Tag: International Womens Day

Leaders from business and the community sector gathered in Sydney for International Women’s Day, highlighting both progress and ongoing challenges in achieving gender equality.

The Australian bishops have issued a pastoral letter strongly supporting women to mark the celebration of International Women’s Day last Sunday.  

The Mexican bishops' conference expressed dismay with a spate of vandalism against churches in the country – including a parish church dating to the 17th century – during marches for International Women's Day, saying, "Mexico needs justice and peace, not more violence."

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has marked International Women’s Day, welcoming the 2025 theme of Accelerating Action, and calling for sex-based discrimination or violence to be addressed.

I have a love-hate relationship with International Women’s Day, but this year, I’m choosing to baptise it, writes Monica Doumit.

The Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development said societies will truly flourish when caring roles, maternity and the equal dignity of women cease to be undervalued

The Catholic Church and the world itself need the gifts and contributions of women, especially in bringing people together and overcoming tensions and violence, Pope Francis wrote.

Just weeks away from the NSW State election, education minister Sarah Mitchell and shadow education minister Prue Car took time away from the campaign...

We hear a lot about gender bias these days. But the ultimate bias is the message that women can't be women, writes Monica Doumit