Women's Division, General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church
The Women's Division represents United Methodist Women, a one million member organization whose purpose is to develop women leaders and advocate for peace and justice. United Methodist Women (UMW) raise around $20 million a year for programmes and projects related to women, children and youth in the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world. For the past 135 years, guided by the principles of human rights for all persons, UMW have been working to better the lives of women, children and youth through advocacy, education, development and humanitarian relief work. In 1960, the Woman's Division established the United Methodist Office for the United Nations and built the Church Center for the United Nations. During the 2001-2004, UMW priorities have been: advocacy for debt relief for the poorest countries, public education reform,monitoring hate crimes and violence in society; and actions to ban the recruitment and training of children as soldiers and the targeting of children, especially girls, for sexual abuse and gender-based violence.
Women's Division, General Board of Global Ministries of the
United Methodist Church
777 United Nations Plaza, Eleventh Floor, New York, NY 10027
Tel: (+1) 212-682-3633 x3104
Fax: (+1) 212-682-5354
umw@gbgm-umc.org
www.gbgm-umc.org
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