On November 29, 2022, APWoFN hosted its second project for the year 2022, a climate change seminar under the theme “Inspired by Our Faiths and Spiritualities to Move Forward with Climate Action.”Approximately 40 participants from the Asia-Pacific region joined the seminar for a lively discussion on climate change initiatives from both religious and professional perspectives.In this seminar, we first had a report on the situation in Pakistan, which suffered flood damage in August. We learned how important the role of religious leaders is from Religions for Peace Pakistan, who are working as volunteers in the affected area.We also had a keynote address on COP27 by Rev. James Bhagwan, Secretary General of the Read more about Highlight Video of the Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network Seminar on Climate Change[…]

On September 29, 2022, APWoFN hosted its first project for the year 2022, an anti-trafficking seminar under the theme “Tackling Human-Trafficking in Asia: Challenges and Best Practices.”Approximately 40 participants gathered for a heated discussion on the issue of human trafficking in the Asia-Pacific region.APWoFN is currently preparing an E-Book of the seminar. It will be posted on the ACRP website for your perusal later.Please take a look at the video highlights of the seminar first.URL: https://rfpasia.org/publication-resource/video/anti-human-trafficking/Here is the full speech of Rev. Elga Sarapung, Chair of APWoFN.“Good morning, good afternoon and good evening to all of you who are already present on this zoom screen, together with us, the Asia Read more about Highlight Video of the Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network Seminar on Anti-Human Trafficking[…]

On Monday, February 6th morning, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria. Just hours later, a second earthquake with 7.5 magnitude hit again. Over 2,000 people have been killed and many more injured. Religions for Peace  offers its sympathy, solidarity, and prayers to the victims and survivors of this tragedy.(https://www.rfp.org/)