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El Al vows to end practice of moving women to accommodate ultra-Orthodox
By Paul O'Donnell — June 26, 2018
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Responding to growing pushback from Israeli feminists and human rights advocates, Israel’s national airline announced that it will no longer ask female passengers to move in deference to ultra-Orthodox men’s religious modesty. Anyone refusing to sit next to other passengers, El Al’s chairman said, will immediately be removed from the aircraft.
Southern Baptists mull what’s next on confronting abuse
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2018
DALLAS (RNS) — New SBC President J.D. Greear said he is 'very open to anything that can lead to a greater transparency and greater safety and that prioritizes the safety of the victim above everything.'
Southern Baptists, in #MeToo age, affirm women, ask for ‘purity’ of leaders
By Adelle M. Banks — June 13, 2018
DALLAS (RNS) — The statements come after the May termination of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson, who had shunned divorce and was accused of mishandling students’ allegations of rape.
Amid a #MeToo culture, Southern Baptists mull ways to increase women’s roles
By Adelle M. Banks — June 12, 2018
DALLAS (RNS) — There has been recent speculation about whether someday, or sooner, a woman should be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention president.
Vatican seeks ‘courageous’ ideas to combat priest shortage
By Nicole Winfield — June 8, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The church appeared to open the door to making official some ministries that women in remote parts of Latin America already perform, including celebrating baptisms.
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson apologizes to women ‘wounded’ by remarks
By Adelle M. Banks — May 10, 2018
(RNS) — 'To all people I offer my apology, but especially to women, to the family of Southern Baptists, my friends and the churches,' he said.
In historic votes, Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
By Mark A. Kellner — May 7, 2018
(RNS) — The votes mark an inclusive step forward for the 'most white' of the nation's mainline Protestant denominations, according to Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton.
US Assemblies of God elects first woman executive in more than a century
By Adelle M. Banks — April 24, 2018
(RNS) — The election of the Rev. Donna L. Barrett as general secretary of the denomination's top American board harks back to the church's early days, when women played important public roles in its congregations.
Muslim women don’t need saving from their religion
By Maha Elgenaidi — March 6, 2018
(RNS) — There are many women (and men) in our own country who need 'saving' as much as the most oppressed of Muslim women.
Iranian women protest obligatory headscarf
By Lauren Markoe — January 30, 2018
(RNS) — The women appear to be following the lead of a 31-year-old protester identified as Vida Movahed, who took off her headscarf on the same street in late December. She was detained for a few weeks and then released.
Where is the Church on #MeToo?
By Autumn Miles — January 18, 2018
(RNS) — The Church has operated under a cloud of shame and silence for decades.
Salaam Shalom: Muslim and Jewish women start a movement to thwart religious bigotry
By Sheryl Olitzky — January 5, 2018
(RNS) — "The so-called “Trump effect” has brought Muslim and Jewish communities together in new ways," writes Sheryl Olitzky.
When Moses had a #MeToo moment
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 1, 2018
(RNS) — This year was saw the Tiananmen Square of Testosterone. Moses saw it coming.
Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Women rise up
By Aysha Khan — December 21, 2017
(RNS) — RNS asked Grace Ji-Sun Kim, a theologian and author, to consider what 2018 will mean for religion.
Is the Bible more pro-woman than you assume?
By Jonathan Merritt — June 30, 2017
Conservative Christian writer Wendy Alsup says God was the first feminist and that the Bible, rightly understood, is pro-women.
