#Women

EU: Von der Leyen, State of the Union Address. Achievements between COVID-19 and war. On violence against women: “No means no”.

Rape and femicide. Fr Patriciello: “Let us make sure our youths are not victims of street culture or of social networks: they are bad teachers. Male chauvinism is still very much a part of our DNA.”

Faced with the numerous incidents of violence perpetrated against young girls and women during the summer months, the parish priest…

Surrogacy. Armeni: “Not freedom but exploitation”

Forget freedom of choice and altruism. For journalist and writer Ritanna Armeni, surrogacy is an unacceptable form of exploitation of…

Alcohol and young people. Cibin: “Customised, unified treatment”

Drinking habits have changed. Alcoholic beverages are no longer consumed to accompany food, but for “recreational” purposes, to “get high”,…

EU Parliament: directive on violence against women. Criminal definition of rape based on the absence of consent, stricter rules for the web

Violence against women: the European Union joins the Istanbul Convention. Dalli (EU), prevention and fight are priorities

UK: “buffer zones” around abortion clinics. Mgr. Sherrington, will prayer and dialogue be criminalised?

8 March: Parr (Caritas Austria), “every day, we meet women who have to choose between heating and eating”

March 8th: Council of Europe, “equal rights for women and girls, the role of men and boys”

Persecuted Christians. Open Doors Report on gender-specific persecution: “Daily pressure affecting men and women”

Open Doors released the 2023 Gender-Related Persecution Report (GSRP) on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day. Sexual violence and…

International Women’s Day: EU Commission, “rights denied across the world. Russian army using sexual violence as a weapon of war”