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Online hate speech against women is silencing women's voices. DanChurchAid's report "Online Harassment and Censorship of Women Human Rights Defenders", launched during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), discusses how to ensure a…

No more underage marriages - that's what Malawian Paramount Chief Kawinga has enforced in his community. He is one of a group of more than 20 male champions for gender justice who came together in a workshop organised mainly by the All Africa…

The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) welcomes four new members, including the Indonesian government, represented by its Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA).

PaRD welcomes the Indonesian government, represented by the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA), as a new PaRD member. In Indonesia, 93% of the population considers itself to be religious. It is also the country with the largest Muslim population in…

With over 160 participants from around 35 countries and seven religions as well as Indigenous Peoples, PaRD’s Annual Forum on Religion and Sustainable Development brought together a diversity of people, organisations, and perspectives to address the…

RELIGION MATTERS!
TWITTER

Together with @Oikoumene, @lutheranworld, @ELCA, @WEAnews, we are co-organising the event "Faith Community is a Blue Community" at the UN Water Conference 2023. 📅  22 March 2023 | 2:30pm ET 👉 Register: bit.ly/3mZ7CXD 🔗 More: bit.ly/3FYYE3B @weasc @EWNWCC

20. March
@PaRDSecretariat

⌚️It's not too late yet. Join us today at our #interfaith networking event ahead of the UN Water Conference 2023 ⬇️ twitter.com/PaRDSecretaria…

16. March
@PaRDSecretariat

Online #HateSpeech against women is silencing women's voices. @DanChurchAid's report "#OnlineHarassment and Censorship of #WomenHumanRightsDefenders", launched at #CSW67, discusses how to ensure a respectful & inclusive democratic debate online. ⬇️ partner-religion-development.org/service/news-a…

15. March
@PaRDSecretariat

Congratulations to former PaRD Co-Chair Mohammed Abu-Nimer, who has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Scholar Award of the Peace Studies Section of the International Studies Associations. More: nonviolenceinternational.net/distinguished_… @isanet @SalamInstitute @NVIntl #SDGs pic.twitter.com/URy89AdzvE

15. March
@PaRDSecretariat

UNEP, @EWNWCC @PaRDSecretariat, @weasc are uniting #faith actors that will be present @UN_Water on 22-24 March in an information and networking session. 📅 Thursday, 16 March 2023 at 5pm EAT 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/4hpe925u #Faith4Earth #SDG6 twitter.com/UN_Water/statu…

12. March
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CALENDAR
08
Mar
CSW67 Side Event: Bridging the gender digital divide: Using Digital Tools to Advance the SRHR of Women and Girls
22
Mar
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24
Mar
UN Water Conference
The UN 2023 Water Conference will take place at UN Headquarters in New York, 22-24 March 2023, co-hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands.
27
Mar
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29
Mar
PaRD Leadership Meeting 2023
PaRD's Leadership is meeting in Friedrichsdorf close to Frankfurt am Main (Germany) to discuss the annual planning.
13
Apr
World Health Summit Regional Meeting
This event strives to join forces for global health and create a unique opportunity for knowledge exchange and partnership building.
01
May
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04
May
International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB)
The overarching theme for the Conference in 2023 is Leave No One Behind: The Role of Freedom of Religion or Belief in Advancing Human Flourishing and Just Societies.
19
May
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21
May
G7 Summit
The G7 Summit is an intergovernmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
10
Jul
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19
Jul
United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
During the forum, participants will be able to explore actionable policy guidance for the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at all levels.
17
Jul
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20
Jul
Women Deliver (WD2023)
As one of the largest multi-sectoral convenings to advance gender equality, the Women Deliver 2023 Conference and Global Dialogue are co-created by grassroots advocates, multilateral governments, the private sector, philanthropies, and youth.
14
Aug
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18
Aug
Parliament of the World's Religions
The Parliament of the World’s Religions cultivates harmony among the world’s spiritual traditions and fosters their engagement with guiding institutions in order to achieve a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.
09
Sep
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10
Sep
G20 Summit
The 18th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit will take place on 9-10 September 2023 in New Delhi. The Summit will be a culmination of all the G20 processes and meetings held throughout the year.
12
Sep
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30
Sep
SDG Summit (under the auspices of the UN General Assembly)
During the United Nations General Assembly high-level week in September 2023, Heads of State and Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
15
Oct
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17
Oct
World Health Summit 2023
The World Health Summit, organized jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO), is considered the world's leading meeting on global health.
23
Oct
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27
Oct
World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference
Every decade, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) brings together communities from around the world to showcase recent and significant advances in climate science, identify gaps and opportunities, and jointly develop future plans.
21
Nov
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23
Mar
Religion and Technology in an era of Rapid Digital and Climate Change (RaTiRDaCC 2023)
The international conference organised by RWTH Aachen University and IIT Madras/Chennai presents research on the interplay of religious behaviour, SDGs and technological development in a South-North-persepective.
30
Nov
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12
Dec
Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 28)
The United Nations Climate Change Conferences serve as the formal meeting of the UNFCCC parties (Conference of the Parties, COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change.

The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) convenes governments, multilateral entities, civil society organisations (CSOs), especially religious, faith-based and faith-inspired organisations (RBOs/FIOs/FBOs), and research or academic institutions in a safe space providing continuity for dialogue, learning, and collaboration to better inform policy and practices in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda.

PaRD has
157
members
from
8
religions
from
127
organisations inspired by religion
from
8
governments
from
6
multilateral entities
from
9
research/academic institutions
WHAT WE DO

PaRD’s Current Priority Areas

The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) is a dynamic multi-stakeholder global partnership that actively includes religious and faith-based actors, organisations, initiatives, and communities working towards achieving the 2030 Agenda. PaRD fosters networking, policy informing, the exchange of knowledge, good practices and lessons learned, and strengthening capacity and evidence base on a long-term basis at equal levels. Through work-streams, PaRD currently focuses on Health (SDG 3), Gender Equality (SDG 5), Environment, Water and Climate Action (SDG 6, 13, 14, 15), and Sustaining Peace (SDG 16). In mitigating the adverse effects of newly arising global crisis, PaRD is receptive to new areas of engagement. It has initiated work groups on food security and vaccines.

PaRD operates under the human rights framework and the assumption that inclusion and freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief (FoRB) is an integral part and a horizontal theme in the nexus of religion and development. PaRD takes a constructive approach to FoRB based on good practices, shedding light on its reciprocal relationship to sustainable development and humanitarian aid.

 

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VOICES FROM PaRD AND BEYOND

PaRD provides a unique opportunity for members of several governments to regularly discuss the importance of faith in development and find ways to take action for common cause when it comes to the challenges of our day. Due to its international nature, it is a topic that affects every country and its programming. I am grateful to PaRD for making these essential connections a consistent part of our work.

Adam Nicholas Phillips

PaRD Steering Group Co-Chair and director of USAID Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the Local, Faith and Transformative Partnerships Hub.

We have to act today, not just plan for 2030 and beyond, and planning for development goes beyond electoral cycles.

Mastorea Sadan

Chief Senior Expert National Planning Commission Secretariat (NDP), South Africa.

My vision as a new co-chair is to see PaRD as a place of healing and empowerment through service and full dedication to the SDGs. 

Hazel Maureen Danetta Dixon

PaRD Steering Group Co-Chair from African Union.

In all the inequity of the world - it is not that there are no resources or aid from richer to poorer, the issue is the effectiveness of the aid which is given. More stakeholders need to be involved, shared wisdom is needed in times of crisis, and PaRD will help ensure that there is transparency.

Bishop Sithembele Sipuka

President of the Southern Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC)

The contributions of religious actors to achieving the SDGs need scientific investigation and scrutiny. A transdisciplinary approach is necessary: research not only about, but with religious actors. The membership of our research programme in PaRD creates excellent conditions for this. 

Prof Dr Wilhelm Gräb

Head of the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development of Humboldt University

The successful PaRD General Assembly in South Africa has shown how far this unique partnership has come and how much more potential there is for exchange and cooperation between religious actors, governments and multilaterals for sustainable development. And never has it been more needed than now. Time to get even busier!

Peter Prove

PaRD Steering Group Co-Chair from World Council of Churches (WCC)

The development that all SDGs are trying to attain will never happen until the religious language within Muslim societies changes when it comes to girls rights – the girl’s rights to go to school, to get an education, to decide if she wants to marry and when she wants to marry.

Ani Zonneveld

Muslims for Progressive Values
PaRD member with focus on Gender Equality and Empowerment

PaRD provides a unique space: It allows faith-based organisations, governments and intergovernmental organisations to directly connect with each other. PaRD enables to learn about the positive potential of religion, and explore creative ways to tackle our common global challenges.

Prof. Mohammed Abu Nimer

Salam Institute for Peace and Justice
PaRD member

Compassion, healing and unity is at the heart of spirituality – and to transcend man-made boundaries. To strengthen this positive force on a global level through collaboration between state actors and civil society, helps to commonly contribute to sustainable solutions for our wellbeing – and that of the Earth.

Khushwant Singh

PaRD Head of Secretariat

What PaRD has that is its strength right now, is the ability to bring together donor governments from the North with Faith-Based organizations (FBOs). PaRD needs to enable something catalytic, multireligious and multinational that’s transformative for people and lives!

Azza Karam

Religions for Peace
PaRD member with focus on Interreligious Dialogue