From Albania to China, Peru, India, Haiti and South Africa, Winnie Williams describes the everyday lives of oppressed women who are degraded by cultural, economic, and social conditions. Amidst almost overwhelming oppression, she also uncovers their feelings of hope along with a timeless desire to be loved and accepted. "Winnie Williams has given us powerful and haunting glimpses into the lives of women in other parts of the world. They are women who have been painfully disenfranchised because of religion, history, tradition, power, and male domination. We need to hear their stories because they, too, are our sisters." -- Raye Nell Dyer, President, Baptist Women in Ministry, Chaplain, Vanderbilt University Medical Center