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UN Ambassador to tell Anglicans: "Ensure women's equality"

UN Ambassador to tell Anglicans: "Ensure women's equality"

Renowned Bangladeshi diplomat Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury will be telling Anglican women from around the world that the end of violence against women is only one step in ensuring gender equality.

21 February 2013

Statement on the conclusion of the meeting of the House of Bishops

Statement on the conclusion of the meeting of the House of Bishops

The House of Bishops of the Church of England has today expressed its encouragement and support for new robust processes and steps in bringing forward to General Synod the necessary legislation to consecrate women to the episcopate.

08 February 2013

Southern Africa to consecrate its second female bishop

Southern Africa to consecrate its second female bishop

Bishop-elect Margaret Brenda Vertue, Senior Priest and Vicar General of the Anglican Diocese of False Bay will be consecrated and enthroned as the second Bishop of the Diocese of False Bay and the second woman, after the Right Revd Ellinah Wamukoya, Bishop of Swaziland; on Saturday, 19 January at 10:30

10 January 2013

Melbourne priest to become Queensland's first woman bishop

Melbourne priest to become Queensland's first woman bishop

The Anglican Archbishops of Melbourne and Brisbane, Dr Philip Freier and Dr Phillip Aspinall, have today announced that a Melbourne priest has been selected to lead the Southern Region of the Diocese of Brisbane as Queensland’s first woman bishop.

02 December 2012

Archbishop of Canterbury's Presidential Statement to General Synod

Archbishop of Canterbury's Presidential Statement to General Synod

Following an emergency meeting of the House of Bishops this morning, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams delivered the Presidential Statement to General Synod, in which he called on members to 'attend to one another...to give to one another the care that we need'.

21 November 2012

Abp Thabo Makgoba"It is done! Welcome, Bishop Ellinah!"

Abp Thabo Makgoba"It is done! Welcome, Bishop Ellinah!"

We formed into three processions, and, like good Anglicans, we sung our beautiful hymns to a beautifully and prayerfully crafted liturgy. From the back of the procession, I could see nine mitres ahead of me, piercing the sky, as each procession went into the Mavuso Trade Centre, where between three and four thousand faithful gathered to witness Ellinah being 'done'.

18 November 2012

Statement from Anglican Delegates of the 56th Session of the UNCSW

Statement from Anglican Delegates of the 56th Session of the UNCSW

“The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges” was this year’s priority theme.

12 March 2012

Freedom from Fear: Church in Wales holds conference on domestic violence

Freedom from Fear: Church in Wales holds conference on domestic violence

A young woman who was abused by her husband for four years will describe how she wrestled with Biblical interpretations of marriage, divorce and forgiveness, at an event to mark International Women’s Day.

09 March 2012

"Justice for Women" is focus of Archbishop's Women's Day service

"Justice for Women" is focus of Archbishop's Women's Day service

Archbishop Rowan Williams will take part in a “Justice for Women” service in London to mark two global days for women.

29 February 2012

Ayra Inderyas, Secretary of the Women Desk of the Diocese of Lahore, refelects on the past year

Ayra Inderyas, Secretary of the Women Desk of the Diocese of Lahore, refelects on the past year
Ayra Inderyas, Secretary of the Women Desk of the Diocese of Lahore, Church of Pakistan, reflects on the past year.

31 December 2011