Tag: Women
Philippine agencies sign implementing rules of law prohibiting child marriage
The law aims to abolish “unequal structures and practices that perpetuate discrimination and inequality”
Philippine Protestant Church women sound alarm over ‘red-tagging,’ ‘persecution’
"Red-tagging and vilification campaigns are wielded against women who exercise their right to dissent and speak out against injustice”
Pope Francis explains why women cannot be ordained priests
“And why can a woman not enter ordained ministry? It is because the Petrine principle has no place for that,” the pope said
Women take center stage in Philippines’ annual ‘Word Conference’
We reflect on the inspiring lives of women in the Bible whose faith is so great
‘Women often targeted in discrimination against Christian minorities’
"In many countries where religious persecution is still rife, violence against women is often used as a weapon of discrimination”
Pope Francis: ‘We have to keep fighting for women’s equality’
“The fight for women’s rights is an ongoing fight because in some places women have equality with men but in other places they do not”
Women’s group urges Marcos to look into growing incidents of death...
The Philippine Statistics Authority reported a 90.81 percent increase of maternal deaths from 2021 to 2022
Silent no more: Nepal’s wartime rape survivors demand recognition
Critics say Nepal's truth and reconciliation process has been poorly designed from the outset and plagued by chronic funding shortfalls
Youth, women empowerment issues raised at Asian bishops’ general conference
The day’s discussions focused on the “concerns for, and role of, the youth in the Church” and “new pathways for the role of women"
Study says Filipinos should accept the ‘reality of teen pleasure and...
Lot Felizco of Oxfam Philippines said teenage pregnancy in a predominantly Catholic country “has always been controversial"
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