The Christian Cooperative Credit Union Ltd., widely known as Dhaka Credit, one of Bangladesh’s largest community-based financial cooperatives, marked International Women’s Day on March 7 at the Tejgaon Church Community Center in Farmgate, a commercial district of Dhaka, the country’s capital.
Across many poor communities in the Philippines, women quietly carry some of the heaviest responsibilities of family and society, raising children amid poverty, protecting their families from abuse, and, in many cases, leaving home to work abroad.
The Sanbei Parish of the Diocese of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, east China, marked International Women’s Day on March 7 with a day of prayer, reflection, and cultural presentations at Longshan Church in Cixi City.
Caritas Bangladesh, the humanitarian and social development arm of the Catholic Church in the country, observed International Women’s Day with a renewed call for equality at its central office in Dhaka on March 8.
Marking International Women’s Day, Pope Leo XIV called on Christians and people of goodwill to renew their commitment to recognizing the equal dignity of women and men, while expressing concern over the persistent violence and discrimination faced by women across the world.
On International Women’s Day, the Ambassadors of Hope from the global network advocating for the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking launched a Call to Action to confront the ongoing crisis of modern slavery.
God has created man and woman equal in dignity and rights, no one is superior. Therefore all the girl children should be educated well and help them to empower themselves.
