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Bangladesh NGOs Network awarded UN WSIS Prize

3. July 2020

For the 4th time, the Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has been recognized as Champion by the UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) Prizes ...

CREID panel on religious inequalities after COVID-19

25. June 2020

How can we address religious inequalities in a post-COVID-19 transition? The Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) tries to answer this question during an international panel on Friday, ...

Celebrate URI at 20 Years

23. June 2020

The United Religions Initiative (URI) celebrates its 20th anniversary with a Global Broadcast on Thursday, June 25th and Friday, June 26th. ...

Survey: Religious Leaders’ Perspectives on Corona

10. June 2020

An Online-Survey by the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. ...

World Bank: COVID-19 leads to worst recession since World War II

10. June 2020

Per capita incomes to shrink in all regions, according to June 2020 Global Economic Prospects report. ...

PaRD Annual Forum and GAM postponed to 2021

8. June 2020

The PaRD Steering Group has decided to postpone the next in-person PaRD Annual Forum and the PaRD General Assembly of Members to August 31 - September 3, 2021. Nevertheless, a ...

WCC postpones its assembly to 2022

5. June 2020

The executive committee, on behalf of the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), has decided, in close consultation with the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and other ...

Sustaining Peace work-stream and partners host webinar

5. June 2020

The PaRD Sustaining Peace (SDG 16) work-stream and Conflict Sensitivity Hub co-host a webinar on adaptive management with World Vision and Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian ...

USAID Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement

4. June 2020

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) invites the submission of abstracts from individuals or groups for USAID’s Evidence Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement to be held in Washington ...

Arigatou International: Webinar on COVID-19 and children’s rights

30. April 2020

Arigatou International invites you to the webinar: "The Impact of COVID-19 on Children's Rights and Well-being - The Role of Religious Communities" on May 5th, 15:00 CEST. ...

World Vision counting on faith leaders and the use of technology to combat Covid-19

28. April 2020

World Vision’s global network of faith leaders are using WhatsApp to stop misinformation and co-ordinate community-level, context-specific responses to COVID-19. ...

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. ...