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| June 2023 |
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Dear Reader,
I am delighted to share with you that the date and location for this year's Annual Forum on Religion and Sustainable Development has been decided. We will meet in Berlin (Germany) from the 17th to the 18th of October. Please save the date and stay tuned for more news.
In this edition of the newsletter, you will receive an update on the latest developments in PaRD, the COP28, an overview of our latest news and exciting recommendations for upcoming events.
Thank you and enjoy reading!
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Khushwant Singh
PaRD Head of Secretariat
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COP 28: Faith Pavilion
This years’ UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) is a priority event for PaRD. We are excited to share that PaRD is able to play an active role in planning for the first ever Faith Pavilion to be held at a climate COP. While our Water, Environment and Climate Action (WECARE) Workstream has taken the lead, members in the Gender Equality, Health, Sustaining Peace and Food Security groups are contributing to the planning to help ensure a dynamic, diverse and relevant series of sessions to be hosted at the Faith Pavilion which will be situated in the Blue Zone. We are also very pleased to be working on this in close partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Muslim Council of Elders, and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), all of whom are some of the founders of the concept of the Faith Pavilion. More information, as well as an opportunity to help shape the programme of the Pavilion, will follow soon.
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Customary and Informal Justice (CIJ)
PaRD members mobilised their networks to ensure a diverse set of voices could be amplified to inform a major report on customary and informal justice (CIJ) to be launched for the 2nd SDG Summit in September. The report, to be published by the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO), will present recommendations to policy makers and practitioners on the centrality of CIJ systems in achieving justice for all. Thanks to the strong networks within PaRD, over 20 representatives from six different religions or traditions across five continents have contributed to the consultation. Faith-based and traditional actors play a vital role in bridging the justice gap, by supporting people and communities to realise their rights and resolve conflicts, by influencing justice institutions and shaping justice discourses and frameworks, or as providers of justice through CIJ mechanisms. It is therefore crucial that the perspectives and priorities of diverse faith-based and traditional actors are reflected in the report and discussions at the Summit.
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PaRD’s Annual Forum will take place in October 2023!
05 June 2023 – PaRD's Annual Forum on Religion and Sustainable Development will take place from 17 to 19 October 2023 in Berlin (Germany). As last year, members as well as interested organisations and stakeholders are invited to the conference. More information will follow in the next few weeks.
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Webinar Helps Define Menstruation as “A Matter of Our Daily Lives”
01 June 2023 – Participants in a webinar hosted by the WCC, Norwegian Church Aid and PaRD explored the challenges of menstrual hygiene and the role of religious communities in eliminating stigma and abuse around menstruation. Read more on the WCC website.
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PaRD's Priorities and Activities in 2023 and early 2024
11 May 2023 – PaRD’s Leadership met from 27 to 29 March 2023 in Friedrichsdorf (Germany) to set priorities and discuss activities for 2023 and early 2024. Find out the most important things you need to know about PaRD this year – especially in relation to PaRD’s Annual Forum 2023.
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Report: Online Harassment and Censorship of Women Human Rights Defenders
15 March 2023 – Online hate speech against women is silencing women's voices. DanChurchAid's report "Online Harassment and Censorship of Women Human Rights Defenders", launched during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), discusses how to ensure a respectful and inclusive democratic debate online.
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Vast Majority of World's Population Continues to Identify with a Religion
The Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project seeks to understand religious change and its impact on societies around the world. In the latest report projections anticipate that the vast majority of the world’s people will continue to identify with a religion, including about six-in-ten who will be either Christian (31%) or Muslim (30%) in 2050. Just 13% are projected to have no religious affiliation. Other key findings relate to topics of religious influence, religious freedom, religion’s role as uniter or divider, the interdependence of economic prosperity and secularization, and religion’s intersection with gender and education.
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Connect with others through PaRD!
Are you participating in events like Women Deliver, the 2nd SDG Summit or COP28? Are you planning events or guidelines on topics related to religion and development? Are you looking for partners from the PaRD network? Email us at info@pard.international and let us know your plans so that we can help you explore possible synergies with others and expand your network!
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Call for Submissions - Women in Islam Journal Issue 7
Women in Islam is a feminist journal published by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa ( SIHA Network). The journal highlights the attempts by scholars, activists, and ordinary Muslims to promote gender-just readings of Islamic traditions and texts. It seeks to deconstruct stereotypes about Muslim women and societies by providing a comprehensive picture of gender relations in Muslim communities and depicting the diverse realities of women and men living in majority and minority Muslim contexts.
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Bonn Climate Change Conference, SB58
5 to 15 Jun 2023The 58th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SB 58) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place at the World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB) in Bonn, Germany, from 5 to 15 June 2023.
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High-level Political Forum on SustainableDevelopment (HLPF)
10 to 19 Jul 2023The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. The theme will be "Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels”.
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Women Deliver
17 to 20 Jul 2023As one of the largest multi-sectoral convenings to advance gender equality, the Women Deliver 2023 Conference and Global Dialogue are co-created by grassroots advocates, multilateral governments, the private sector, philanthropies, and youth.
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Online Harassment and Censorship of Women Human Rights Defenders
This report outlines the scope of online harassment directed at Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). It also provides recommendations of actions to be taken by various actors, including religious actors, to combat online harassment and ensure a strong, inclusive democratic debate online. © 2023 DanChurchAid Read more
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Effectiveness of Local Faith Actors in Peacebuilding, Development, and Humanitarian Response
What is the role of local faith actors in the pursuit of SDG 16? This report seeks to answer this question drawing on original research conducted in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region from October to December 2022. © 2023 PaRD Read more
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