by Anna Tervahartiala | Jul 19, 2017 | News
“I firmly believe in the power of faith leaders to shape our world for good,” António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, began his speech at the United Nations Headquarters at the launch of the action plan addressing religious actors and their role in...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Jul 14, 2017 | News
More than 80 percent of the world’s population belongs to a religious community. The lives of the vast majority of people are thus affected or guided by religious values or beliefs. Due to this, religions and religious leaders and actors have a pivotal role in...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Jul 12, 2017 | Kenya, News, Somalia
The lack of livelihood and employment opportunities has broadly been recognised as one of the root causes driving individuals, particularly youth, to join extremist organisations. Studies carried out by the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers on violent...
by Tom Strömman | Jun 29, 2017 | News
The secretariat has been hosted by FCA since the establishment of the Network in 2013. The mandate of FCA to host the secretariat would have ended at the end of this year and thus an application process was launched at the Network Advisory Group Meeting in April 2017....
by Annalisa Jackson | Jun 21, 2017 | News
Last month, the Secretariat of the Network convened representatives from the UN, governments, academic institutions, religious communities and NGOs for a two-day workshop to discuss these questions. The workshop took place on 22-23 May in New York and was co-hosted by...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Jun 6, 2017 | News
The Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion & Diplomacy (TPNRD) was initiated in 2015 to address the need for capacity building, research and knowledge sharing for practitioners and experts working in the intersection of diplomacy, policy and religion. Since its...
