Inspiring Women’s voices were heard in Birmingham
Posted on: March 16, 2011
JDC MULTIFAITH organised its first women’s only event to celebrate International Women’s Day and and draw attention to the need for action on Global Poverty.
It was an inspiring experience to be part of a meeting with seventy women from 9 different faith groups taking part.
The programme was very varied beginning with poems and drama before moving into song.You can see photos on the web links given above.
The high light of evening for me was to hear the stories from Jewish, Sikh,Hindu Christian and Muslim women about how they are making a difference to the world. All could relate to how their faith was instrumental in tackling issues such as international debt, fair trade, education for all, health and peace.
The “star” of the evening was the keynote speaker Shabana Mahmood MP who set out her own faith story of being an activist at local and national level.Most of the audience were attending their first JDC event and left very encouraging messages about how much they had learnt during the evening and the sence of enpowerment they felt by being together. Now the task is to tackle the issues with other similar meetings. In fact one outcome is an invitation to repeat the programme. Praise indeed.
Jubilee Debt Campaign Birmingham 
Leave a comment