Posts Tagged ‘women’
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China ratchets up 1-child policy, Ignores calls to end forced abortions
Recent reports from China show coercion in China's infamous one-child policy is once again on the rise. Women in the southern city of Huizhou are being targeted for sterilization. Those who have one child are being forced to we...
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Living a ‘normal’ life with Multiple Sclerosis
or those of us who have the terrible illness of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), we have two choices: One is that we can either think about what we can do or, two, we can think about what we can no longer do.
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Pro-Life groups, Irish Americans to hold protest in front of U.S. Irish embassy
Due to rumors of legislation that may make abortion commonplace in Ireland, protesters in the Unites States will gather today to ask the Irish government to ask the Irish government to adopt a pro-life stance. The rally is in r...
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Vatican defends Pope Francis’ washing of women’s feet
Pope Francis waves from the pope-mobile during his inauguration Mass at St. Peter’s Square on at the Vatican. RNS photo by Andrea Sabbadini. Download this photo. For questions, contact Sally Morrow.
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Featured Columns
Word from Scotland: They are struggling and the Bible does not conceal this
We move into John Chapter 21. You cannot turn the clock back, but sometimes disciples of Jesus Christ want to turn the clock back. It is as if these disciples of Jesus wanted to turn the clock back some three years, but it was ...
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Pentagon lifts ban on combat duty for women
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the Pentagon has dropped its ban on women in combat positions
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India gang-rape trial begins
The trial of five men accused of the brutal rape and murder of a 23-year old student in New Delhi has begun in a fast-track court for crimes against women.
Features
Through writing, Afghan women find freedom
In the virtual space created by The Afghan Women’s Writing Project ( AWWP), women have the freedom to write about whatever they want and they can receive mentoring by a volunteer team of teachers and authors. The war was going...
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Anglicans vow to vote again on allowing women bishops
The Church of England plans to rush through legislation to consecrate women bishops after last week’s surprising defeat at the church's General Synod in London.
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Church of England rejects women bishops
In a surprise move that shocked both sides of a years-long debate, the Church of England on Tuesday (Nov. 20) rejected an expected move to allow women bishops, preserving the church's status as one of the last bastions of male ...