There are more young girls selling their bodies as Zimbabwe’s economic difficulties continue, in a broad collapse now exacerbated by the pandemic. The city is experiencing a spike in social vices like child prostitution and domestic violence.
Women’s Issues
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Spotlight needed on abuse in women’s orders, says Jesuit journal
Novices and women religious, especially those who have been assigned to a country where they don’t know the language, can be particularly vulnerable to abuses of power and conscience by superiors, and sexual abuse by their formators, said an article in “La Civilta Cattolica.”
Posted inBooks, Faith
Review: A look at the changing vocation of Catholic laywomen
“The Laywoman Project” is a book primarily about changing concepts of women’s vocation during that rapidly moving decade.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Coming out of Covid lockdown, South African women face another deadly problem: femicide
A wave of killing of women and children has horrified the country in recent weeks since the gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions on June 1.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘Mrs. America’ exposes the limits of feminism and conservatism
As a Catholic active in the growing pro-life feminist movement, I found myself fascinated and motivated by “Mrs. America.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Tanzanian Catholic diocese works to protect girls from abuse
The Mara region of Tanzania, of which Musoma is the capital, has some of that country’s highest rates of child marriage and female genital mutilation, even though both are technically illegal in Tanzania.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Meghan Markle urges Catholic high school graduates to help rebuild nation
In a virtual talk, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, urged graduates of her alma mater-the Immaculate Heart of Mary High School in Los Angeles-to work to “rebuild” the country in the wake of the protests over George Floyd’s death.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Is ‘Mrs. America’ the most feminist show on television right now?
“Mrs. America” is the best political drama on television right now, and perhaps the greatest feminocentric period piece to date.
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Divided court reexamines insurance coverage of contraceptives
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court apparently seem divided over a case involving The Little Sisters of the Poor which concerns a Trump administration ruling allowing religious employer exemptions for contraceptive coverage in health plans.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Phyllis Zagano makes the case for women deacons
While Phyllis Zagano thoughtfully draws out the theological implications of her research, her main point is historical: There is simply no precedent on which to base the exclusion of women from the diaconate in the Catholic Church.