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VATICAN-TOURISM Sep-27-2007 (360 words) xxxi
Top Vatican official calls for women's rights in tourism industry
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- More needs to be done to guarantee equal rights for women in the travel industry as well as tougher laws against their exploitation in sex tourism, said the Vatican secretary of state.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone called for more attention in safeguarding women's dignity and promoting their rights in a letter marking World Tourism Day, celebrated worldwide Sept. 27.
The day, sponsored by the U.N. World Tourism Organization, was dedicated to the theme "Tourism Opens Doors for Women" and was aimed at promoting gender equality.
In a letter addressed to Francesco Frangialli, head of the tourism organization, Cardinal Bertone sent Pope Benedict XVI's greetings and hopes that the day would help bring positive developments to tourism. The Vatican released a copy of the letter Sept. 27.
The cardinal urged the passage of national laws and international agreements to combat "every form of unjust exploitation (of women) and the indecent commercialization of their bodies."
"In fact, it's imperative to denounce the intolerable scandal of a certain kind of sexual tourism that humiliates women, reducing them to practical slavery," he said.
He also called on institutions to promote equal rights for women in the tourism industry, guaranteeing them equality in the workplace, "religious freedom, respect for their needs related to maternity and a salary paid with equitable compensation."
Cardinal Bertone said that despite the large number of women in the tourism sector there still exists "in many cases a glass ceiling for women," barring them from holding top-level, executive and managerial positions.
This is caused by "strong prejudices" that encourage stereotypes and traditional notions of women as being destined to hold subordinate roles, he said.
He asked that nations, international bodies, tourism agencies, businesses and unions all work for the protection and development of respect for women and their growth in this sector.
The large numbers of men and women who travel around the world also provide an opportunity for different cultures, customs and mind-sets to meet, and this may help further "positive developments" in efforts to protect women's dignity and promote their rights, the cardinal said.
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