Multiple parties, including FBO’s – Faith Based Organisations, are stakeholders in the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals. An advocacy toolkit is available.
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Online Interfaith Resources
Scarboro Missions has committed itself to building a website which offers curricula and useful educational resources for interfaith work.
Bendigo mosque: Council approves construction
The Bendigo Council has approved plans for the city’s first mosque, despite fierce opposition from some locals who claim the council has failed to protect them from terrorists.
Understanding Sustainable Development Goals
Understanding Sustainable Development Goals
Understanding the Sustainable Development Goals and partnerships in civil society are important for creating a livable future for those yet to be born. The Millenium Development Goals will become the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015.
Global Newsletter
The lastest Global Newsletter from Religions for Peace International reports in initiatives to restore peace to Nigeria, the developments of peace in the Middle East, establishment of multifaith relations in Iran, to name a few items in this newsletter.
Vision of Pope Francis
Australian Catholic University is conducting an interfaith and multicultural conference and forums based on Pope Francis’ vision of a more compassionate and equal world in early July, in Melbourne.
APRO Forum in Sydney
Representatives of Australia’s diverse faith communities came together from almost every state in Australia at a day-long forum in Sydney on 7 May to discuss the role of religion in 21st century Australia.
Faith and Media – an unbridgeable chasm?
The 12th Abrahmic Panel discussion will consider Faith and Media and consider who to bridge the seemingly widening gap between Faith and Media on 7 May 2014 at Woollahra.
Sultana's Dream, April 2014
The latest issue – April 2014 – of Sultana’s Dream is available for reading. The editorial takes up the matter of the Racial Discrimination Act amendments and how religion is a surrogate for race, in the minds of many. There is also a report on the educational tours at the new Museum of Islamic History.
18C – Victoria to protect multicultural and multifaith communities
The Victorian Government has vowed to protect its multifaith and multicultural communities from the proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act.
Ensuring Peaceful and Stable Societies
The United Nations has embarked on a program to generate momentum when the Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015.A large number of initiatives have been undertaken. One such initiative is ensuring peaceful and sustainable societies.
Offer a Meal Movement
We are pleased today to announce the launching of Religion for Peace’s Offer a Meal Movement – a global campaign in solidarity with poverty-stricken people around the world.
