Tag: Women
Photos: Filipino women ‘rise for freedom’
The event is one of thousands of global activities that are taking place in over 90 countries around the world this month
Photos: World Hijab Day
The event aims to encourage women of all religions and backgrounds to wear and experience the hijab for a day
The women who lived as sex slaves to an Indian goddess
The stigma around their pasts means women who leave their devadasi order often endure lives as outcasts or objects of ridicule
Photos: ‘No to food price hikes’
Women farmers and their supporters stage a demonstration to demand an immediate solution to the rising prices of food in the country
Photo exhibition showcases story of Philippines’ reproductive health law
"We want to highlight that there’s more to be done to fully realize sexual and reproductive health and rights for everyone"
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”
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