Pope Francis underlined the important role of women and mothers in the Church, society and for world peace in a mass on New Year's Day. "The world needs to look to mothers and women to find peace, to break out of the spirals of violence and hatred and to regain a human gaze and a seeing heart," said the head of the Catholic Church in his homily on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on New Year's Day in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. The Catholic Church also traditionally celebrates the W
The Nobel prize in economics was on Monday awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for research that has helped understand the role of women in the labour market.The 77-year-old Harvard professor, who is the third woman to be awarded the prestigious economics prize, was given the nod "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes," the jury said.