Child brides a huge global problem

One in three girls around the world routinely experience violence and many are forced into marriage, according to the United Nations. October 11 is International Day of the Girl Child. To mark the day, the Christian aid organisation World Vision has launched an Australian initiative called “1,000 voices for 1,000 girls”.  The world’s 85 million Anglicans have a new spiritual leader, and she’s made history. Dame Sarah Mullally is the new Archbishop of Canterbury. The one-time nurse is the first woman to hold the position. But she faces formidable obstacles. Many Anglicans, especially in the Africa, where the faith is booming, disapprove of women priests and the growing liberalism in the church towards homosexuality.  The headlines scream about a university sector in crisis. Are they credential factories or places of pure intellectual inquiry? For historian Peter Harrison of Notre Dame University, the sector should reach right back to the ancient wisdom of the Greeks for inspiration. Peter’s the author of the new book, Some New World. He’s also delivering the 2025 New College lectures at UNSW, titled “God and the Secular University”. GUESTS: Mel Carswell is World Vision’s Australian spokesperson. Madeleine Davies is a senior writer who wrote a piece on the new Archbishop in The Church Times in London. Peter Harrison is an historian at Notre Dame University Australia   This program was made on the lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation