Global Ministries is the United Methodist Church’s missionary arm that has worked in 60 countries around the world. Its missions have included providing educational resources to women.

Covenant World Relief is the Evangelical Covenant Church’s philanthropic arm that has worked in five continents on community issue projects and disaster relief. Some efforts include working with women in human sex trafficking, building micro-loans for women’s small businesses and developing their agricultural skills.

Read an Oct. 9, 2009, article from The Guardian about the reactions in the Middle East to Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win.

Read an Apr. 18, 2013, article from The American Spectator about the push to revoke Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize after the controversy surrounding his drone strikes.

The Baptist World Alliance is a network of 228 churches in 120 countries that works to promote the church’s ministry and works around the world in various aid areas.

Read the U.N. Millennium Project’s gender equality report.

Read a May 27, 2010, column at the Huffington Post by Jim Wallis of Sojourners, a leader of the religious left.

Read a May 22, 2012, story published on CNN.com about President Barack Obama’s plans to withdraw U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan.

Read a June 12, 2013, story published on BBC.com that covers Gen. Joseph Dunford request for continued support from international forces to support human rights and the democratic process in Afghanistan.