# Roundup: Female farmers, non-violence, drones, democracy, gay marriage, Facebook

> The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and Farming First have produced this interactive graphic showing how women pull their weight in agriculture around the world – and they’ve given us the entire image for you to download.

7 March 2012 · News

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## [The female face of farming](https://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/mar/02/female-face-farming-fao)

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and Farming First have produced this interactive graphic showing how women pull their weight in agriculture around the world – and they’ve given us the entire image for you to download.

## [Churches say, ‘No more violence in the name of God’](https://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/churches-say-no-more.html)

“Before God and our communities, we are responsible to Jews for the historical and ongoing realities of anti-Semitism, to Palestinians since the Nakba, to Muslim neighbours in the light of Islamophobia, to persons who are vulnerable, and to victims of colonial conquest, among others,” said participants of a World Council of Churches sponsored conference.

## [The ethics of drones](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/august-26-2011/the-ethics-of-drones/9350/)

Drones are increasingly becoming some of the most valuable weapons in America’s arsenal.

## [Democratic society needs the guidance of the wise](https://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2012/03/06/3446378.htm)

What do we mean by “democracy” and “representation”? And what institutions and practices make our polity genuinely more democratic and more representative?

## [How not to argue against gay marriage](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/greg-jenner/cardinal-keith-obrien-gay-marriage_b_1321068.html?ref=uk%20%20https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/greg-jenner/cardinal-keith-obrien-gay-marriage_b_1321068.html?ref=uk)

The issue at stake is whether marriage is an immutable concept, and I believe history shows that it isn’t.

## [Faith and Facebook](https://www.umportal.org/article.asp?id=8660)

Churches finding their way with social media.