This post is from Cindy Ruble, CBF field personnel serving in Malaysia and Indonesia. In the last month, I have handled seven trafficking cases and consulted on one migrant worker rape case. It has been a heavy load, both in terms of the intensity of the workload and the depth of emotion in the life stories I … Continue reading
Author Archives: Cindy Ring Ruble
One Billion Rising to Say No More Violence Against Women
We live in a world in which one in three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. That statistic represents about one billion women. Think of three women and girls in your life and then think again about this statistic. When we put faces to the numbers, it becomes personal. The reality is … Continue reading
Justice and Peacemaking Community
“Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That’s what I want. That’s all I want.” (Amos 5:24, The Message) Anyone who is a parent, a teacher, a youth minister, anyone who works with children has had the experience of a child loudly protesting, “That’s not fair!” … Continue reading