Asia Regional Consultation
Gender-Based Violence and Forced Migration of Women: Towards Strengthening Gender Justice Advocacy
From the 19 to 21 November 2024, over thirty women from across Asia, representing the EWAAV network of CCA member churches, attended the consultation at the Bangkok Christian Guest House in Silom, Bangkok.
The Asia regional consultation of the Christian Conference of Asia’s (CCA) Ecumenical Women’s Action Against Violence (EWAAV) programme focussed on exploring the Church’s role in amplifying efforts to create a gender-just community that upholds women’s dignity and rights.
Rev. Jung Eun Grace Moon, Programme Coordinator of CCA, welcomed the participants and extending greetings on behalf of the CCA General Secretary.
In the second session of day 1, Rev. Ira Imelda of Gereja Kristen Pasundan in Indonesia, addressed diverse forms of violence—domestic, sexual, cyber, and land-related—and their impact on marginalised communities. A case study on Papua’s food estate programme illustrated how land-related displacement exacerbates violence against women, especially indigenous women.
“For indigenous women, the loss of land is not just an economic issue; it is an attack on their dignity and way of life”.
Rev. Imelda highlighted the interconnected challenges of gender, poverty, and displacement. She also stressed the importance of reminding congregations that “women have the power to empower women.”
For more photos of the consultation see links to the CCA photo gallery:
Read related CCA news articles:
- Asian church women share harrowing instances of violence against women and stress for urgent action to ensure gender justice | cca.org.hk |21 November 2024
- Asian ecumenical women discuss intertwined crises of forced migration and gender-based violence | cca.org.hk | 20 November 2024
- Asian Church women to deliberate on Gender-Based Violence and Forced Migration | cca.org.hk | 18 November 2024