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Announcement: ACRP New Leadership
The ACRP Tokyo Assembly was held online from October 17 to 22, 2021. About 500 people from all over the world participated.During the assembly, the Governance Assembly approved the new leadership of ACRP!Please refer to each page for details.ACRPAsia & the Pacific Interfaith Youth NetworkAsia-Pacific Women of Faith Network
Dr. Suphatmet Yunyasit
New Co-Chair!!!Asia-Pacific Women of Faith NetworkDr. Suphatmet YunyasitLecturer, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand/Secretary-General, Religions for PeaceInterreligious Council of Thailand.Dr. Suphatmet Yunyasit is a lecturer in the field of conflict and peace studies, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand. She also serves as Secretary-General, Religions for Peace-Interreligious Council of Thailand and has just been appointed by Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Thailand’s representative in ASEAN Women Peace Registry which is closely linked with ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation. Her current project focuses on the participation and roles of the Buddhists of the South in conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Her research Read more about Dr. Suphatmet Yunyasit[…]
Rev. A. Elga Joan Sarapung
New Chair!!!Asia-Pacific Women of Faith NetworkRev. A. Elga Joan SarapungDirector of the Institute for Interfaith Dialogue in Indonesia (INTERFIDEI), Coordinator of Indonesia Interfaith Network Vice-Chair of the Board of YAPPIKA Action Aid, Jakarta.She took an Ecumenical Study on “Gospel and Culture” at Ecumenical Institute, Bossey, Switzerland (1986-1987). In 1990/1991 she took a Master’s Degree at the Theological Faculty University of Groningen, The Netherlands, (Ecumenical study and Missiology). Since 1997, she has been being a facilitator in various training “Managing and Means Diversity in Indonesia, and also serving as a resource person in various forums on the issue: “Diversity in Religion and Ethnicity”, “Religions for Peace”, “Human Rights (especially on FoRB Read more about Rev. A. Elga Joan Sarapung[…]
You are invited to ACRP Ninth General Assembly!!!
Registration is now open for ACRP Ninth General Assembly!Please register BEFORE you join!With its 21 member nations comprising more than half of humanity, the Asian Conference of Religions for Peace (ACRP), now generally known as Religions for Peace Asia, will hold its Ninth Asian Assembly in Tokyo in 19th-22nd October 2021 in online mode.The overall aims of the General Assembly are to approve a new constitution, appoint the office-bearers for the next five years, approve the Assembly declaration and, lastly, to approve a series of recommendations as part of an ACRP action plan that would guide the organization and the Tokyo secretariat until the next Assembly, probably in 2025.Youth Pre-Assembly: Read more about You are invited to ACRP Ninth General Assembly!!![…]