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by Joanna Hertzog, ELCA seminarian and delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women<\/em><\/p>\n

I came to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women<\/a> with my own stories of the way violence and abuse has separated my family. I came with the stories of women I have met and the stories of women I have never met. I came unsure of how my voice, as a Lutheran seminary student, would fit in the midst of the voices of leaders from around the world.<\/p>\n

It was during the General Assembly on Tuesday that my uncertainty about where my voice fits was made clear. The representative from Australia during her statement said, \u201cLiving free from violence is everyone\u2019s right. Working for freedom from violence is everyone\u2019s responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was at that moment that I took notice of who was sitting beside me: a woman in her twenties from Uganda and a woman in her forties reading a newspaper written in French. I looked at the rows of women and men from around the world: some in black suit coats, some in bright colored scarves, some young and some old.<\/p>\n

I realized that I was surrounded by thousands of powerful women from around the world \u2013 all of who are speaking out with one loud and powerful voice to end violence against women and girls. I am here with women who are fighting for freedom from violence and oppression. I am here with men who are speaking out with their mothers, wives, daughters and friends. Each speaking in her mother tongue. Each bringing her own stories. Each beautiful in her own way.<\/p>\n

And I knew that it didn\u2019t matter where my voice would fit because it was the power of all our voices brought together as one voice. It is the power of the Holy Spirit that continues to move and breathe that unites all of us, despite our differences, as one body \u2014 as one voice. It is out of the promises of the gospel that we stand together, hand in hand, no longer focusing on what separates us but on what unites us. The 57th Commission on the Status of Women is a testament of how the Spirit is moving with one voice to end violence against women and girls. As the church, let\u2019s continue to boldly proclaim the radical gospel that all have the right to a life free from violence and oppression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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