We Advocate for Interfaith Values in the Secular Setting of the United Nations
- We support peace, justice, human rights, and environmental sustainability.
- We offer an in-person Summer Internship Program for international students aged 18-22 to teach about the peacemaking work at the United Nations, which includes site visits to different religious settings and service projects.
- Our annual free FORUM webinar focuses on the global climate crisis and offers a variety of moral, religious, Indigenous, scientific, and youth perspectives.
- We present the ECO JUSTICE FOR ALL Dialogue free webinar series, an in-depth look at current environmental issues with international experts and activists.
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Women, Water, and Extractivism: Reclaiming Resources, Restoring Rights, Building Justice
Thursday, 20 March, 2025 | 8:30-10:00 AM EDT
Organized by the NGO Mining Working Group
This parallel event, held during the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women and ahead of World Water Day, seeks to illuminate the intersectional challenges faced by women in resource-extractive regions. The event will focus on the gendered impacts of extractivism on water rights and access, as well as the critical leadership roles women play in addressing these issues.
Religious Leadership Towards Ending Violence Against Women
Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 10:30 AM – Noon ET
Speakers: Lopa Banerjee, Audrey Kitagawa, Rev. Mark E. Fowler, Rev. Dionne Boissiere, Simone Senogles, Grove Harris
Moderator: Azza Karam
Topic: This dialogue is Part 2 of a two-part series on violence against women.
Active Upstanding Is My Superpower
Upscaling Multi-sectoral Approach to Ending Gender-based Violence and Climate Crisis
Malawi Government, TOU, AfriAus-iLEAC and its PARTNERS SIDE EVENT (hybrid) _ UNCSW69 SESSION & Beijing +30
Monday, March 17, 2025, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET on Zoom
Speakers include: Hon. Jean Muonaowauza Sendeza, Cecilia Rabecca Mphande, Prof. Azza Karam, Grove Harris, and Jenipher Mkandawire
Co-Moderators: Rabecca Lois Mwafulirwa and Dr. Fulata Lusungu Moyo
FORUM2024 One Vote, One Planet: Healing Our World
ECO JUSTICE FOR ALL
ANNUAL FORUM
SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP
UNITED NATIONS ADVOCACY
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