Ministry for Women Folks
In India, the weaker vessel of the family is exploited to a great extent and there are a growing number of battered, unwedded women and prostitutes selling themselves for their survival. Even the domestic workers are not spared.

The biggest problem facing domestic workers across the country is their non-recognition as workers. Domestic workers don't come under labour laws - they have no right to workers' compensation, weekly holidays and minimum wages. Even the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, does not include domestic workers. Women domestic workers and children narrated horrific stories of violence and abuse at a recent public hearing in New Delhi, co-organized by the National Commission for Women (NCW). Organizers aimed to raise public awareness. Teresa Barat reports.

1. Sunita, 20, worked as a maid in a Delhi home - until she was raped by one of the young men in the house. The family prevented her from going to the police; and when Sunita discovered she was pregnant, they gave her Rs 50,000 as 'compensation' and asked her to go back to her village.
2. Raji, 10, is a domestic worker in a Delhi household. She is beaten with a broom every time she makes a small mistake. Rashida's employer hit her so hard with a spoon that her front teeth broke.

Many such horrific stories were narrated recently by women and children at a public hearing organised in Delhi by the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), the National Domestic Workers Movement (NDWM) and the National Commission for Women (NCW). The Delhi hearing was part of a series of public hearings planned across the country to raise awareness and to restore dignity and justice to domestic workers - the "invisible workforce" of our country.
 Courtesy - India Together Fri 16 Feb 2007 The news in proportion.

Strong, confident women. Women who know who they are in Christ. Women of character. Women of virtue. Women of excellence. By helping women to discover their inner strength and God-given potential, the women’s ministry goal is to challenge women to become the virtuous Proverbs 31 women that God has predestined them to be.

Special Conferences are conducted at Grace Gospel Church premises twice a year, especially for the downtrodden women, to empower the womenfolk with the Word of God and to help them grow in the Lord, the consoling gospel of Christ has been preached, and special prayers are offered for their needs and for their blessings. Hundreds of women attend these meetings and receive the miracles and blessings from our Lord Jesus Christ.

Through Biblical teachings, fellowship, and relationship building, we are helping to build God’s kingdom one woman at a time.