Sr. Francis Ngozi Uti at the Nairobi Workshop 2025 Seventy-four women from 20 African countries came together online on November 20 and 25, 2025, for two inspiring leadership seminars organized by WUCWO–WWO: “ Women’s Leadership Driving Social Transformation ” and “ Empowering Leadership Through Communication and Influence .” The participants—leaders of Catholic lay women’s organizations and members of religious congregations—brought with them extensive experience from their

Sister Juunza Mwangani at the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine during the Workshop organised by the World Women’s Observatory in 2024 The Religious Sisters of the Holy Spirit have been awarded this year’s Opus Prize , a renowned global humanitarian award, for their innovative and transformative commitment to vulnerable communities in Zambia. The prize, valued at $1 million, recognises faith-inspired initiatives that bring lasting, compassionate change to the world. Founded in 1971 by

From left to right: Mónica Santamarina and Montserrat Valdivia Montserrat Valdivia Assistant for Latin America On October 29, 30 and 31, Mónica Santamarina, President of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO), and Montserrat Valdivia, Project Assistant for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Women’s Observatory (WWO), attended the Meeting of the Catholic Sisters Initiative with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, held in Mexico City. Under the theme “

From 21 to 23 October 2025, the Pontifical Urban University (Rome) hosted the International Congress “ Migration, a Pilgrimage of Hope ” which brought together theologians, scholars, religious leaders, representatives of migrant communities, and civil society organisations to reflect on migration as a theological, social, and human phenomenon. The event was organised by the Scalabrini International Migration Institute (SIMI), the University of Notre Dame, and the Pontifical U

From  29 September to 2 October 2025 , the 4th WUCWO Observatory Workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, entitled: "African Network to End Violence and Discrimination Against Women: Hope in action, leadership for transformation", which brought together  54 leaders from 16 African countries, including lay women from WUCWO member organisations and religious women from various congregations. During four days of training, dialogue and networking, the participants committed themselv

We are now in the third phase of the Synodal process: the phase of implementation, in which we put into practice what we have learned from the Synodal methodology and discern where further growth is needed. For this reason, training on the subject continues: on 20 October, a MOOC (massive open online course) will begin, promoted by various organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean:  CELAM  (Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño), CLAR  (Confederación Latinoameri

On 17, 22 and 23 September, the WUCWO´s Observatory , in collaboration with ESDAC (Exercices Spirituels pour un Discernement Apostolique...

Can you imagine a spiritual encounter with young people from all over the world? On October 11 , WUCWO invites you to take part in a...

“ Injustice against women concerns everyone – men too, including you who are listening to us”. With these words begins the live...

Press release “ "Can communication help us feel closer and be more united? We believe it can." Today we are taking a very important step:...

The General Secretariat of the Synod has released the “ Pathways for the Implementation Phase of the Synod ”, a guiding document to...

Among the participants were, María Lía Zervino, member of the Dicastery for Bishops and Florence Mangin, French Ambassador to the Holy...

On 22 April, the WUCWO World Women´s Observatory organised three virtual meetings, one in each of our official languages – Spanish,...

The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO) actively participated in the CSW Forum within the framework of the 69th session...

Networking for migrant women's access to justice in Mexico On 13 and 14 March, the World Women's Observatory (WWO) of the World Union of...

©synod.va/Lagarica At the School for Synodality of WUCWO , through its Observatory, we are committed to ‘Listening to transform lives’....

From left to right: Row 1: Sr. María Luisa Bersoza, Sr. Nathalie Becquart, María Lía Zervino and Sr. Josée Ngalula. Row 2: Rafael...

The member organisations and congregations of the World Women's Obsevatory (WWO) of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations...

In late January, WUCWO was honoured to welcome the Hilton Foundation Board  to our offices in Rome. During this meeting, Mónica...

Institutional strengthening as a tool to contribute to the comprehensive care of migrant women in Mexico As part of the activities around...