Women in the Mediterranean
From March to October 2025, a peace training ship will sail the Mediterranean, connecting the five shores. On board, eight groups of twenty-five young people of all nationalities, cultures and religions are committed to peace.
The third stage of the MED 25 Le Bel Espoir aims to rediscover the importance of women's place in building peace. Their rights and responsibilities are a challenge in the balance of societies. Their participation in public life, education and research, in the family, associative, professional and political world reflects the commitment of Mediterranean societies to the dignity of every person and the participation of each person in building justice.
Objective
The project positions Malta as a focal point of Mediterranean identity while providing the Church an opportunity to reaffirm its ethos and role in civil society.
Inspired by the Pope’s mandate and teachings regarding the importance of the Mediterranean in its strategic positioning of bringing peoples, cultures and religions together, exploring the role of one’s faith shaped by the places where we exist
The primary aim of this third stage is to help bring about a change in the understanding of women as a self-determining subject, as opposed to an object of desire. At a time when the country is ravaged by repeated instances of domestic violence and femicides, the Catholic Church in Malta aims to bring into play “renewed and shared narratives which―based on listening to the past and to the present―speak to the hearts of people”.
