Topic: Women’s Rights
THE YOUNG LEADERS OF TODAY ARE THE HOPE OF TOMORROW
July 23, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen The incredible courage, bravery, and dedication of young people is what the world needs to inspire and lead us into the future. Malala Yousafzai is a striking example of the capability of the youth to give the good example where adults are failing. Her speech to the United Nations ignited the hope and […]
Read More...Adolescent Pregnancy is a Human Rights issue UN says
July 15, 2013 ·
(UN via CNUA) 11 July 2013 – United Nations officials marked World Population Day today by spotlighting the issue of adolescent pregnancy, and calling on Governments to take measures to enable girls to make responsible life choices and realize their potential. About 16 million girls under age 18 give birth each year, according to […]
Read More...ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
June 28, 2013 ·
Zero Tolerance for Sexual Exploitation by Fr. Shay Cullen 27 June 2013 The young women, allegedly victims of sexual abuse by government officials stationed at Philippine embassies in the Middle East, were being interviewed by Philippine media. They had their heads and faces completely covered with black cloth and wore dark glasses to hide from […]
Read More...WHEN AUTHORITY IS PERVERSE, ABUSE IS RIFE.
June 21, 2013 ·
FR.SHAY CULLEN 19 June 2013 It’s all about power and fear. Several impoverished, abused, cheated and beaten Filipino female workers taking shelter in Middle Eastern Philippine embassies have been allegedly sexually assaulted and prostituted by some corrupt and depraved embassy officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs, according to Walden Bello, the sociologist turned Congressman […]
Read More...WOMEN DEACONS IN THE PARISH? WHY NOT?
May 7, 2013 ·
OPINION : Thinking the unthinkable (The Tablet via CNUA) Under its new Pope, the Catholic Church begins to feel like an animal that has emerged from winter hibernation, blinking in the sunlight and looking for pastures new. From around the world the signs of this reawakening are becoming visible. For instance, some German bishops are […]
Read More...Death of India rape victim stirs anger, promises of action
January 3, 2013 ·
Death of India rape victim stirs anger, promises of action By Ross Colvin and Kevin Lim | Reuters – Sat, Dec 29, 2012 NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India died from her injuries on Saturday, prompting promises of action from a government […]
Read More...Oh! How well they protect the child abusers?
December 2, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Oh! How well they protect the child abusers? by: Fr. Shay Cullen email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) Perhaps the greatest social problem facing the administration of Philippine President Noynoy Aquino is the spreading corrupting influance of the violence and […]
Read More...TAKING A STAND FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS
October 25, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
TAKING A STAND FOR WOMEN’S RIGHT by Fr. Shay Cullen Email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) Seoul, Korea 24 October 2012 As I stood across the road from the Japanese embassy in Seoul earlier this week a group of Korean catholic […]
Read More...Educating Children is the Road to Freedom
October 12, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Educating Children is the Road to Freedom by Fr. Shay Cullen Email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) The only way out of grinding poverty and a life of child labor in the developing world is to give the children an education. […]
Read More...THE INSIDIOUS LAW THAT WILL HARM CHILDREN
September 10, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
THE INSIDIOUS LAW THAT WILL HARM CHILDREN by Fr. Shay Cullen Email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) To promote life and the well being of new born children, we have to take a stand to see that they have the […]
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