Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Auth. Qamrul Khanson
Toronto, Canada—A television program about marriage and faith that was hosted by a UPF representative was shown at UPF-Canada’s monthly meeting.
- Written by: UPF-Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand—UPF-Asia co-hosted the 17th Asian Leadership Conference in late March.
- Written by: UPF-USA
Las Vegas, United States—UPF-USA and Women's Federation for World Peace-USA co-organized the Las Vegas Peace Festival 2016 to promote reconciliation and healing in the United States.
- Written by: Emiljun Rapada, UPF-USA
New York, USA—UPF-USA held its first Introductory Leadership Seminar featuring the UPF Principles of Peace.
- Written by: UPF-Nicaragua
Managua, Nicaragua—Ninety people attended a conference, organized by UPF-Nicaragua, on “Family, Peace and Development,” in Nicaragua’s capital city of Managua.
- Written by: Franco Ravaglioli, secretary general, UPF-Italy
Bergamo, Italy—UPF Ambassadors for Peace and contacts of UPF’s affiliated organizations continued their peacebuilding studies in two recent seminars.
- Written by: Santosh Neupane, chair, FFWPU-Fiji
Nausori, Fiji—Students and teachers from 15 schools attended the first of six seminars in Values Education that will be given across Fiji this year.
- Written by: Santosh Neupane, chair, FFWPU-Fiji
Suva, Fiji—UPF-Fiji celebrated its 10th anniversary at a ceremony that was attended by government dignitaries and NGO representatives.
- Written by: Professor J.S. Maseko, secretary general, UPF-South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa—“Interfaith Peacebuilding in South Africa” was the theme of a UPF-South Africa meeting.
- Written by: Emiljun Rapada, UPF-USA
New York, United States—More than 100 supporters of peace from the public, religious, civil society and youth sectors attended the first of a series of American Leadership Conferences, organized by UPF-USA.
- Written by: UPF-Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand—UPF-Asia held another Asian Leadership Conference, on the theme, “Global Peace in the 21st Century: Asia’s Responsibility,” from January 7 to 11.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina—“Sharing, Acknowledging and Celebrating” was the theme of UPF-Argentina’s year-end meeting.