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Gender Based Violence: Vulnerable Populations

Sep 13
6 min read

Updated: 4 days ago





1. Victims of Sex Trafficking


Sample Populations:

  1. Underage escorts under coercion in Las Vegas, USA [YouTube Documentary]

  2. Girls trafficked into prostitution in Phoenix, DC & large US cities [YouTube Documentary 1 | YouTube Documentary 2]

  3. Underage girls trapped in Bangladesh / Southeast Asian brothels [Guardian Article | GrowThinkTank Report]

  4. African & South-East Asian women & domestic workers in Arab nations [Amnesty Report 1 | Amnesty Report 2 |  YouTube Documentary]

  5. African women trapped in Libyan sex trafficking camps trying to cross into Europe [Al Jazeera Report | UNHCR Report | UNICEF Report]

  6. Eastern European sex trafficking victims [EST Report]

  7. Girls trapped in harems of world leaders [Report of Libyan Girls in Gaddafi's Former Harem]

  8. Boys who are turned into "girls" for trafficking in some Asian & Islamic nations [Bacha Bazi Practice in Afghanistan Report]

[Pray for those trafficked in your city]

[Pray also for the traffickers to encounter God and turn from their wickedness]


Example Verses to Incorporate in Prayer (paraphrased)

  • Let Your Word be like fire," declares the Lord, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces" (Jeremiah 23:29)

  • Let the Spirit of the Lord God that is here, that is anointed proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound (Isaiah 61:1 / Luke 4:18)


  • Stretch out Your hand from above, rescue Your children and deliver them out of great waters (Psalm 144:7), reach down from on high and take hold of them, draw them out of deep waters. Reach down from heaven and rescue them (Psalm 18:16)

  • For You Lord our God will intervene for them and return them from captivity (Zephaniah 2:7)

  • Oh Lord, do not be far from them, oh our Strength, hasten to help them! Deliver them from the sword, their precious lives from the power of the dog. Save them from the lion’s mouth and from the horns of the wild oxen! To You, oh Lord, we lift up their souls (Psalm 22:19-22)

  • Oh our God, we trust in You, let them not be ashamed, let not their enemies triumph over them. Keep their souls, and deliver them.

  • You Lord are their strength and their shield. Our hearts trust in You. Let them be helped by Your Voice. Let Your Voice speak for them. Your Voice is over the waters, Your Voice thunders over many waters. Your Voice is powerful, Your Voice is full of majesty, Your Voice breaks the cedars and splinters the cedars of Lebanon. Your Voice divides the flames of fire. Your Voice shakes the wilderness, Your Voice strips the forests bare (Psalm 29)


  • Let the angels of God, mighty in strength who carry out Your word, who hearken to the voice of Your command, all Your hosts, Your servants who do Your Will (Psalm 103:20-21) sent forth as ministering spirits (Hebrews 1:14) deliver them from darkness and transfer them to the Kingdom of Your beloved Son (Colossians 1:13)

  • Restore to them the years that the swarming locusts, the hoppers, the destroyers, and the cutters ate (Joel 2:25)


  • Be close to the broken hearted and save those who are crushed in spirit (Psalm 34:18)

  • Heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds (Psalm 147:3)



2. Victims of War & Conflict


Sample Populations:

[Pray also for the perpetrators to encounter God and turn from their wickedness]


Example Verses to Incorporate in Prayer (paraphrased)

  • The fast You have chosen is to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that we break every yoke (Isaiah 58:6)

  • You make wars cease to the ends of the earth. You break the bow and shatter the spear (Psalm 46:9)


  • Lord, who is like unto thee, which delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him? (Psalm 35:10)

  • Be a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble (Psalm 9:9)

  • Deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. Take pity on the weak and the needy and save them. Rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in Your sight (Psalm 72:12-14)

  • Bow down Your ear to them, deliver them speedily, be their strong rock, a house of defense to save them. For You are their rock and our fortress, therefore for the sake of Your Name, lead them and guide them (Psalm 31:2-3)

  • Pull them out of the net that has been laid privily for them, for You are their strength. Into Your Hand we commit their spirits. Redeem them, O Lord God of truth. You have known my soul in adversities. Deliver them from the hands of the enemy. Put their times in Your Hand. Deliver them from the hand of their enemies. Make Your face to shine upon them and save them for Your mercies’ sake (Psalm 31:4-8; 15-6)



3. Children Abused By "Trusted" Adults


Sample Populations:

  • Tradition of "Sexual initiation" of adolescent girls in Malawi [WorldCrunch Report | Global Citizen Report]

  • Child sexual abuse by religious leaders

  • Boys and girls facing constant sexual, physical and mental abuse from mainly fathers, step-fathers, brothers, cousins, uncles etc.

  • School children abused by teachers, headmasters etc. especially in rural areas of poor countries

  • Female Genital Mutilation in Eastern African nations [UNFPA Report]

[Pray also for the abusers to encounter God and turn from their wickedness]


Example Verses to Incorporate in Prayer (paraphrased)

  • We are here crying out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out our hearts like water before Your Presence! We lift our hands to You for the lives of these children (Lamentations 2:19)


  • We are speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. We are speaking up so that You will judge fairly and defend their rights (Proverbs 31:8-9)

  • Let all these children be rescued and taught by the Lord, that their peace shall be great (Isaiah 54:13)


  • And God hear the voices of these children as You heard the voice of Ishmael when he cried helplessly [and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven... Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is] (Genesis 21:17)


  • Let the little children come to You, let them not be hindered, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven. Lord, lay Your Hands on these children (Matthew 19:13-15)


  • Strengthen them, help them, uphold them with Your righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10)

  • Keep them as the apple of your eye and hide them in the shadow of Your wings (Psalm 17:8)

  • Be a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head (Psalm 3:3)

  • Cover them with Your pinions, and under Your wings let them find refuge. Let Your faithfulness be a shield and buckler for them (Psalm 91:4)



4.  Widows In Oppressive Cultures

Sample Populations:

[Pray also for the oppressive cultural leaders to encounter God and turn from their wickedness]


Example Verses to Incorporate in Prayer

(paraphrased)

  • Father of the fatherless and protector of widows are You, Lord, in Your Holy habitation (Psalm 68:5)

  • We seek judgment to relieve the oppressed and the fatherless and we plead for the widow (Isaiah 1:17)

  • You watch over the sojourners. Uphold the widow and the fatherless and ruin the way of the wicked (Psalm 146:9)

  • Keep the fatherless children alive and let the widows trust in You (Jeremiah 49:11)

  • Be a swift witness against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless (Malachi 3:5)

  • Let the mistreated widows cry out to You, for You will surely hear their cry (Exodus 22:23)


  • Bring them out of darkness and break the chains in pieces. Break the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron in two. Send Your Word and heal them, and deliver them from their destructions. Calm the storm, so that the waves thereof are still. Turn their wilderness into pools of water, and the dry lands into water springs. Set the poor on high, far from affliction, and makes their families like a flock (Psalm 107)


 
 
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