Faith Leader Engagement

Dr. Novil Wijesekara from Resilience Talks about Transforming Violent Religious Extremism at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii

The Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies welcomed Dr. Novil Wijesekara from Resilience as a Guest Speaker to speak on his work on Transforming Violent Religious Extremism through faith-leader engagement. He met with Security Professionals from the Asia Pacific Region who were participating in the Comprehensive Security Management course.

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Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs of Georgetown University Interview on Resilience’s AHA-Funded CORRECT-19 Project

Dr. Sudipta Roy from the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs of Georgetown University of Washington DC, USA interviewed Dr. Novil Wijesekara from Resilience on the European Union (EU) funded project, Awareness with Human Actions (AHA!), for the initiative titled as “Community Resilience through Religious Engagement for Community Read more…

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Faith Actors Addressing Gendered Impacts of Climate and Conflict Emergencies

An Event Organized as a Part of the Sixty-Sixth Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) On Thursday, March 24, from 8:00-9:30 AM EDT,  the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, Christian Council of Mozambique, the International Network for Engaged Buddhists, Lutheran World Federation, Resilience Research Training and Consulting, and World Vision Read more…

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