On June 14, the World Women’s Observatory, focus on Covid effects
It will be presented in Rome on June 14, at an international conference, by the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations, the World Women’s Observatory and its work in Latin America and Africa. It will also be an opportunity to present the first report on the impact of Covid-19 on women living in Latin America and the Caribbean. The international conference will host the interventions of card. Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Msgr. Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, President of the Episcopal Conference of Latin America, Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and delegate for the Vatican Commission Covid-19, and Emilce Cuda, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America . “The main objective of the World Women’s Observatory is to give visibility to women, especially the most vulnerable, who seem ‘invisible’, both for their suffering and for their potential and in this way to inspire and generate pastoral strategies, synergies between NGOs, renew public policies and contribute to the international agenda. All – explain the promoters – to foster the integral human development of women and that of their families, communities and peoples “. The general president of Umofc, María Lia Zervino, explains: “We started listening to the women of Latin America and it was a moving experience. And now that we are starting to work in Africa, the possibility of collecting suffering opens up. and the resilience of so many women who seem invisible to the rest of the world
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