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ACT Alliance calls for a stronger commitment to climate action after COP24

30. July 2020

The ACT Alliance appeals to churches, faith groups, civil society, and governments to continue to increase ambition to combat climate change, and to keep the needs of the most vulnerable ...

Call for Endorsement: Children on the Move Action Plan

30. July 2020

In October 2018, more than 180 people representing more than 80 faith-based organizations met in Rome to develop an action plan for Faith Action for Children on the Move. ...

Upcoming consultation on Religion and the State: 25 Years Of Democracy In South Africa

30. July 2020

Several PaRD members will contribute their expertise and insights to this consultation titled Cooption or Cooperation – A South African And German Dialogue in Tutzing, Germany on February 13th to ...

Call for Input: Interfaith Study on the Contributions of Religious Communities to the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child

30. July 2020

Arigatou International conducts this study in collaboration with the Office of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children. ...

Ending Violence Against Children – The Contributions From Religious Communities

30. July 2020

The PaRD work-stream Sustaining Peace and like-minded partners are convening a high-level event on March 6th in Geneva. ...

Vatican conference to study role of religions in SDGs

30. July 2020

The conference entitled “Religions and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" held from March 7th to 9th in Rome was presented at a press conference in the Vatican on March 5. ...

Updated: Upcoming PaRD and PaRD members’ events at the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

30. July 2020

The UNCSW63 is currently taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York. ...

Listening to the Cry of the Earth and of the Poor

30. July 2020

An International Conference on the contribution of religions to the Sustainable Development Goals took place in the Vatican from March 7th to 9th. Read a retrospect by Prof. Katherine Marshall ...

Knowledge Partnership between JLI and PaRD

30. July 2020

The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI) will provide evidence support to PaRD’s three work streams Health, Gender Equality and Empowerment, and Sustaining Peace. ...

“Faith, Feminism and Human Rights” and “Unlocking the Power of Faith-Based Partnerships”

30. July 2020

The PaRD Gender Equality and Empowerment Work-Stream organized two side events to the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women. ...

2019 PaRD General Assembly of Members from May 1st to 3rd in Copenhagen

30. July 2020

Over 150 representatives of members and observers followed the local hosts’ invitation to Eigtveds Pakhus in the Danish capital. ...

Rethink our relationship with nature in view of Covid-19

5. July 2020

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Evangelical Alliance Sustainability Center (WEASC) is calling for a fundamental rethink of our relationship with nature. ...