It’s International Women’s Day on 8 March – but what is the Catholic Church doing for the women who make up more than half of its membership? This Tablet discussion looks at why the Church needs to do more for the women in its midst – and why, in the 21st century, inclusivity at all levels in the Catholic Church matters more than ever before.
Ticket price:
£12.50 inclusive of VAT
All proceeds from this event will go to The Tablet's Development Fund.
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Joanna Moorhead is a London-based Tablet writer and editor who first joined a Catholic feminist group more than 30 years ago, and who has written widely on the subject of women in the Church for publications including The Tablet, The Guardian, The Observer and The Times.
Kate McElwee is the executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference, a U.S. advocacy group founded in 1975 that works for women's ordination and gender equity in the Catholic Church. She also serves as a member of the leadership circle of Women’s Ordination Worldwide and is based in Rome, Italy.
Zuzanna Flisowska runs Voices of Faith, an international initiative advocating for women in leadership positions of the Catholic Church. Raised in Poland, she now lives and works in Rome
Liz Dodd (chair) home news editor of The Tablet.