This week, we want to pause midway through this series to remind readers of the stories and columns we've already published and call attention to the extraordinary work of sisters contending with gender-based violence.
The UK-based anti-landmines group was honored with the 2025 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world's largest annual humanitarian award for nonprofits.
The Bethany sisters run 29 centers for disabled and abandoned women across India. At Asha Bhavan, the sisters give these women the care, community and dignity they need.
"Let us pray and commit to protecting the dignity of every girl," writes Sr. Robancy A. Helen. "Let's create a society where girls are not viewed as burdens but as blessings."
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At 82, this diminutive Dominican nun has spent more than half a century defending human rights and putting words to the horrors she has witnessed as a poet, an activist, a public speaker and an organizer.
The Mines Advisory Group, which focuses on removing landmines and working with affected communities, is the recipient of this year's Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize.
Hiding my face from the horrors of the world might protect me from them to some degree, but it also removes me from the beauty that might emerge and from my own call to respond to the heartache.
