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10 archived articles posted in 1991 found
August
10 articles found for August, 1991
  • Compensation for Comfort Women --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    The urgency for the ministry of reconciliation has never been greater. For over fifty years the sexual enslavement of more than 200,000 women from Korea (80%), Malaysia, Burma, China, Taiwan, East Timor, Indonesia and the Pacific Islands, by the Japanese military and government, remains one of the "greatest unresolved injustices of the Second World War" as stated by the judges of the Women's War Crimes Tribunal.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991
  • Equality Development and Peace --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    The movement to improve the status of women is one of the most profoundly hopeful of our times. The United Methodist Church, recognizing that equality between women and men is a matter of social justice, in various ways has sought to support that movement. Although change is taking place, in most societies women are still not accorded equal rights and responsibilities.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991
  • Global Racism and Xenophobia --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    We recognize the fundamental importance of nations, in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance [hereinafter referred to as racism]; and, the need to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to all relevant international human rights instruments, with a view to international adherence.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991
  • Greed --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    It is human greed and hard-heartedness not a scarcity of resources that cause most of the human suffering and material desperation in this world.

    Greed is seen in both personal practices and in economic and political systems. Greed manifests itself in inhumane practices toward our neighbors.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991

  • Privatization --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    Corporate interests are rushing to privatize many of the resources of the earth -- water, energy, education, natural plants, human and animal genes, cultures and public services such as social security, health care and public safety. Everything from prescription drugs to prisons to welfare programs is considered fair game for corporate profit-making.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991
  • Protection of Water --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    Water is an integral part of God's radical expression of God's love to all humanity. Water cannot be monopolized or privatized. It is to be shared like air, light and earth. It is God's elemental provision for survival for all God's children together on this planet. The problem is: Water use is increasing everywhere. The world's six billion inhabitants appropriate 54% of all accessible water.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991
  • Teen Sexual Identity and Suicide Risk --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    In the year 2003 at least 700,000 high school students will attempt suicide -- one in every 13 high school students in the United States. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates among adults have steadied or even declined over the past few decades but teenage suicide rates have tripled.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991
  • Affirmative Action --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    The implementation of “affirmative action” reflects a shared understanding that diversity is a positive outcome of social inclusion that yields benefits for the entire community.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991
  • Biblical Language --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    Therefore, be it resolved, that United Methodist clergy and laity be encouraged to use diverse metaphorical images from the Bible, including masculine/feminine metaphors for God; use language for humans that reflects both male and female; use metaphors of color, darkness, ability and age in positive rather than exclusively negative ways...
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991
  • Environmental Racism --Women's Division Resolution to General Conference
    The United Methodist Church is committed to understanding and eliminating racism. One generally ignored aspect is environmental racism. People of color are disproportionately affected by toxic contamination due to the production, storage, treatment, and disposal process of hazardous materials and wastes. African American, Hispanic North American, Asian American, Native American, and third world communities are usually the least able, politically and economically, to oppose the sitings of these facilities.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Aug 02, 1991