Topics in Gender Based Violence

407 Chapel Drive,Durham NC 27708

29 October, 2021

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In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, OBCS will host a presentation on gender-based violence in the church and community In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School will host a public presentation and workshop on what church and community need to know about gender-based violence and what be done about gender-based violence in the Church and Community. The Speaker for the event will be announced soon. The event is part of the Thursdays in Black series. The Thursdays in Black: Resistance and Resilence campaign grew out of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-1998), in which the stories of rape as a weapon of war, gender injustice, abuse, violence, and many other tragedies that grow outward from such violence were given visibility. But what also became visible was women’s resilience, agency, and personal efforts to resist such violations. In every country, gender-based violence is a tragic reality. This violence is frequently hidden, and victims are often silent, fearing stigma and further violence. The Thursdays in Black campaign argues that all have a responsibility to speak out against violence, to ensure that women and men, boys and girls, are safe from rape and violence in homes, schools, work, streets — in all places in our societies.