By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023: Christian women have joined groups supporting the Indian wrestlers who are seeking justice against sexual abuse within the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). “It is with deep concern that we, women from the different Christian Churches in India, see the long struggleContinue Reading
By Marcia D’Cunha Bengaluru, Oct 6, 2022: the Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM), an ecumenical forum, has resolved to admit trans persons and LGBT+ persons as members and engage with social and Church issues with “the lens of feminism, liberation and gospel values.” The resolution emerged at the third ICWMContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 23, 2022: The Indian Christian Women Movement, an ecumenical group, has issued an open letter addressed to the leaders of various Churchesin the country. The text: We, as women of the Churches, waited for the verdict impatiently, we were so sure that the accused will be indicted.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 9, 2021: The Indian Catholic Women Movement, an ecumenical forum, has expressed “deep distress and anguish” at the killing of civilians in a messed-up counter-insurgency operation in Nagaland. “The killing of innocent lives calls for a just probe into the matter, in orderContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 28, 2921: A Catholic woman theologian says a recent national survey has revealed how deeply entrenched are patriarchal attitudes in Indian women. The National Family Health Survey shows that around 80 percent women in three Indian states justified men beating their wives. More thanContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A national body of Catholic and Protestant women leaders has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to heed the protesting farmers’ demand and repeal the three recently enacted farm laws. “Our farmers have never failed our nation through the last 71 years. Please doContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 29, 2020: Several Christian groups in India have demanded an independent probe into the death of a father and his son in police custody in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. While the All India Catholic Union (AICU) seeks the probe by aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 31, 2020: A national body of women belonging to various Christian denominations has expressed shock and outrage over the spraying of disinfectant on migrant laborers. “Even as the whole country is battling an intense and grueling confrontation with the Corona crisis, we theContinue Reading
Mumbai, Feb 16, 2020: Thousands of people, including several Christians, gathered at Azad Maidan in Mumbai to oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR). This was the second mass gathering witnessed by Mumbai after the August Kranti MaidanContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 9, 2020: The Indian Christian Women Movement (ICWM) on January 9 urged the federal government to roll back the “unwanted exercise” of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens NRC and focus on “real issues affecting” the country. “In the stubbornContinue Reading
