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Speak up!View
“Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing!—came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out.” (John 1:3-5, The Message paraphrase) Read that again and picture the …
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How to speak up: 3 simple ideasView
October is domestic abuse awareness month.Speaking up about domestic abuse is central to our mission at Restored. It’s all too easy to think of domestic abuse as something that happens to ‘other people’, but the reality is that in the UK, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6-7 men …
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#EmbraceEquity - International Women’s Day 2023View
Coming up this month is International Women’s Day, when people across the world take time to celebrate the achievements of women, and focus on raising awareness of issues relating to gender equality. At Restored, this is something we strive to do every day of the year! But we love that …
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A Place for ThemView
Each year, during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Restored supporters get involved with the Red Chair Project. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the many women and girls who are killed through Gender Based violence, by designating a chair in a public space (churches are often …
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The Istanbul Convention: All Women Means All WomenView
8 June 2022 marks the tenth anniversary of the UK signing the Istanbul Convention. This major human rights treaty establishes comprehensive legal standards to ensure women’s right to be free from violence. This treaty is desperately needed. If the last year has shown us anything, it’s that women and girls …
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Rosemary's footstepsView
My first walk- Hadrian's Wall - was 'inspired' by a wish to lament. As part of my own recovery I threw myself into learning all I could about domestic abuse including the theology that traps women - what I call the 'theology of abuse'.I was so gripped by the horrors …
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