Showing posts with label women's rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women's rights. Show all posts

Friday, October 3, 2025

First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury; The New York Times, October 3, 2025

 , The New York Times; First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

"The Church of England announced on Friday that Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, will become the 106th archbishop of Canterbury, making her the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide and the first woman to lead a church whose roots date back more than 1,400 years.

Bishop Mullally will succeed Justin Welby, who resigned from the post last November after the publication of a report that said he had failed to pursue a proper investigation into claims of widespread abuse of boys and young men decades ago at Christian summer camps.

A former cancer nurse who served as the chief nursing officer for England, Bishop Mullally, 63, is a vocal exponent of the rights of women in the Church of England. She has served as the first female bishop of London since 2018."

Friday, January 11, 2019

Rahaf al-Qunun has been granted asylum in Australia, Thai official says; CNN, January 11, 2019

; Rahaf al-Qunun has been granted asylum in Australia, Thai official says

"Her online campaign was so successful that Saudi charge d'affaires Abdalelah Mohammed A. al-Shuaibi told Thai officials through a translator: "We wish they had confiscated her phone instead of her passport."

Qunun later tweeted the video of that meeting and wrote that her "Twitter account has changed the game against what he wished for me.""