Vatican magazine condemns misuse of nuns in the church

FILE - Bangladeshi Catholic nuns arrive to participate in a meeting with Pope Francis at the Church of the Holy Rosary in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)FILE – Bangladeshi Catholic nuns arrive to participate in a meeting with Pope Francis at the Church of the Holy Rosary in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A Vatican magazine has denounced the misuse of nuns who cook and clean for church officials with very little pay.

The monthly magazine “Women, Church, World” describes how nuns are often treated like servants. The magazine, part of the official Vatican daily newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, is written by women journalists and scholars.

Many nuns cook and clean for male church leaders and perform other household duties. Tiếp tục đọc “Vatican magazine condemns misuse of nuns in the church”

3 điều phụ nữ và trẻ em gái cần

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VN female scientist receives L’Oreal-UNESCO prize for nano silver research

Last update 07:50 | 24/01/2018

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Tran Ngoc Dung, head of the Institute for Environment Friendly Technology, an arm of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, has received the 2017 L’Oreal-UNESCO Award for women in science.

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Dr Tran Ngoc Dung

Dung has played a leading role in researching and finding a method to make silver nano, an important material used to health care and protection, which is in high demand in Vietnam.

In an interview with reporters, Dung said the deaths of four infants at Bac Ninh Hospital of Obstetrics and Paediatrics in the northern province of Bac Ninh Province in November 2017 was due to septic shock.

A nano-silver covered air filtration membrane would have helped filter the air and prevent microorganisms from entering treatment rooms.

In August 2017 eight out of every 10 patients hospitalized suffered from hemorrhagic dengue fever during an outbreak, she found after visiting a hospital in Hanoi Tiếp tục đọc “VN female scientist receives L’Oreal-UNESCO prize for nano silver research”