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‘EMBRACE EQUALITY, ENCOUNTER, RENEWAL’: CARITAS’ COMMITMENT TO PROMOTE WOMEN IN THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY

9/03/2023 Women by daniele piccini

This year Caritas Internationalis is present at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (March 6-17) at the UN headquarters in New York. In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8), Caritas held a webinar titled ‘Embrace equality, encounter, renewal’ in connection with the 2023 theme ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for ...

Event on Caritas Commitment to Women’s Leadership and Empowerment

7/03/2023 Women by daniele piccini

The theme for Caritas Internationalis’s celebration of International Women’s Day 2023 is “Embrace Equality, Encounter, Renewal”. This is part of Caritas ongoing commitment to the promotion of women’s leadership and empowerment. This year, International Women’s Day falls during the UN’s annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which in 2023 will focus on technology ...

THE FEMALE FACE IS KEY IN RESTORING PEACE, JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT IN SYRIA

24/10/2022 Advocacy, Syria, Women by daniele piccini

After 11 years of civil war in Syria, the impact of prolonged violence and conflict has left deep wounds and scars in the country. Severe economic deterioration and its knock-on effects, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, has left over 90 per cent of the population living under the poverty line and ...

WOMEN IN OCEANIA ARE THE ‘BACKBONE OF RECOVERY’ IN REBUILDING SAFE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AND CRISIS

24/10/2022 Advocacy, Fiji, Oceania, Women by daniele piccini

Caritas Fiji is a very powerful player in “leading a national conversation to influence the public discourse on the root causes and contributing factors of violence against women and girls in Fiji.” With these words former Fijian minister, Mereseini Vuniwaqa, opened Caritas’ three-day Women’s Ministry Workshop on Addressing Domestic Violence and Gender Injustice during COVID-19 ...