≪Date Postponed≫ APWoFN’s Peace-Building Workshop

Posted on April 23, 2025May 7, 2025 by acrp-peace

Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network (APWoFN) will organize online peace-building workshop from May 26 to 28 of 2025 is now postponed. We will announce the date as soon as its fixed.This workshop aims to 1) strengthen women peacebuilders in the ACRP network with peacebuilding knowledge and skills; 2) create a platform for meaningful interaction among women peacebuilders in the Asia-Pacific region; 3) consolidate the existing partnership or build a new partnership for future collaboration among women peacebuilders for peace in the Asia-Pacific region.We will share more detailed program later!Please register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/F8i_mjm6Qg2MD5gmlgAxkA

International Women’s Day 2025

Posted on March 8, 2025March 11, 2025 by acrp-peace

To commemorate International Women’s Day 2025, we endorsed the International Women’s Day 2025 statement initiated by Soroptimist International and the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO).Asia-Pacific Women of Faith Network (APWoFN), as the regional network of multireligious women’s leaders of Religions for Peace Asia, believes the power of women and children who can bring solutions to the problems that infest the world today, brings together the commitment of women’s leaders to advance common actions towards peace, and works to inspire the Inclusion of women across religious and cultural divides. Let us all celebrate International Women’s Day for a world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive: a world […]

[SAVE THE DATE] November 12, 2024 Webinar on “Drivers and Barriers to Routine Immunization for Children Under Five and COVID-19 Among Religious Communities”

Posted on October 25, 2024November 5, 2024 by acrp-peace

Webinar on “Drivers and Barriers to Routine Immunization for Children Under Five and COVID-19 Among Religious Communities”📅Date: November 12th, 2024⏰Time: 3:30pm to 5:00pm India Standard Time🌎Check your regional time: https://dateful.com/eventlink/1329032862Religions for Peace and its partners are pleased to invite you to a virtual webinar to discuss the findings and results of the Faith and Positive Change for Children, Families, and Communities (FPCC) Initiative’s multi-country survey, conducted across 10 countries, receiving nearly 20000 respondents. The aim of this research was to provide in-depth insights on the drivers and barriers to routine immunization for children under five-years-old and COVID-19 vaccination among religious communities in Pakistan and Nepal.Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rcuigrTIsHdaPADlxNYVAFtQtUpTyTuqnAfter registering, […]

ONLINE WORKSHOP on HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Posted on October 17, 2024November 28, 2024 by acrp-peace

ASIAN CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACEASIA PACIFIC WOMEN OF FAITH NETWORK◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆<Three Days Lobby and Advocacy Workshop on 24th – 26th September, 2024>DAY 1After an opening Hindu prayer from Ms. Pooja Manandhar from Nepal, ACRP’s Senior Advisor, Rev. Masamichi Kamiya, acting on behalf of ACRP’s Secretary-General, Rev. Dr. Yoshi Shinohara, who was in Europe on a humanitarian mission, began his welcoming remarks by highlighting the importance of Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network (APWoFN) led by Rev. Elga Sarapung, a Protestant pastor from Jogjakarta and the focus on human trafficking which began at the 2021 Asian Assembly. He emphasized that human trafficking is a major social problem and a national and global […]

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 […]

Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network Online Seminar on Anti-Human Trafficking Digital Report

Posted on May 17, 2024April 1, 2025 by acrp-peace

We are pleased to announce that a digital book of Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network (APWoFN)’s seminar in September 2022 on Anti-Human Trafficking is now available on our website!Title: Tackling Human Trafficking in Asia-Challenges and Best Practices-Part 1: https://rfpasia.org/book/tackling-human-trafficking-in-asia-part-1/#target/page_no=1Part 2: https://rfpasia.org/book/tackling-human-trafficking-in-asia-part-2/#target/page_no=1Part 3: https://rfpasia.org/book/tackling-human-trafficking-in-asia-part-3/#target/page_no=1Part 4: https://rfpasia.org/book/tackling-human-trafficking-in-asia-part-4/#target/page_no=1We hope our report will help you to learn serious issue in Asia and how our members tackling Anti-Human Trafficking.

”Inspire Inclusion” Asia-Pacific Women of Faith Network Celebrates International Women’s Day!

Posted on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 by acrp-peace

Let us celebrate International Women’s DayWe, Asia-Pacific Women of Faith Network, celebrate International Women’s Day again this year.Asia-Pacific Women of Faith Network works to inspire the Inclusion of women across religious and cultural divides.Since the new leadership began after the ACRP Governance Assembly in 2021, we have developed the APWoFN’s activities, focusing on three main themes: anti-human trafficking, climate change, and peace-building and reconciliation.On November 20-22, 2023, we held the first face-to-face meeting of the APWoFN members in Bali, Indonesia, to deepen our bonds and formulate projects for FY2023 and beyond while recognizing one another’s cultures and religious denominations.This was the first time since the ACRP Governance Assembly assembly in […]

Asia Pacific Wome of Faith Network: Peacebuilding Seminar Digital Report

Posted on November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 by acrp-peace

Religions for Peace Asia is pleased to announce the publication of a digital report on the online seminars conducted by Asia-Pacific Women of Fatih Network (APWoFN).APWoFN has implemented three online seminars as its flagship project for 2022; Anti-Human Trafficking, Climate Change, and Peacebuilding.The digital report published this time is the Peacebuilding Seminar “Enhancing Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in Asia” in March 2023.Please take a look at the achievement of APWoFN activities.Peacebuilding and Reconciliation | Climate Change | Anti-Human Trafficking (Coming Soon)

“Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind”

Posted on July 29, 2023 by acrp-peace

United Nation set every July 30th as “World Day Against Trafficking in Persons”Upon hearing “trafficking in persons” or “human trafficking,” some may think it is happening in a distant world and does not affect our lives.However, if there are “victim” countries, there are “perpetrator” countries, and we may be one of them.Human trafficking is caused by war, poverty, lack of educational opportunities, and poverty.2019 The ILO announced that child labor and trafficking remain critical concerns for global supply chains.According to target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it takes immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labor, end modern slavery and human trafficking, and secure the prohibition and elimination […]

Religions for Peace Australia will lead a Multifaith Prayer/Meditation event on Sunday, 6th August 2023.

Posted on July 19, 2023August 2, 2023 by acrp-peace

This year marks the 78th years of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and the end of World War II.August 6 is a significant day not only for the Hibakusha, their families and bereaved families, and the people living in Hiroshima, but also for those who wish for the abolition of nuclear weapons and international peace.However, there are still many people in the world suffering from conflicts. It is the role of religious leaders to listen to the voiceless and keep praying for the peace in our world.Through the prayer on August 6, faith leaders from various backgrounds will join their hearts in prayer for peace in the world.On this day […]