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  • November 1, 2007
    Abortion row rumbles on after report to House of Commons

    The heated row over abortion is continuing after a report by the House of Commons Science and Technology committee said there was no scientific justification for lowering the 24-week limit for terminations. But there are also signs of movement on all sides.

  • October 31, 2007
    Vatican pushes message of sustainable development

    Archbishop Celestino Maggiore, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, has said, in a UN debate on development in New York,that global sustainability should be a priority for the nations of the world.

  • October 17, 2007
    US churches and women's networks challenge domestic violence

    The National Council of Churches USA's Justice for Women Working Group is working with people of faith across America in October 2007 to observe Domestic Violence Awareness Month and make sure the churches take the issue seriously.

  • October 16, 2007
    Amnesty, abortion and the abuse of women

    There is a continuing row between Amnesty International and the Vatican over access to abortion by women who have been abused and raped. Here AI explains its policy and contests representations of it by some critics and campaigners.

  • August 3, 2007
    Religious leaders urged to combat gender-based violence in Africa

    African religious leaders have heard that gender-based violence is increasingly becoming a weapon of war in the continent's trouble spots, with some saying sacred scriptures are being used to justify violence in general.

  • March 15, 2007
    Methodist women back new police action on sex trafficking

    The London Metropolitan police are continuing their initiative against the trafficking of vulnerable women and girls, in cooperation with NGOs, churches and other agencies

  • February 28, 2007
    Women's World Day of Prayer

    Women's World Day of Prayer
    United under God’s Tent - prepared by the women of Paraguay
    Global ecumenical event for women
    UK website http://www.wwdp-natcomm.org/

  • January 29, 2007
    First all-women peacekeeping unit at work in war-torn Liberia

    The first all-women peacekeeping unit has begun work in Liberia, joining the United Nations Peacekeeping operations. Though they are well armed, they are also developing the use of unarmed and non-violent interventions, “changing the balance of approach”, some experts say.

  • January 22, 2007
    Tutu says men have messed up the world and women hold the key

    Speaking at the grassroots World Social Forum, gathered in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa has urged women to launch a nonviolent social revolution to rectify all the the world problems created by men.