The Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf will now be able to ordain women as priests and appoint them to single charge chaplaincies. The announcement was made at the annual Synod of the Diocese last week, and was warmly welcomed by members.
17 February 2011
“Violence against women is the most pervasive human rights violation in the world” is a sentiment spoken by Kofi Annan and echoed by almost every human rights organization, the United Nations, and countless other NGOs around the world.
04 October 2010
We report on the activities of women in NSKK from 2006 up to now.
13 August 2010
The Women Council of Durgapur Diocesan Women Fellowship for Christian Service was held from 25th to 27th September 2009 at the ESII auditorium of Durgapur.
07 October 2009
General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) met June 11 – 13, 2009. Elaine Cameron, IAWN Provincial Link for SEC and Marion Chatterley, SEC representative with the Anglican Consultative Council Non-Governmental Organization delegation at the United Nations Commission on the Status Women, March 2009, presented the work of the International Anglican Women’s Network to Synod, at the invitation of the Most Revd Idris Jones.
07 August 2009
The subject of gender equality is one that has always faced the church. The question is, “what do we do about it?”
08 May 2009
‘It is an injustice to deprive women of the possibility of theological education.’ Meeting at the International Study Centre, Canterbury, England, 23 February – 2 March 2009, as a group of about 35 Anglican women theological educators, we received the challenge that our task was to help ‘change the world’.
03 March 2009
The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, has announced the appointment of Canon Barbara Darling as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne.
25 April 2008
The Archbishop of Perth, The Most Reverend Roger Herft, this morning announced the appointment of Australia’s first woman bishop
14 April 2008
A significant number of women gathered from across the Anglican Communion to provide input to the annual session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, meet with other NGOs, and meet amongst themselves. What better occasion than to join our concerns for improving the lives of women and children
13 March 2008