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Efforts by Women of Faith to Achieve Gender Equality
By Rachel Koehler, Gwen Calais-Haase — 2018
Here are five ways in which women of faith are fighting for gender equality at work and in broader society—empowering young women as feminist and womanist theologians, faith community leaders, social justice advocates, and elected officials.
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