Families and youth identified as keys to reducing poverty
Strengthening families and empowering youth are two key factors in poverty reduction, said experts at a one-day symposium held here on 21 October...
November 1, 2006
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Raising a new generation
Although the sub-city of Nefas Silk Lafto on the western edge of Addis Ababa is home to numerous foreign embassies and international development...
October 11, 2006
UN forum sees interfaith dialogue as essential to peace
Last month some 33 governments sent delegations to a special conference here on how religions and governments can work together for peace. "The...
October 8, 2006
Oxford conference on climate change stresses global collective action
The challenges posed by global warming will require a far higher level of collective action and international cooperation than is currently practiced....
October 2, 2006
Romeo Dallaire, expert on genocide, expresses concern for Baha'i community in Iran
Romeo Dallaire, a Canadian senator and retired general who commanded the UN peacekeeping mission to Rwanda at the height of the genocide there,...
September 29, 2006
Egyptian court again postpones Baha'i case hearing
The Supreme Administrative Court here has again postponed its hearing on the government appeal of a lower court's ruling upholding the right...
September 21, 2006
Youth conference in Burundi focuses on social transformation
Young people from four Central African countries – nations that have in recent years been the scene of intense conflicts – gathered here in August...
September 19, 2006
First Nations and Baha'i youth bond through soccer
It's not often the players on opposite sides of a soccer team huddle together for prayers before a game. But neither is it common for outsiders...
September 19, 2006
At the UN, Baha'is host panel on violence against women
Stemming the global tide of violence against women will require changes in deeply rooted attitudes that for the most part transcend culture and...
September 18, 2006
Canadian lawyer joins United Nations Office
Tahirih Naylor, a lawyer from Canada, has joined the Baha'i International Community as a representative to the United Nations. Ms. Naylor, 28,...
September 5, 2006