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Eye on the world: Healing and progress for women--and men
Young women like Malala Yousafzai, a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize this year, have done much to bring women’s issues, especially their right to safety and to education, to the public forum. As Mary Baker Eddy wrote in her book No and Yes, “This is woman’s hour, with all its sweet amenities and its moral and religious reforms” (p. 45 ).
Here are some thoughts that can support prayer for women’s rights.
“Woman uplifted, humanity redeemed” points toward the equality of man and woman in the first story of creation, and declares, “Spiritual qualities are not parceled out by gender. Strength, wisdom, gentleness, compassion, conscience belong equally to men and women,” and cites evidence of women’s progress today.
Two women from very different parts of the world tell their stories of spiritual growth and the human progress that resulted:
In “Freedom in Africa,” a woman tells of her spiritual journey from being trapped in an oppressive social environment to progress that lifted her out of this condition.
A schoolteacher in Germany describes how she overcame her fear of aggressive male students in “Love unifies us.” She writes, “I found it very helpful to keep in mind that although bad or evil things need to be held in check, I should not personalize them or attach them to any child of God. And many times I found that kids would give me a heartfelt apology for their behavior. Step by step they learned to hold back inappropriate, emotional remarks, and treat me and others with more respect.”