Articles & News

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Trust between religions through the COVID-19 crisis

21. April 2020

The COVID-19 crisis helps to strengthen the trust in interreligious partnerships even beyond the current humanitarian disaster, Prof. Dr. Azza Karam, Secretary General of Religions for Peace (RfP), is convinced. ...

Multi-Religious Faith Initiative on COVID-19

8. April 2020

The Initiative is coordinated by Religions for Peace and UNICEF with support from Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI). ...

Religions for Peace and ACT alliance on COVID-19

30. March 2020

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Religions for Peace and ACT alliance call on all people of faith to stop gathering in places of worship and to rather focus ...

Religion and COVID-19: JLI and Berkley Center launch platform

19. March 2020

Focus on Religious Dimensions and International Development Policy and Practice. ...

Coronavirus and the consequences for PaRD events

6. March 2020

The coronavirus COVID-19 worries many people around the world and leads to numerous cancellations of events. This has affected also the work of PaRD. ...

Agreement between URI and EASF concluded to advance peace & security in Eastern Africa

2. March 2020

Motivated by a shared commitment to promote and advance peace and security in the eastern African region, United Religions Initiative (URI) and the Africa and Eastern African Standby Force (EASF) ...

Faith in times of COVID-19

1. March 2020

COVID-19 is a pandemic – and therefore affects people of all faiths worldwide. Several PaRD members call on praying at home and provide important info for their communities. ...

New career opportunities with The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers

2. February 2020

Find various open positions as the Network is expanding its global team. ...

“Faith Actor Partnerships in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health”

18. December 2019

PaRD’s SDG 3 work-stream on Health has published a new study with the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI). ...

The Power of Words: The Role of Religion, Media and Policy in Countering Hate Speech

16. December 2019

More than 200 religious leaders, policymakers, and media experts came to Vienna last month to discuss hate speech. ...

How to counter hate speech in digital media

12. December 2019

An online game to promote dialogue, social media campaigns with messages of peace or an Ethical Journalism Network. Three media practitioners from Spain, Kenya and Indonesia discussed different ways to ...

Call for proposals for World Bank’s Fragility Forum

11. December 2019

The World Bank invites practitioners and policymakers from around the world to submit proposals for the Fragility Forum 2020 in Washington DC from March 2nd to 4th. The deadline is ...