Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation

URI Cooperation Circles work at every level, from influencing policymakers to providing training at the grassroots, to build peace, heal existing tensions, and prevent new conflicts.

Examples of our work in this Action Area:

EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East CC gathered Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians to join their voices in calling for cooperative restoration efforts in the Jordan River.
In Africa, Shalom Ghana CC ended a 10-year feud between Christians and Muslims by getting youth from both sides together to plant trees the village badly needed.
After an increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes in California, USA, the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County CC co-sponsored a "Ring of Solidarity" where over 200 people joined hands around a mosque to show community support for their Muslim neighbors.

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Communication Campaign

Communication Campaign “Protecting Minority Groups from Mob Violence in District Khanewal” BETHAK-Pakistan launches a communication campaign on protecting minority groups from mob violence..

Demonstration on the state of food insecurity in Pakistan

Demonstration on the state of food insecurity in Pakistan BETHAK-Pakistan and REAT conducted a demonstration on the state of Food Insecurity in Pakistan. The members of Khanewal Civil Society Network..

WAKE CC holds Elimination of Violence Against Women event

The Women's and Kids' Education (WAKE) CC held an awareness event for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the Yohannabad area of Lahore, Pakistan.

Nigeria President Receives 2013 Africa Peace Award

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013. URI Africa Regional Director and Special Representative at the Africa Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), led two other URI Africa Leadership Team (URI ALT) members, Hon. Elisha Buba Yero (URI Global Council Trustee) and Dr. Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba (URI West Africa Laiason Officer), to the State House in Abuja, Nigeria, to present the 2013 Africa Peace Award to Nigeria’s President H.E. Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR

5th International Conference on Youth & Interfaith Dialogue held in Nigeria

From 25th -26th October, 2013, 156 delegates from three continents gathered at the Treasures Inn & Suites, Jos, Nigeria for the 5th annual Conference on Youth and Interfaith Dialogue in Jos, Nigeria, hosted by New Era Educational and Support Foundation in partnership of the United Religions Initiative.

URI and the UN's International Day of Peace - 2013

In 2013, the range of URI activities celebrating International Day of Peace was as diverse as the communities that make up URI its

Trust WIN CC attends nuclear disarmament conference in Jerusalem

On October 31, I represented the TRUST WIN CC at a discussion on the publication of "A Middle East without Weapons of Mass Destruction" at Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem.

PCSW&HR’s delegation meets with URI United Nations

A PCSW&HR’s delegation headed by Mr. Muhammad Ijaz Noori Chairman Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights called on Mr. Masood Khan Permanent Representative of Pakistan at United Nation at Pakistan Mission New York on 1^stNovember 2013.

SEEDS FOR PEACE SEMINAR HELD IN BAUCHI CITY NORTHERN NIGERIA

Since 1991 Bauchi continues experiencing ethno-religious crises with hundreds of people massacred and many churches, mosques, and family homes burned down. All major ethno-religious crises in Bauchi State emanate from the two local government areas, Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa, in the extreme south of Bauchi. Both Local Government Areas (LGAs) share boundaries with Jos, Plateau State, which is yet another flash point of unrest and brutality in Nigeria.

The Seeds for Peace Seminar was meant to (1) bring citizens of different religions, tribes, and cultures in tensed areas, to sit at the same table for learning to listen to one another, share their stories, and discover that “an enemy is one whose story we have not heard.” And the women and men were to (2) serve as the beginning of the new movement in GROW BIO-INTENSIVE Agriculture which will ultimately help people to have organic (healthful) food on

Leaders come together to review 2013 at URI Pakistan National Conference

United Religions Initiative’s Pakistan coordinators and staff joined together recently for a national conference in Lahore to discuss the year’s events and share resources.

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