🎙️ On the International Day of Women in Diplomacy and International Relations, TheoFem project wishes honour the legacy and ongoing contributions of women who have shaped global governance, peacebuilding, and dialogue —often behind the scenes and beyond official titles. We pay special tribute to women of faith, including prominent Catholic figures such as Barbara Ward and Marga…
In July 2024, the Vatican announced that its doctrinal office would prepare a document on women in leadership roles within the Catholic Church, marking a significant step toward acknowledging their participation in ecclesiastical life. While Pope Francis has reaffirmed the ban on women priests, he has also appointed women to high-ranking Vatican positions and encouraged…
To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, TheoFem is launching a new initiative: Women’s Wednesday, a biweekly publication forming part of the Digital Archive of Lay Women. This space aims to bring visibility to the lives, legacies, and contributions of laywomen—those often overlooked in official narratives. It also seeks to highlight and support the work…
Dr. Natalia Núñez Bargueño, as part of her Marie Skłodowska-Curie project TheoFem, will present new reflections on Catholic laywomen’s international organizations during the early Cold War and Decolonization era (1945–1962). This presentation will take place on Friday, January 21st (16h-18h) at the Ruusbroec Institute (University of Antwerp), which is celebrating its centenary. Dr. Núñez Bargueño’s research…
El próximo 13 de febrero de 2025, Natalia Núñez Bargueño (KU Leuven) presentará en el seminario KADOC los resultados preliminares de su estancia de investigación en archivos romanos. Su conferencia, enmarcada en su proyecto de investigación MSCATheoFem, analizará desde una perspectiva transdisciplinar el papel de la Unión Mundial de Organizaciones Femeninas Católicas (UMOFC) entre el…
Dr. Núñez Bargueño begins a 3 month visiting research stay at the Ecole Française de Rome, where among other things she will advance research in the Roman archives.
On October 18, 2024, I presented TheoFem at the seminar hosted by KU Leuven’s Research Unit for the History of Church and Theology. This provided an excellent opportunity to engage in a fruitful dialogue with scholars from diverse specializations within the field of Religious History.