Shaping the Future

[DESCRIPTION] Shaping the Future includes a global overview of girl child issues stemming from gender discrimination and explores the root causes for this disparity. Further, the writers from various streams of work around the world lay a foundation for shaping our value of the girl child. The strategies discussed help the girl child surmount the barriers that prevent her from reaching her full, God-given potential and also result in her physical, emotional, and spiritual healing.

A rosebud has been used to symbolize the life of the girl child. Rosebuds can be broken and trampled or allowed to bloom into beautiful roses. The challenge for us is to learn how we can help girls to bloom in spite of the obstacles, empowering them to embrace their full, God-given potential. [/DESCRIPTION][SUBTITLE]Girls and Our Destiny[/SUBTITLE] [CREDIT] by: Phyllis Kilbourn (Editor) [/CREDIT] [PAGES] 350 [/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Library [/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2008 [/PUBLISHYEAR] [TOC]

Contributing Authors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

1. Born a Girl: A Worldwide Challenge by Thirza Schneider

Part One: Theological and Historical Perspectives

2. God So Loved the Girl Child by Marjorie McDermid

3. “Boys Only”: Exposing the Roots of Girl Child Troubles by David D. Kupp

Part Two: Cultural Perspectives 

4. A Girl Child Is Born: An Example from an African Context by Vongai Nzenza

5. My Story, Their Stories: Girls in Western Contexts by Desiree Segura-April

6. A Perpetual Robbing: Losses for the Girl Child in the Romanian Context by Sue Bates

Part Three: Hurdles Confronting the Girl Child 

7. Harmful Traditional Practices by Phyllis Kilbourn

8. Exploitation and Violence by Phyllis Kilbourn

9. Health and Nutrition Issues by Nancy LaDue

Part Four: Empowering the Girl Child:Strategies for Effective Ministry 

10. An Overview of Effective Girl Child Strategies by Desiree Segura-April

11. Empowering through Education by Phyllis Kilbourn

12. Advocacy: Championing the Rights of the Girl Child by Phyllis Kilbourn

13. Spiritual Healing: Restored to His Image by Snowden Albright Howe Concluding Reflection

14. Naaman’s Slave Girl: A Glance at the Soil of YHWH by Renita Boyle 

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