2024 World Day against Trafficking in Persons

Posted on July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 by acrp-peace

“Leave No Child Behind in the Fight Against Human Trafficking”~One out of every three victims of trafficking in the world is a child~Human trafficking includes a wide range of issues such as sexual exploitation, forced labor, organ trafficking, child labor, domestic servitude, and forced to commit crimes.As of 2021, 50 million people worldwide are living as “modern slaves”, among whom 28 million are in forced labor, and 22 million are in forced marriages.Compared to the previous global estimate released in September 2017 (as of 2016), the number of people in modern slavery as of 2021 increased by over 10 million, indicating that women and children remain disproportionately vulnerable.Especially among trafficking […]

Religions for Peace Asia (ACRP) Executive Council Meeting Held in Sri Lanka

Posted on July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 by acrp-peace

-Next ACRP Governance Assembly is to be held in Singapore-Asian Conference of Religions for Peace (ACRP) holds their Executive Council meeting once a year. This year, they met from May 28 to 30 in Kalutara Province, Sri Lanka. Seventy-three participants from 18 countries attended, including online participants.The agenda of the Executive Council meeting included a report on the activities and progress of the action plan, which was approved at the 9th Governance Assembly in 2021, including the “Flagship Projects (priority implementation projects)” being promoted by the ACRP, as well as discussions regarding the hosting of the next Governance Assembly.As part of the discussion, RfP Singapore, RfP Pakistan, and RfP Japan […]

“Welcoming the Other: Strengthening Advocacy and Action for Refugees and other Forcibly Displaced Communities” Event Report

Posted on July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 by acrp-peace

On World Refugee Day, 20 June, Religions for Peace hosted the virtual event Welcoming the Other: Strengthening Advocacy and Action for Refugees and other Forcibly Displaced Communities. This event brought religious and faith leaders, former refugees, youth, and other stakeholders, to engage in dialogue and best practices to strengthen advocacy and mobilisation efforts for the protection and participation of refugees and other forcibly displaced communities in decision-making and peacebuilding processes.Read More