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Faith Actors Advance Colombia’s Global Alliance Pledges 

13. November 2025

Colombian faith-based organisations rescue and distribute food to millions, enjoy trusted community access, generate actionable data, and operate replicable territorial models. However, they remain sidelined from national policy, monitoring systems, ...

Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty: Faith Voices Strengthen Call for Action at UN World Social Summit

3. November 2025

At the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2) in Doha, PaRD members amplify moral courage and practical solutions to end hunger and poverty worldwide. Credits: PaRD Thirty years after ...

Jobs as the “North Star”: Religion, ethics, and human-centered collaboration for inclusive development at the 2025 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings

21. October 2025

The 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), held from 13 to 18 October in Washington, D.C reaffirmed that job creation lies ...

PaRD Annual Forum 2025: Faith-Inspired Action for Food Security, Justice, and Well-being

17. October 2025

Learn more about PaRD’s General Assembly of Members and Annual Forum on Religion and Sustainable Development 2025, in Istanbul, Türkiye. The PaRD Annual Forum from October 6 to 8, 2025, ...

PaRD General Assembly of Members 2025: From Reflection to Renewal 

16. October 2025

The 2025 General Assembly of Members (GAM) brought together PaRD’s global membership for a full day of dialogue, exchange, and strategic reflection. Held in Istanbul, the GAM opened this year’s ...

The Role of Women and Youth alongside Faith Actors in Peacebuilding and Mediation

12. October 2025

In his address, Diplomat Luca Fratini highlighted the urgent need to strengthen the role of women, youth, and faith actors in peacebuilding and mediation, emphasizing inclusivity as a cornerstone of ...

Raising Hope for Climate Justice

11. October 2025

Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara, President of “Reset Dialogues on Civilization” an international think tank that promotes cultural and religious pluralism in different civilizational environments, reflected on the moral and political responsibility ...

The art of contributing to peace: Learnings from the last decade

9. October 2025

Professor Cesare Zucconi, representing the Community of Sant’Egidio, shared insights at the PaRD Annual Forum on the role of dialogue, solidarity, and interreligious cooperation in building lasting peace across conflict-affected ...

Food Security and the Role of Religion: Lessons from Indonesia

9. October 2025

In his address to the PaRD Annual Forum 2025, Prof. Dr. Phil. H. Kamaruddin Amin, Secretary General of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, highlighted the ...

Fixing the Engine While Driving: Struggles, Successesand Learnings from Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships

9. October 2025

In a thought-provoking address, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, Secretary General of ACT Alliance, explored why multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) remain essential — not just as mechanisms for collaboration, but as political ...

Bridging Worlds in Times of Turmoil – Turning despair into hope, scarcity into sharing, fragmentation into collaboration, and greed into compassion.

9. October 2025

In his opening remarks at the Annual Forum on Religion and Sustainable Development 2025 in Istanbul, Khushwant Singh, the PaRD Head of Secretariat once again emphasized the role of religious ...

Faith for Earth Legacy

9. October 2025

In an inspiring address, Dr. Iyad Abumoghli, United Nations Environment Programme, Director Faith for Earth Coalition reflected on the enduring legacy of the Faith for Earth initiative — a global ...