Resources created by Women's Advocacy/Concerns

For a pdf file of a specific edition, please contact Lori Wise at law@mcc.org with the date and title of the edition you are requesting.

Women's Report E-newsletter 2009-2011

2011

March - Enough food - and roses too!
January/February - Women Leaders; 100 years

2010

November/December - Good news for all the people
October - Peace at Home
September - Women's Work
August - Persistent Boldness
July - Cooperation Day?
June - Free for the Taking?
May - Far From Home
April - Respecting Children
February/March - Women of Courage
January - Fighting with our allies

2009

December - Longing, yearning, waiting...
November - Thanksgiving Upside-down
October - Modern-day Slavery
September - Addressing Domestic Violence
August - Women and inheritance
July - The Samaritan Woman
June - Father's Day
May - Mother's Day

Women's Concerns Report 1973 - 2004

August 1973: Focus on role of women in the church
October 1973: Focus on ordination and the minister’s wife, the role of women in the Mennonite church
December 1973: Restoring wholeness, the Martha-complex
February 1974: Study groups on women, the status of widows in the church
April 1974: On education
Summer 1974: Women, work and the church
Fall 1974: Perspectives on 1974, The implications of interdependence and cooperation
January – May 1975: Women’s representation on church committees; a single goes to Africa
October – December 1975: How women fared at three official Mennonite conferences; reports on task force projects and seminars on women’s concerns
March – April 1976: The “total woman” phenomenon; experiences as women in the working world; the politics of rape
July 1976: Worship
December 1976: Parenthood and childbearing
February 1977: Men
May 1977: Media
July 1977: Language
September 1977: Rape
November 1977: Third World women
February 1978: The auxiliary syndrome
April – May 1978: Women in ministry
June – July 1978: Black women and the church
August – September 1978: Women and careers
October – November 1978: Women and World Conference
December 1978: Family violence, part 1
January 1979: Family violence, part 2
March – April 1979: Women and power
July 1979: Native Americans
August 1979: New men, new roles
November – December 1979: The child
January – February 1980: Women in the speaking ministry of the church
March – April 1980: Returned missionary women
May – June 1980: Mennonite women and depression
July – August 1980: Follow up focus on Native Americans/Canadians
September – October 1980: Women in leadership
November – December 1980: Women in Mennonite business/industry
January – February 1981: Women and militarism
March – April 1981: Mentoring for and by women
May – June 1981: Ministry of writing
July – August 1981: Minister’s spouse
September – October 1981: Discipleship motives on career choices
November – December 1981: Focus on singleness and single parenting
January – February 1982: Women and health
March – April 1982: Language: Inclusiveness
May – June 1982: Ordination
July – August 1982: Sexuality and God’s Kingdom
September – October 1982: Peace and the power of one woman
November – December 1982: Two career marriages
February 1983: Nurturing children: feminist roots – what nurtures their growth?
March – April 1983: Women mystics and the devotional life
May – June 1983: Women and the Word: The interpretive intrigue
July – August 1983: Ten-year celebration of CWC
September – October 1983: Women’s experiences in nontraditional Mennonite churches
November – December 1983: Women and aging
January – February 1984: Mennonite women and home mission
March – April 1984: Third World women
May – June 1984: Childbearing/childlessness
July – August 1984: Friendship and community
September – October 1984: Women and poverty
November – December 1984: Women and body image
January – February 1985: Black women and feminism
March – April 1985: Women and the special child
May – June 1985: Women’s development; A critique of existing theory
July – August 1985: Mothers and daughters
September – October 1985: Women and decision-making in Mennonite institutions
January – February 1986: Women, pornography and violence
March – April 1986: Women, men and housework
May – June 1986: Divorce and the church
July – August 1986: Women, choice and lifestyle
September – October 1986: Women resisting injustice
November – December 1986: Women and advertising
January – February 1987: Sharing our stories (social roles & sexuality)
March – April 1987: Women and counseling
May – June 1987: Asian women doing theology
July – August 1987: Widowhood
September – October 1987: Wife abuse
November – December 1987: Mennonite women artists
January – February 1988: Our God-talk: Images, idols, metaphors & masks
March – April 1988: Farm women in crisis
May – June 1988 Palestinian women
July – August 1988: Women as domestic help
September – October 1988: Women with disabilities
November – December 1988: Mennonite women leaders ‘round the world
January – February 1989: Mennonite women leaders ‘round the world, part 2
March – April 1989: Incest
May – June 1989: Shelter, housing, homelessness
July – August 1989: Cancer
September – October 1989: Sex tourism and prostitution
November – December 1989: Women around the world: What are their options?
January – February 1990: Aging
March – April 1990: Women: Bearing the cross of discipleship
May – June 1990: Women of South Africa
July – August 1990: Co-dependency
September – October 1990: Women, environment & a throw-away society
November – December 1990: Motherhood, careers and spirituality
January – February 1991: Mental illness
March – April 1991: Drugs and alcohol
May – June 1991: The seduction of materialism
July – August 1991: Literacy
September – October 1991: Shopping cart power
November – December 1991: The childbearing years
January – February 1992: Parenting in a cross-cultural setting
March – April 1992: Women and healthy sexuality
May – June 1992: Women struggling in the church
July – August 1992: Native women
September – October 1992: Women and the international debt
November – December 1992: Women Doing Theology: Conference report
January – February 1993: Good news for men
March – April 1993: Women and dress
May – June 1993: Women in church colleges
July – August 1993: 20 anniversary issue
September – October 1993: Step- and single-parent families
November – December 1993: Women’s groups in Central America
January – February 1994: Pastoral and professional misconduct
March – April 1994: Single women
May – June 1994: Women in pastoral ministries
July – August 1994: Women in helping professions
September – October 1994: Women and CPS
November – December 1994: Abortion
January – February 1995: Mennonite women in business
March – April 1995: First generation Mennonite women
May – June 1995: Women and Islam
July – August 1995: Women and theology
September – October: 1995: Women and poverty
November – December 1995: Friendship
January – February 1996: Quiet in the Land: Conference report
March – April 1996: Women and AIDS
May – June 1996: Embracing change: Women in midlife
July – August 1996: Women and Mennonite worship
September – October 1996: Voices of young Mennonite women
November – December 1996: Infertility
January – February 1997: Mothers and sons
March – April 1997: Women and books
May – June 1997: Eating disorders
July – August 1997: Hispanic Anabaptist women’s stories (Bilingual-Spanish/English)
September – October 1997: Older women
November – December 1997: Redefining, renaming & reclaiming symbols
January – February 1998: Learning to laugh
March – April 1998: Women doing peacemaking
May – June 1998: Women educating children
July – August 1998: Lesbians in the church: Experience & response
September – October 1998: Women and spiritual direction
November – December 1998: Women in ministry: Progress and backlash
January – February 1999: Spirituality through the arts
March – April 1999: Women and mentors
May – June 1999: Women working for justice
July – August 1999: Women’s journey through grief
September – October 1999: Kaleidoscopes: Women juggling the fragments
November – December 1999: Forgiveness: Stories of redemption & healing
January – February 2000: Mennonite women in India
March – April 2000: Cross-cultural counseling
May – June 2000: Whatever happened to the prophetic voice?
July – August 2000: Women and ritual
November – December 2000: The implications of translation
January – February 2001: How the Bible is vital to feminist women of faith: Responses through the years
March – April 2001: Navigating the complex world of dating and mating
1. May – June 2001: Women, war and rape
2. July – August 2001: Image of God, image of self
September – October 2001: Domestic abuse: A concern for all (Bilingual—Spanish/English)
November – December 2001: Women, children and homelessness
1. January – February 2002: Women in Zimbabwe
2. March – April 2002: Caregiving for aging parents
3. May – June 2002: Barriers to women in leadership
4. July – August 2002: Women and AIDS
September – October 2002: Women who have left the church
November – December 2002: Anabaptist theology opposing violence against women
January – February 2003: Looking Back: Women’s Concerns directors reflect
March – April 2003: Abuse prevention and recovery: History of MCC’s work
May – June 2003: Women in Colombia (Bilingual—Spanish/English)
1. July – August 2003: Women’s changing roles
2. September – October 2003: Theology and gender
3. November – December 2003: Looking forward
January – February 2004: Gifts of the Red Tent: Women creating
March – April 2004: Women and immigration (Bilingual—Spanish/English)
1. May – June 2004: Men’s changing roles
2. July – August 2004: Women and education
3. September – October 2004: Women pastors
November – December 2004: Celebrating Report