baby girls die before they are born. A disturbing print ad to raise awareness of female foeticide from Contract Advertising Mumbai:
Read MoreHow to Buy a Child in 10 Hours
ABC news has an excellent story about child slavery. Link to the article here complete with compelling video footage, or for convenience the entire article is copied below:
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