By Sallyann Nichols, Reuters, Euronews, Lyon, 18/08/2018
GENEVA (Reuters) – Kofi Annan, the former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace… Continue reading
“Mary McAleese slams World Meeting of Families as ‘right wing rally’ to fight against LGBT and women’s rights”, Independent.ie
Conor McGrave, Dublin, August 18, 2018
Former president Mary McAleese has described the World Meeting of Families taking place next… Continue reading
“Aretha Franklin, Civil Rights Stalwart: ‘In Her Voice, We Could Feel Our History’”, The New York Times
By Sandra E. Garcia, Aug. 17, 2018
Aretha Franklin, who died on Thursday, was best known for her rapturous,… Continue reading
“Kerala floods: Monsoon waters kill hundreds in Indian state”, BBC News
London, 17 August 2018
At least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala… Continue reading
“When a Woman Is Accused of Sexual Harassment”, The New York Times
Letters, Aug. 18, 2018
Are feminists who defended a female professor who was found to have harassed a male student… Continue reading
“Vatican Responds To Pa. Grand Jury Report On Abuse Of Children By Clergy”, NPR
David Green, Sylvia Poggioli and Marie Collins, Morning Edition, August 17, 2018
The Vatican called the abuses “reprehensible.” David… Continue reading
“It’s time for #MeToo in the Catholic church”, The Guardian
David Clohessy, Opinion, London, 17 Aug 2018
Predator priests will only face justice when those they abused find the courage… Continue reading
“Conflict and Hunger: The Lived Experience of Conflict and Food Insecurity in South Sudan”, Relief Web, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
16 August 2018, report Concern Worldwide
Concern’s commitment to leaving no one behind has increasingly taken the organisation to fragile… Continue reading
“Media: The Switchboard Operators Politicians Feared”, The Walrus Magazine
By Danielle Kinahan, Toronto, Aug. 13, 2018
Eight women at the Toronto Star became legends for finding people no reporter… Continue reading