Articles & News

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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. ...

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. ...