VATICAN CITY
Huffington Post
[with video]
AP/ Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg
Posted: 02/02/2015
The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture will meet to discuss “the life of women” during a Feb. 4-7 conference.
The conference’s aim is to unpack “women’s cultures” with four sessions looking at the meaning of equality versus difference, “generativity” beyond maternity, the female body and women’s roles in the church. To promote and gather resources for the conference, the Vatican invited women around the world to post a one-minute video online speaking on their experience as women, accompanied by the hashtag #LifeofWomen.
A promotional video introducing the campaign was posted to the Vatican’s website over the Christmas holiday and drew criticism from both conservative corners of the church as well as feminist and women’s rights voices. Following ridicule in North America, the Vatican removed the English version of video from its website.
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