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Home » Press Releases » Shocking Gospel for Asia Report Reveals ‘Hidden Epidemic’ of Missing Women in U.S., Globally

Shocking Gospel for Asia Report Reveals ‘Hidden Epidemic’ of Missing Women in U.S., Globally

Gfa Expresses Outrage and Compassion; Calls for People to 'combat Culture of Violence' on International Women's Day, March 8

February 26, 2020
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GFA expresses outrage and compassion; calls for people to ‘combat culture of violence’ on International Women’s Day, March 8 WILLS POINT, TX — A shocking new report released today by mission agency Gospel for Asia (GFA,www.gfa.org) uncovers the “hidden epidemic” of murdered and missing women and girls globally and in America — and challenges people to “combat the culture of violence.”

A shocking new report released today by mission agency Gospel for Asia (GFA, www.gfa.org) uncovers the "hidden epidemic" of murdered and missing women and girls globally and in America -- and challenges people to "combat the culture of violence."

Globally, between 90-100 million women and girls are “missing and unaccounted for” — the victims of sex-selective abortions, female infanticide, sexual slavery, human trafficking, and abandonment, according to GFA.

GFA’s new report — titledAn Imaginative Exercise in Empathetic Fear: Think About Living in a Community with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Womenand coinciding with International Women’s Day, March 8 — comes as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that nearly 300,000 females were reported missing across the U.S. last year.

“We currently have a hidden epidemic around the world, with millions of parents, grandparents, spouses and siblings not knowing if their loved ones are still alive,” said GFA founder Dr. K.P. Yohannan, whose faith-based organization serves at-risk and exploited women and girls across Asia.

In Peril From Womb to Widowhood

Around the world, women’s lives are threatened from the womb to widowhood, and millions of girls won’t survive to become mothers.

“How willing are we to enter into the suffering of others and turn our empathy into action?” Yohannan said. “It’s vital that we combat the culture of violence against women and girls — and shower this broken world with God’s love.”

Across Asia, 600-plus GFA-supported Bridge of Hope centers support tens of thousands of girls who might otherwise be at risk of abandonment, exploitation, sex trafficking, and the threat of vanishing without a trace. Other GFA-supported projects provide vocational training and sewing machines for thousands of women—without such a gift, many would be forced to turn to prostitution just to survive and provide for their families.

Meanwhile, new FBI data showed 298,190 females were missing in the U.S. in 2019 — 221,636 of them under the age of 18.

In America, minorities — including Native American females — are statistically at higher risk of going missing, says GFA’s report.

“Our outrage over this global catastrophe should drive us to speak out, and our compassion should drive us to prayer and action,” said Yohannan, whose organization has focused on showing God’s love to the extreme poor in Asia for more than four decades.


PHOTO CUTLINE: ‘HIDDEN EPIDEMIC’ OF MISSING WOMEN: Amid a global ‘hidden epidemic’ of missing and murdered women, the FBI has revealed nearly 300,000 women and girls were reported missing in the U.S. last year. Mission agency Gospel for Asia (GFA,www.gfa.org) today released a shocking new report, coinciding with International Women’s Day on March 8. Clickhereto read the report.

Media interested in interviews with Gospel For Asia should contact Gregg Wooding at InChrist Communications @ 972-567-7660 or [email protected]


About Gospel for Asia

Gospel for Asia (GFA,www.gfa.org) is a leading faith-based mission agency, bringing vital assistance and spiritual hope to millions across Asia, especially to those who have yet to hear the “good news” of Jesus Christ. In GFA’s latest yearly report, this included more than 70,000 sponsored children, free medical camps conducted in more than 1,200 villages and remote communities, over 4,000 clean water wells drilled, over 11,000 water filters installed, income-generating Christmas gifts for more than 200,000 needy families, and spiritual teaching available in 110 languages in 14 nations through radio ministry. For all the latest news, visit our Press Room athttps://gfanews.org/news.


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