Tag: Women
Watch: Women and girls in Indonesia pressured to wear the jilbab...
Over the past two decades, they have faced unprecedented legal and social demands to wear clothing deemed Islamic
Christian group helps women deal with dark side of India’s preference...
Women abused by both husbands and in-laws provided with pro-bono legal aid
Building an empire of kindness: The story of India’s Sister Lucy...
She knows no limits in caring and providing for orphans and those shunned by society, says Holy Cross Sisters provincial
Pope Francis appoints more women to Vatican posts
Two women appointed to Vatican posts previously held only by men
US ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in...
These atrocities shock the conscience and must be met with serious consequences, State Department spokeswoman says
Watch: Pope’s prayer intention for women victims of violence
Various forms of ill-treatment that many women suffer are acts of cowardice, pope says
Pope, in new decree, allows more roles for women in Church
But Vatican stresses the roles are ’essentially distinct from ordained ministry’
No New Year’s feast for an activist’s child in Philippines detention...
There were no family nor friends in the detention cell where the baby, Randall Emmanuel, spent the holidays
Indian farm widows join protests against agriculture reforms
Farmers have been protesting for nearly a month over reforms to deregulate the country's agriculture sector
Church self-help groups assist women empowerment in northern India
Groups offer village women opportunity to become more self-reliant
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