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WFWP Birmingham/UK, Interfaith Peace Blessing,

Feb 9, 2014
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WFWP Birmingham/UK, Interfaith Peace Blessing,

Patricia Earle from WFWP Birmingham, UK, sent us this report about their Interfaith Peace Blessing, held in conjunction with UPF on Feb 9, 2014 in Birmingham: '"......I found the whole event really interesting, at times quite moving, and came away feeling very happy and positive. Seeing all types of people together for a common goal is inspiring, also energising and motivating. Please keep me informed of future events - I would like to work together on projects such as Marria

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WFWP Malta for a High Tea Party at the Ambassador of the United States' residence

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Feb 6, 2014
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WFWP Malta for a High Tea Party at the Ambassador of the United States' residence

On Thursday 30th January, 2014, Marilen Milan and, Myrabelle Corlett were invited as representatives of WFWP Malta by the Ambassador of the United States at her residence Villa for a High Tea Party held for core members and guests of YWCA M...alta. During the event we were able to meet with the President of YWCA Ms. Mary J. Jones whom we have known for the last two years and who had invited us to give a talk at their centre last year. The Ambassador, Ms. Gina Abercrombie-Wi

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Feb 6, 2014
1 min

WFWP Coffee Morning in Northern England

Mrs Quizhen Yuan Ljasevits invited us her home in High Green, Sheffield to celebrate Chinese New Year. Its theme was “'Let's make Chinese Dumplings and celebrate the New Year of the Horse”. Originally from the northwest of China. Mrs Ljasevits went to study first in Kazakistan then in Moscow where she met her Estonian husband, Peter Ljasevits. She speaks Chi...nese with her daughters and Russian with her husband. We were shown how to make Chinese dumplings. First, pastry ma

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Videos from the conference "Toward Peace and Reconciliation in Syria"

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Feb 3, 2014
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Videos from the conference "Toward Peace and Reconciliation in Syria"

See videos "Toward Peace and Reconciliation in Syria: The Significance of Religion,  Faith-Based Organizations and Civil Society", January 23,24, 2014 at the United Nations Office Geneva (UNOG) and the Centre International de Conférence de Genève (CICG), Switzerland. Conference organized by the Universal Peace Federation (upf.org), in partnership with the Inter-Knowing Foundation (fec-geneve.ch), the Geneva Interfaith Intercultural Alliance (giia.ch), the Fribourg Peace Forum

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WFWP Int'l, Interfaith Prayers for Syria, Geneva Cathedral,24 Jan.

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Feb 2, 2014
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WFWP Int'l, Interfaith Prayers for Syria, Geneva Cathedral,24 Jan.

The Interfaith Prayer Service at Geneva’s St. Peter’s Cathedral, after the conference at the UN, in support of a solution to the Syrian crisis. The consultation included a high-level segment of faith leaders, academicians and other stakeholders who deliberated on the current crisis in Syria, including the wider geopolitical context, and considering the role which religion, civil society, women and faith-based organizations can play in restoring peace and order in Syria. The i

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WFWP Int’l, UN Geneva Conference - Peace in Syria, Jan 24 2014 Day 2

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Feb 1, 2014
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WFWP Int’l, UN Geneva Conference - Peace in Syria, Jan 24 2014 Day 2

WFWP Int’l, UN Geneva Conference - Peace in Syria, Jan 24 2014 Updated 35 minutes ago The second day of the recent conference in the Geneva UN Conference Centre, on the theme "Toward Peace and Reconciliation in Syria: the Significance of Religion, Faith based Organizations and Civil Society". The images below also contain the program listing the speakers of this part of the convention. See more photos on the Facebook page. #latestnews #reports #un #genava #conferences

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WFWP Int’l, UN Geneva Conference - Peace in Syria, Jan 23 2014 Day 1

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Feb 1, 2014
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WFWP Int’l, UN Geneva Conference - Peace in Syria, Jan 23 2014 Day 1

WFWP Int’l, UN Geneva Conference - Peace in Syria, Jan 23 2014 Updated 23 hours ago Photos of the first day of the recent conference in Geneva on the theme "Toward Peace and Reconciliation in Syria: the Significance of Religion, Faith based Organizations and Civil Society". WFWP and UPF co-sponsored this so important convention along with other relevant groups. One of our very special guest speakers was Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire. It was concurrent

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Jan 23, 2014
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WFWP Youth Europe, Report 2013

Take a look at what the Youth branch of WFWP have been doing across Europe this past year 2013. A wonderful summary report by Yoshiko Pammer with a selection of pictures covering a number of their events mentioned. Very inspiring work! AUSTRIA We set up “Coffee Meetings” with young women (until now mainly 2G) to meet and discuss certain topics we found relevant and which could connect us more as sisters, between generations and with other younger women. First Coffee Meeti

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Jan 22, 2014
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WFWP Austria, 'Free China' Screening

WFWP Austria, 'Free China' Screening, 22 Jan 2014Av WFWP Europe - FOREF and the Austrian Womens’ Federation for World Peace hosted the movie “Free Chine – the Courage to believe” in a private movie screening . The documentary “FREE CHINA – The Courage to Believe” tells the impressive stories of two people who resisted the Communist Regime and stood up for their beliefs. Because of their convictions they were imprisoned and tortured. As the experiences of the protagonists are

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Jan 20, 2014
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Art Workshop in Finland

A report from WFWP Finland about their Art Workshop on 12 Jan 2014: When we look at the sky at night, we can see through the atmosphere at the dark universe beyond which seems black, dark blue or even colorless - except for the stars shini...ng. During the day, however, when the sun shines, the color yellow is dominant, and when we look at the sky above, we find it to be bright blue. As we look lower and lower towards the horizon, the blue pales and is almost white at the hor

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WFWP Poland in cooperation with UPF Poland - a Meeting that took place in Warsaw at the Peace Embass

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Jan 5, 2014
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WFWP Poland in cooperation with UPF Poland - a Meeting that took place in Warsaw at the Peace Embass

WFWP Poland in cooperation with UPF Poland - a Meeting that took place in Warsaw at the Peace Embassy, 4th of January 2014. See this report by Aleksandra Skonieczna: The topic of the meeting was “Why is it worthwhile getting married? – Family Values in modern times”, 40 people participated in the meeting. The event started with a presentation given by UPF Poland chairperson Krzysztof Gago, who talked about married couples from the perspective of the relationship between God a

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WFWP Bergamo/Italy held this New Year’s event

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Jan 4, 2014
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WFWP Bergamo/Italy held this New Year’s event

To reflect about the accomplishments in 2013, and to strengthen our ties in order to support each other going forward.Mr. Carlo Zonato and Mrs Giannina Figus each gave a slide presentation about the main events held by WFWP and by UPF in 2013.Several guests came forward to the microphone, to sing a song, and also to express the determination that crucial problems should be solved through interreligious understanding and goodwill .There were representatives from the Christian

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WFWP Bergamo/Italy,Fundraiser for Philippine Victims

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Jan 2, 2014
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WFWP Bergamo/Italy,Fundraiser for Philippine Victims

WFWP Bergamo/Italy,Fundraiser for Philippine Victims,Nov/Dec 2013Av WFWP Europe - Women's Federation for World Peace · Oppdatert for ca. en måned sidenLovely report from WFWP Bergamo/Italy about their fundraiser for the typhoon victims in the Philippines. This report is by Elisabeth Ciacciarelli (Schneider) and the photos include the letter of thanks written by the Catholic Sister in Cebu: After the Haiyan typhoon that, on November 10th, has hit the Philippines, WFWP-Italia,

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WFWP Intl'l and UPF, EU Leadership Conference, Paris

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Dec 3, 2013
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WFWP Intl'l and UPF, EU Leadership Conference, Paris

European Leadership Conference in Paris, 3 and 4 Dec 2013, organized by WFWP Int’l in cooperation with UPF (Universal Peace Federation). We just came back from this fantastic event with a very impressive and inspirational speaker panel. The conference was held under the theme ‘Eurasia & Europe: Cooperating for a Culture of Peace and Human Development’. We also had the honour of welcoming HE Mrs Margareta Timofti, First Lady of Moldova. She spoke on the topic on the topic ‘

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WFWP Int’l, EU Leadership Conference,UK Parliament

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Nov 21, 2013
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WFWP Int’l, EU Leadership Conference,UK Parliament

WFWP Int’l co-sponsored this conference in the UK’s Houses of Parliament in London, along with UPF (Universal Peace Federation). It was held 21/22 Nov 2013, under the theme ‘Human Rights: Are Democratic Nations Upholding A Better Standard?’ Sessions were held on the following topics: “Inter-Religious Inclusion in Europe”, “Responsible Sourcing of Conflict Minerals”, “Women’s Leadership in Peace and Democracy”, “The Human Rights of Immigrants and Refugees in Europe” and “You

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