Show Notes 

In this episode, Mimi and Kim interview Brad Twedt of International Justice Mission (IJM). Brad explains IJM’s work to address violence against women and children in the machismo culture of Central and South America. IJM works with the police departments, prosecutors, departments of justice, and local community anti-violence advocates to change the culture of violence against women. As they face powerful forces, they find that reliance on God in praise, supplication, and lament gives them the strength in their work. 

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Bio 

Brad Twedt serves as executive vice president, global people support, at International Justice Mission (IJM). IJM is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting people in poverty from slavery and other forms of violence. A lawyer by training, Brad started his service at IJM as a volunteer Legal Fellow in Kampala, Uganda, and Guatemala City, Guatemala. He then stepped into over a decade of leadership in IJM’s Latin America region. He led IJM’s program aimed at violence against women and children in Central America as Guatemala country director and as Northern Triangle regional vice president. Brad and his wife, ReJean, returned to the US in 2022 after residing in Guatemala City for nearly eleven years. Brad received his JD from the Columbia University School of Law and joined IJM after a legal career in both New York City and Chicago. 

Contact Information 

IJM Website: https://www.ijm.org/our-work 

Brad Twedt: [email protected] 

Resources  

Books Referenced in Interview by Gary Haugen:  

Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World  

The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence 

Book Review: Is There Any Good News About Injustice? By Victoria Peterson-Hilleque 

Mutuality Matters podcast referenced in Closing: (Intersectionality) Hope & Justice-Dismantling and Reconciling through the Psalms with Dr. Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes 

Books by and about Katherine Bushnell referenced in closing:  

God’s Word to Women by Katharine Bushnell 

Daughters of Deliverance by Lorry Lutz 

The Queen’s Daughters by Lorry Lutz  

Read about the link between poverty and violence against women: Why Does Injustice Against Women Abound?