As leaders prepare to meet in Belém, Brazil, women living the climate emergency in Kenya and across Africa are demanding global action, gender justice and investment in local adaptation.
Behind Mombasa, Kenya's luxury beach resorts, child sex tourism casts a dark shadow. But Catholic sisters on the ground are working to end it, restoring the dignity of one girl at a time.
Navjyoti Centre, established in 2000 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, offers legal support for domestic violence survivors and assists them in filing legal charges against the abuser and seeking compensation.
Moved by the cruel treatment faced by many widows in Ghana, Mary Immaculate Sr. Gabriel Nonaah started St. Monica Widows Association to provide these vulnerable women with empowerment, education and self-reliance.
"We are still missing something essential if we cannot name and confront the systemic nature of abuse within our Catholic Church," writes Sr. Yolanda Olivera for the Global Sisters Report series "Out of the Shadows."
Spain's Conference of Religious seeks to reconcile with survivors of the Patronato de Proteccion a la Mujer. But the women refuse, prompting a reflection on the nature of forgiveness.
At the Holy Trinity Home for Children in Quezon City, the Trinitarian Handmaids of the Divine Word shelter children who have been victims of sexual abuse, and provide them mental health care and education.
Catholic sisters in Kenya offer support to elder men and women who have been driven from their homes — if not killed — following accusations of witchcraft from those eager to take their land.
With a decade of reporting on Catholic sisters, international correspondent Chris Herlinger reflects on how sisters have long been radical models in supporting women's causes.
