WUCWO's aim is to promote the presence, participation and co-responsibility of Catholic women in society and the Church, in order to enable them to fulfil their mission of evangelisation and to work for human development.
International celebration of the 2022 WUCWO Day
In Kenya, in the presence of 24 representatives of WUCWO organisations, 9 members of the Board and the President General, the Kenya Catholic Women's Association organised the WUCWO Day.The[...]
III Meeting with Women from the Middle East and the Mediterranean
With great joy, after two and a half years of communicating digitally, we can start again with face-to-face reunions: by the grace of God, we are organising the Third Meeting with Women from the[...]
The face of Christ reflected in women of the Roman Curia. Until now, the offices of prefect and secretary of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia could only be held by those in Holy Orders[...]
Jacopo del Sellaio (Florence, Italy 1442 – 1493), The Triumph of Mordecai, around 1485, tempera on wood, 44.5 cm x 60 cm, Florence, Italy, Uffizi Gallery.Month of May.Women in the[...]
We present the results of the first project of the WWO, Impact of Covid-19 on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, carried out by WUCWO in partnership with CELAM, in the second half of[...]
New Ecclesiastical Assistant: Father Marcelo Gidi Thumala, SJ
The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life has appointed as Ecclesiastical Assistant to WUCWO Fr Marcelo Gidi Thumala, a Jesuit, professor of Canon Law at the Gregorian University, with years of[...]
PRAYER CAMPAIGN FOR THE WORLD WOMEN'S OBSERVATORY IN AFRICA
Every prayer of petition and every sacrifice offered to the Lord, who always wins us over with his infinite generosity, is appreciated to intercede for the progress of the[...]
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR THE WORLD WOMEN'S OBSERVATORY IN AFRICA
In this Lenten season we are proposing something new to the women of WUCWO: to make a concrete charitable offering to help the most suffering women in Africa. We invite you to participate in[...]
Please find below the proposal for our WUCWO Day 2022, which has been drawn up by the Region of Asia-Pacific.A special thanks goes to Catherine McGrath, Regional Vice President for[...]
10th January 2020: Private audience with the Holy Father
We thank Pope Francis for granting a private audience to the WUCWO authorities, María Lía Zervino and Andrea Ezcurra, servidoras, and Fr Gerard Whelan, SJ, who were received in his[...]
Voices from our Member Organisations which are testimony to the commitment of WUCWO´s members on the theme: "Let us go forward! Celebrating and walking with WUCWO".