Essay: The real Gen Z religion story is about women
In an article first published on Religion News Service, MELISSA DECKMAN, CEO of PRRI, says that while, on most indicators, Gen Z men’s religious behaviour has largely stayed the same in the US in the past decade, Gen Z women have moved religiously…
Women’s rights under attack and “we must fight back”, says UN chief
New York, US Reuters Women’s rights are under attack and “we must fight back,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, warning that the world cannot stand by as progress is reversed. At a United Nations event on the eve of International Women’s Day on Saturday, Guterres said centuries of discrimination against women were […]
Texas ACNA congregation becomes second to join Episcopal Church
RNS On 8th February, the diocesan council of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas officially welcomed Resurrection South Austin, a church planted by the Anglican Church in North America, which itself was formed when some 700 dissident parishes broke away from the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada in 2009 over disagreements about marriage […]
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls. A statement issued by the office of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said investigators found reasonable […]
Lifestory: Bill McCartney, legendary US football coach who founded Promise Keepers, dies at 84
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that a religious conversion in his 30s helped inspire McCartney to found Promise Keepers, which drew millions of men to events in the early 1990s….
Malala Yousafzai urges Muslim leaders to back gender apartheid legal push
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday to back efforts to make gender apartheid a crime under international law, and called on them to speak out against Afghanistan’s Taliban over its treatment of women and girls. At a summit on girls’ education in Muslim communities attended by international […]
Essay: Why US Christians should demand the establishment of the ERA now
MARK SANDLIN and CALEB LINES, the founders of Take Back Christianity, call – in an article first published on Religion News Service, for outgoing President Joe Biden to make the ERA the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution before he leaves office…
Essay: In Australia, Indigenous women are dying violent, preventable deaths. Endless inquiries won’t help unless we act
KYLLIE CRIPPS and MARLENE LONGBOTTOM, in an article first published on The Conversation, say Australia must commit to creating a society where Indigenous women are protected and valued…
Essay: How Trump’s victory could accelerate women’s departure from evangelicalism
KATELYN BEATY says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, evangelical Christian pastors looking to mimic Trump’s appeals to young men will only drive the gender gap in the church further apart…
Nearly 70 per cent of verified Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70 per cent of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. The UN tally since the start of the war, in […]