For our German speaking friends - UN International Day of Peace - 12 September 2015 in Zürich, Switzerland - by WFWP Switzerland #Switzerland #peacebuilding #latestnews

WFWP Scotland/UK are announcing this Bridge of Peace Ceremony to take place on 3 October 2015 in Edinburgh/UK #scotland #peacebuilding #latestnews

WFWP Germany in cooperation with UPF Germany invite to their event marking the International Day of Peace, taking place in Bonn/Germany on 20 September 2015 #germany #peacebuilding #latestnews

WFWP Portugal took advantage of the support offered by our Ambassador for Peace, Dr. Filomena Malalane, a Mozambican Diplomat in Portugal, to hold a lecture on the theme “Concepts of Diplomacy”. WFWP and UPF Portugal joined forces for this event which took place on 29 August 2015 in the Peace Embassy in Barcarena, Portugal. The main lecture was given by Drª. Malalane, and we also had a supporting lecture on coaching by Mija Pawlick, This was a challenge that was necessary, t

On September 19, 2015, the International Day of Peace was celebrated in Paris, as an event jointly sponsored by UPF and WFWP. With the UN-given theme of “Partnership for Peace – Dignity for All”, the meeting was attended by Peace Ambassadors and new guests, all together over 70 participants. Moderated by Patrick Jouan, UPF-France Vice President, who welcomed participants, the first session began with a brief report by UPF-France president Jacques Marion on the recent World S

WFWP Ireland, Lorna Byrne and with the support of the Sisters of Faith for Peace had a very meaningful and fruitful event marking the occasion of the International Day of Peace. We were grateful to have had the opportunity to host the event in Chester Beatty Library in Dublin Castle, on Sunday, 20 Sep 2015. With this event we launched the ‘Dublin Peace Forum’ which is to bring like-minded people together from across all sectors of society and to provide a platform for discus

Thank you to Lorna Byrne for her support of the recent joint event with WFWP Ireland, marking the Day of Peace and discussing the EU migrant crisis. Please see her report of the event here. We really appreciate her important and heartfelt contribution! #ireland #peacebuilding #latestnews

As part of the annual commemoration event, WFWP Portugal in partnership with City hall OF Odivelas and UPF held a Seminar on the International Day of Peace, in Odivelas City, for the third consecutive year, to celebrate the International Day of Peace. It took place on 21 Sept 2015 in the Lisbon City Hall Auditorium. WFWP began efforts to create the program, invitation letter, send them out with logistic support from HQ and UPF. The City Hall has supported us with the transf

Peace Festival Zürich, Switzerland: On 13 September 2015, the Family and Peace Festival was held in Zurich in the Volkshaus. It was followed by an outdoor concert and a peace march around the central part of Zurich. Goya Cheytanov-Ordonez, president of Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP) for Switzerland, organized the event. Winfried Schwager and Andrea Nakamura were the MCs. The festival launched with exceptional performances from Arnold y sus Azabaches a Hispanic

On Friday 16th, 2015 WFWP-Spain held the first round table of a cycle of conferences under the theme “The Cornerstones for Peace”. The title of this round table was ‘The Role of Love in Human Beings’ lives’. We invited 4 speakers, representative of different organizations, to share their views and experience. Miryan Wodnik, Director of Platform SePazConCiencia Rosa Briones, Director of the Training Center in the Method TRCD (Damun Corporal Balancing Technics) Guillermo Si