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A Network of Diversity: Interfaith Fellows Advancing Peace in South and Southeast Asia
The yearlong Fellowship program was designed with three in-person workshop phases, two in Thailand and one in Myanmar. As the gathering of the first in-person workshop of the Fellowship commenced in...
Healing of Memories Retreat for Peacemakers
The Institute for the Healing of Memories invites you to a Healing of Memories Retreat for Peacemakers on October 10-12 at the Stony Point Retreat Center in New York. During the retreat,...
Sustainable Technology and Technological Sustainability
A young, trendy and engaged crowd filled the sunlit room of Soutupaviljonki, the Rowing pavilion, in Helsinki on Friday afternoon the 4th of August. Located next to the historical rowing stadium...
The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers Goes PeaceTech
What is PeaceTech? To put it simply, peacetech is peacebuilding and technology combined. For decades, technology has been used in order to wage war, but now, slowly a new trend leaning to the...
Hope for Peace in South Sudan
Surviving over five decades of war, Bishop Isaiah Dau remains committed to striving toward peace in South Sudan. His story sheds light on the positive impact that faith communities are making toward...
United Nations Secretary-General Recognizes the Network’s Role in the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors
“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...
Peacemakers Network Partners with The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development
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,...
Preventing Violent Extremism Through Livelihood Innovations in Kenya and 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...
Finn Church Aid selected unanimously to host the Network Secretariat
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...