By Dorothy Fernandes Patna, May 22, 2023: This year, as in every year, the month of March made me pause, ponder, and reflect on how far we as women have moved ahead. It is because of our celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8. This year the celebration fellContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, March 4, 2023: Every year, on the occasion of International women’s day observed on March 8, I try to write about women or a woman who might have influenced me positively. This year, I write about my maternal grandmother who would have celebrated her 107thContinue Reading
By Noella de Souza Mumbai, March 8, 2022: From east to west, north to south, Christian women across India have joined together this Women’s Day to sing out their protest in a creative way. “Hear Our Voices,” they sing to the Church hierarchy who appears never to listen. The songContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kailashahar, March 7, 2022: Tribal women in Tripura have marked the International Women’s Day by praying for the victims of war in Ukraine. “We pray for the repose of the souls of barbarian war in Ukraine by Russia and send peace vibrations to the families who haveContinue Reading
World peace depends much on the promotion of equal respect and advancement of men and women in and by media. That was the view expressed by Mgr Janusz Urbanczyk, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations during a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation inContinue Reading
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: In his latest in-flight news conference, Pope Francis said March 8 he’s not afraid to be called a ‘heretic’ for engaging in dialogue with Muslims; that he felt “imprisoned” during Covid-19 lockdowns; he was “shocked” by the destruction he witnessed in the Iraqi city of MarchContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao: Women are the biggest miracle workers in the world, asserts a Catholic prelate serving India’s northeastern extreme. “You are miracle workers and also our unsung heroines, who go about making the world a better place to live in, without expecting anything in return,” Bishop George PallipparambilContinue Reading
By Ditsa Bhattacharya New Delhi: Hundreds of women, students and workers assembled at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar March 8 –International Women’s Day – to celebrate the unity of women, workers and farmers and to protest against the federal government’s alleged “anti-women, anti-people” policies. The demonstration was organized by multiple women’s massContinue Reading
By Ravi Kaushal, Sagrika Kissu New Delhi: Most women farmers, who had gathered at Tikri and Singhu borders of the national capital, told NewsClick that the farmers’ protest has been a life changing experience for them, as through these protests they became aware about their legitimate rights. Scarves of allContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, March 9, 2020: Women want equal opportunities, equal wages, equal respect and dignity even if it is for one day of the year. They can achieve this only if they stand up together. This was asserted by noted television journalist Faye D’Souza during Bangalore archdiocese’sContinue Reading