In Australian state of Victoria, Christian schools to meet with government on proposed LGBTIQ+ protection legislation
Updated: 6pm (AEDT)Sydney, Australia Christian schools will meet with Victorian Government representatives in two weeks to state their case on proposed legislation to protect LGBTIQ+ people from discrimination in employment. The State Government says its planned reforms will “strike a balance” between freedom of religion and equality for the LGBTIQ+ community, to prevent schools from […]
Essay: The case for reparations has been made all the more clear by COVID-19
In an article first published on Religion News Service, KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and canon theologian at Washington National Cathedral, says the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black lives is perhaps the strongest case for reparations…
PM Draghi defends Italy from Vatican objections to LGBT law
Milan, ItalyAP Premier Mario Draghi defended the independence of Italy’s parliament on Wednesday in the face of formal objections by the Vatican to a proposed law that would extend additional discrimination protections to the LGBT community. “Ours is a secular country,” Draghi said in an address to the Senate. “Therefore, it is not a religious […]
Essay: Religious minority children in Colombia and Mexico face intolerance and discrimination because of their religious beliefs
As Colombia and Mexico mark national Children’s Days this month, ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says it’s time for action ensure all children in those countries have the fundamental right to religious freedom without fear of harassment, intimidation or discrimination…
UK judge: Council discriminated in removing bus ads promoting Franklin Graham festival
RNS A British judge has ruled a borough council and its transportation provider discriminated against Christians by removing bus ads promoting an event with evangelist Franklin Graham in the English seaside town of Blackpool. The ads, which were briefly placed on public buses prior to Graham’s 2018 Lancashire Festival of Hope, were taken down after […]
Indian film shows hardship and hope of migrants’ lockdown journeys
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation From cycling through forests and crossing the Ganges river to bypassing police barricades, a new documentary chronicles the journeys of India’s millions of migrant workers as they walked, pedaled and hitchhiked home during the coronavirus lockdown. The film 1232 KMS – shot last April by director Vinod Kapri – follows a […]
Postcards: “Times are changing” – Spain’s Roma renew fight for rights
LAURA MANNERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Postcards: Denied a chair, Dalit women confront discrimination on Indian village councils
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India on the struggle of Dalit women to have their voices heard…
In the US, most ‘Fox News Republicans’ believe Christians face most discrimination
RNS Most Republicans who trust Fox News believe that Christians in the United States endure unequal treatment, a new survey released on Thursday from the Public Religion Research Institute shows. But when the same group was asked whether Black Americans encounter such bias, barely a third agreed. When these “Fox News Republicans” were asked whether certain populations […]
“Algorithms of oppression”: Big tech urged to combat discrimination
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nearly a decade has passed since Safiya Noble googled “Black girls” and found the search results were mostly pornographic – a discovery that drove her to explore how algorithms can perpetuate discrimination and inequality. Google went on to fix that search engine issue, but Noble said the problem is far from solved. […]