Written by Harper Hill Global Correspondent Daniel Garba, Northern Nigeria Women Arise Nigeria is an organization under Harper Hill...

By Neelley Hicks August 3, 2020 / Nashville, TN USA She put stones and water in the pot, telling her children that dinner must continue...

By Ronny Ssemujju I was very fortunate, actually blessed, to attend Harper Hill Global’s Women Arise Conference in Arusha, Tanzania. Did...

It can be hard to imagine an environment where information is not easily accessible by the entire population. In some places, individuals...

The voices of women proclaiming their value were amplified throughout a country and the world. Communicating for Equality Neelley and...

Bibiche and I met about a year ago, during the “Women Arise from Stigma” workshop at the United Methodist Episcopal offices in Kindu,...

Machozi (meaning “tears”) came to the Mama Lynn Center at only 14 years old – an orphan and one of the youngest victims to show up at the...

Harper Hill Global Executive Director Neelley Hicks will join women across faith, tribal, and geographic lines for September “Women Arise...

Written by Quinn Needham, Neelley Hicks, ed. Special thanks to Lynn McAlilly, Bishop Gabriel Yemba and Judith Osongo. Turning a Dream...

Written by Irmiya Jenis Manni and Victor Babbage; edited by Quinn Needham. A Call to Action IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, the scars from the Boko...

Correspondent Irmiya Jenis Manni reports on the United Methodist Women of Northern Nigeria’s Women Arise campaign. Societal Rejection...

A day does not pass in East Congo without a woman being raped. A Call for Justice On April 27, 2018, thousands of women marched in Beni,...

New Hope During these past few weeks, it seems like everything in Nashville is just beginning to bloom. White blossoms adorn the Bradford...

By Judith Osongo Yanga: Director of Communication, East Congo United Methodist Church The Problem of Rape and Stigma The eastern area of...

Several friends contacted me yesterday to share NPR’s story, “Attempts To Address Rape In Congo Produced Unintended Consequences.” I’ve...

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. – Frederick Buechner Over the past two...

Stigmatization of rape victims happens the world over. Survivors face harmful words of those who want to lay blame at their feet. But in...

Each story was unique, yet similar, in the horrors shared and the heartbreak that followed. Georgette still doesn’t know if her then-15-...