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PaRD at the 10th World Health Summit 2018

19. November 2020

The global summit was held in Berlin from October 14-16, 2018 for the 10th time with a panel co-convened by the PaRD "Health" work-stream on "Respect and Dialogue". ...

DRC: Health training for religious leaders

17. November 2020

Health training for religious leaders in remote areas of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is what Rev. Siyani Zimba, working for World Vision as a Channels of Hope Specialist on ...

COVID-19 in India: Migrant workers lost everything

17. November 2020

The migrant workers have been hit the hardest in India, says Kuki Rokhum, director of Training and Mobilisation with the Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief (EFICOR) based in ...

PaRD Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable discussion

12. November 2020

Strenghening opportunities for funding COVID-19 responses: A conversation between funding partners, implementing partners and analysts at the PaRD Virtual Annual Forum in September 2020. ...

COVID-19: More funding for local communities needed

6. November 2020

Som-boon Chung-pram-pree, otherwise known as Moo, is the Executive Secretary for the International Network of Engaged Buddhists currently based in Thailand. In our PaRD Podcast he speaks about COVID-19 response ...

Religious actors and COVID-19: Healing people’s anxiety

6. November 2020

In our PaRD Geneva Peace Week Podcast, Ms. Wah Wah Yu, Program Manager at the Spirit in Education Movement based in Yangon, Myanmar, speaks about the support religious actors can ...

Humboldt University on findings of COVID-19 survey

4. November 2020

The Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development of Humboldt University Berlin has published preliminary findings of its survey on Religious Leaders’ Perspectives on Corona. ...

PaRD General Assembly of Members 2020

3. November 2020

At PaRD’s General Assembly of Members (GAM) in September 2020, the Steering Group, Sub-Committees, Secretariat and work-stream co-leads reported to the PaRD members on activities and the plans for 2021. ...

PaRD Podcast at Geneva Peace Week

21. October 2020

For the first time, all of the four work-streams of the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) have developed together a common podcast, discussing religious actors and COVID-19 ...

G20 Interfaith Forum on COVID-19, Inequality, Climate

6. October 2020

PaRD member KAICIID is co-organizing this year's G20 Interfaith Forum in Saudi Arabia. Due to the pandemic, the event from October 13 to 17 will be streamed virtually from Riyadh. ...

A Just World Post-COVID19: Religion, Sustainable Development and Gender Justice

25. September 2020

The PaRD Gender Equality Work-Stream launched a new series of critical dialogues at the PaRD Annual Forum 2020. The focus for the series is on ‘Visioning a Just World Post-COVID19: ...

Religious Communities and Ecological Sustainability in Southern Africa

25. September 2020

Humboldt University’s Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development and PaRD WECARE Work-Stream host joint capacity building webinar. ...