WFWP Youth Europe, Young Women's Newsletter - Spring 2015.
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- Jun 6, 2015
- 1 min
WFWP Spain, Friendship Breakfast, Madrid/Spain,
On the 6th of June of 2015, a large group of women gathered for a breakfast at our headquarters to celebrate our friendship and the work done over 20 years. Since the founding of our NGO, we have organized a vast number of programs that range from workshops on personal growth to huge events of sisterhood and bridges of peace between diverse cultures, going through round tables, conferences, seminars and charity events. All those events had one sole purpose: to improve our cap
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- Jun 1, 2015
- 2 min
WFWP Tirana/Albania,Children’s Day with Orphaned Children,Tirana
"On the occasion of International Children’s Day on June 1st, 2015, WFWP Tirana/Albania participated in two events in support of both Roma and orphaned children and co-sponsored gifts for them. In the morning we joined a festive kinder party at the premises of the Ombudsman Office, sponsored by that institution. A representative of the Office first greeted the Roma and orphaned children, which was followed by games, music and a beautiful banquet table with fruits and sweets.
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- Jun 1, 2015
- 4 min
WFWP Ireland,GWPN Initiative with Irish First Lady, 19 March 2015
Updated about 3 months ago WPWP Ireland co-sponsored the launch event of the Sisters of Faith for Peace (SFP). This initiative was inspired by the Global Women’s Peace Network, and is bringing women from the 3 Abrahamic faiths together, while it is open to all faiths.
This official launch event took place under the theme ‘Building Bridges and Nurturing Peace by Understanding and Dialogue’.
We were deeply honoured to have the current First Lady of Ireland, Sabina Higgins, of
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wfwpeuwebsite
- May 31, 2015
- 1 min
WFWP Malta visit to St Vincent De Paul Residential Home for the Elderly
We received this lovely report from WFWP Malta about their activity on Christmas Eve 2014:
Visit to St Vincent De Paul Residential Home for the Elderly
Wednesday 24th December On Christmas eve 2014, members of WFWP Malta volunteered to give their support with transportation to a number of wheelchair bound inmates at a state run senior citizens' home. We gathered at St. Vincent De Paul residential Home for the Elderly in Luqa and were assigned two or three patients each to a
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- May 31, 2015
- 1 min
WFWP Bergamo/Italy Annual General Meeting
WFWP Bergamo/Italy held their Annual General Meeting on 18 April, 2015, reviewing their activities and reaching new resolves. The meeting was held at the home of Violetka Ferrari and attended by 18 members and friends of WFWP Bergamo. #italy #latestnews
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- May 30, 2015
- 2 min
WFWP Czech Republic in the Pilgrimage of Reconciliation
WFWP Czech Republic is announcing its participation in the Pilgrimage of Reconciliation which will take place this Saturday 30 May 2015 in Brno, Czech Republic, and is asking for your prayerful support. Marcela Rozehnalova, WFWP CZ President, sent us this letter: "We would like to let you know about the Pilgrimage of Reconciliation which will take place in Brno, Czech Republic to remember the end of 2nd World War when German language speaking people living in Brno, mostly wom
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- May 29, 2015
- 2 min
WFWP Spain, Charity Concert for Nepal, Madrid
"The Women’s Federation for World Peace Spain and the Universal Peace Federation Spain joined efforts in order to organize a charity concert whose benefits would go to help release the pain of those affected by the earthquake in Nepal. This event took place on the 29th of May in Madrid. This concert wouldn’t be such a concert if it hadn’t counted on the generous support and participation of a group of artists, volunteers and the public. On this occasion a group of artists got
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- May 25, 2015
- 2 min
WFWP Watford/UK,Fundraiser for Nepal Quake Victims,Watford 25 May 2015
Watford Celebration, Tenth Anniversary,
Raising Funds for the Victims of Nepalese Earthquake:
"Watford Celebration had its tenth anniversary this year on Bank Holiday Monday 25th May. It was a very successful and inspirational event! Some said it was the best of all the Celebrations we did over the last ten years. Hundreds and hundreds of people streamed through the doors of the Multi Cultural Community Centre and enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of entertainment featuring th
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- May 15, 2015
- 1 min
WFWP Albania, UN Int’l Day of Families, Tirana/Albania,15 May 2015
WFWP Albania, UN Int’l Day of Families, Tirana/Albania, 15 May 2015 WFWP Albania sent us this report about the Family Day commemoration with the Tirana Peace Council :
“About 100 ambassadors for peace, WFWP Albania core members and Family Federation members gathered on Sunday, 17 May to commemorate the UN International Day of Families. Mr.Sokol Rexhepi, UPF Albania secretary General opened the event underlining the importance of the Int’lDay of the Family and reading the mes
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- May 15, 2015
- 2 min
WFWP Albania, Promoting a Marriage-Friendly Culture, Fier/Albania
WFWP Albania sent this report about their recent event in support of the family:
“On May 15th 2015, UPF in cooperation with WFWP Fier organized an activity in the City Hall of Fier City. There were over 60 participants including the City Mayor, officials from Prefectures, School Directors, and Ambassadors for Peace. The goal of the event was to share and support the objectives of UPF/WFWP International and United Nations, raise awareness between officials, inhabitants about
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- May 13, 2015
- 3 min
WFWPI and the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Updated about a month ago WFWPI and the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Report from the CSW59
Part Two - March 14, 2015 - UN HQ, New York City - Luncheon Photos
By Alexa Ward and Heather Fraser-Harris
CSW59 WFWPI Parallel Event Photos
CSW59 WFWPI Luncheon Photos
On the following day, WFWPI hosted a luncheon, in the West Terrace Room, Delegates Dining Area, in the UN Headquarters in New York, which was attended by over 100 leaders, members and friends of WFWPI. Cha
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- May 9, 2015
- 1 min
People of Ireland: Stand Strong for Marriage!
Dear friends,
In two weeks’ time, on Friday, 22nd May 2015, a referendum will be held in Ireland on Same-Sex Marriage (SSM).
Should the Irish people vote for it, it will be the first time ever that any sovereign nation will have adopted SSM by popular vote. We want to ask you to today to help protect the sanctity of marriage and the natural family, and to sign this petition. Many of the 'No' posters in the streets of Ireland are aggressively and illegally being removed, but
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- May 2, 2015
- 1 min
WFWP Austria art exhibition
WFWP Austria invites to this art viewing under the theme ‘The Dignity of Women - The Dignity of Humanity’. This exhibition is being organised in cooperation with the IDEA Society, and will take place on 7 May 2015 at 16.30 pm in the ground floor restaurant of the UN Building in Vienna. Due to the exhibition taking place in the UN Building, a pre-registration is required by 4 May 2015. #austria #latestnews #dignityofwomen
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wfwpeuwebsite
- Apr 28, 2015
- 2 min
Women's Federation for World Peace Youth UK
“History is calling for reconciliation, love, service and sacrifice. Today's problems cannot be solved by the logic of power. Our present problems can only be solved by the logic of love.”
These words by Dr Hak Ja Han Moon, Founder of the Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP) were handed out to everyone at the back of the agenda to offers an insight of the vision and mission of the WFWP. The conference started with an introduction of the WFWP by Christelle K. Ngama, who
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- Apr 27, 2015
- 1 min
We pray for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal.
We pray for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal.
Our founder, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, has just offered $ 1,000,000 in relief aid to Nepal #wfwpi #latestnews #charity
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wfwpeuwebsite
- Apr 18, 2015
- 1 min
WFWP Linz-Upper-Austria Report
Mrs. Jorun Schölzl gave a presentation to introduce her homeland Norway including a PPT and many pictures of beautiful landscapes and sceneries of polar light (aurora borealis), fjords with salmon farms and swimming whales along the cliffs as well as nomadic people of Lapland with their reindeers. Jorun also presented pictures of her happy childhood. The room was full of objects, like dolls in Norwegian look, embroidery, knitted jackets, magazines and books. She even taught u
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- Apr 11, 2015
- 1 min
WFWP UK/Scotland Origami workshop
WFWP UK/Scotland was asked to do an Origami workshop at Kulture Klub’s launch event. It took place on 14th March 2015 from 2 pm to 6 pm at Strathbrock community centre, Broxburn.
Four of us from WFWP Scotland participated in this. In the main hall of the community centre there were various stalls; homemade sweets, oriental dresses, accessories, Indian food, etc. Kulture Klub is organised by several young women who want to help youth through activities. There were performanc
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- Apr 10, 2015
- 3 min
WFWP Birmingham/UK,Diversity of our Multicultural Cities,
WFWP UK/Birmingham,The Diversity of our Multicultural Cities:
Birmingham, like many of our West European cities, is a place of incredible diversity. Since the Second World War, there has been a steady increase of people migrating for both economic and political reasons. This has presented many, well-documented challenges, but also tremendous opportunities to engage and learn from one another.
The Women's Peace Meeting which began in 1993, as a project of the Women's Federa
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- Mar 18, 2015
- 2 min
WFWP Italy, EU Parliament, Role of Education, Rome
WFWP Italy held this conference in the EU Parliament in Rome, Italy, on 18 March 2015.
It took place under the theme ‘The Role of Education to form a balanced leadership’. Its purpose was to promote the education of ethical values in schools. Elisabetta Nistri sent us this report from WFWP Italy:
The event took place in the flag room in the offices of the European Parliament in Italy. This is the fourth event that WFWP Italy has held adhering to the “Europe is for Women” in
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