Listen to the voices of women girls and children

Friday, September 5th, 2014

The church and society especially in Melanesia should listen to the voices of women, girls and children who are always placed at the deep end of the stick, says the Anglican Archbishop of Melanesia, The Most Rev’d David Vunagi

“It is only when the church and society are listening that they can establish achievable goals to remedy unjust systems and structures.”

“It should be part of the witness for the gospel that the church must work towards dismantling the conditioned mentality of the society that put women at the backburner.

“But women must have trust and confidence on themselves that they are equal partners of men in the mission and ministry of the church.”

Archbishop Vunagi made the statement at the official opening of this 13th Provincial Mothers Union General Conference at the Melanesia haus in Honiara in the Solomon Islands on Monday 25th August 2014.

Source

The Anglican Church of Melanesia
Image: The Anglican Church of Melanesia

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