Tue, Mar 26
|New York
Multi-Faith High Level Forum: Advancing Positive Outcomes for Children, Families and Communities
The Multi-Faith High-Level Forum aims to enhance collaboration among faith-based and secular groups to address global crises impacting communities. Established by Religions for Peace, which has a history of fostering partnerships over 50 years, the forum will take place in NYC.
Time & Location
Mar 26, 2024, 7:00 AM EDT – Mar 27, 2024, 5:00 PM EDT
New York, New York, NY, USA
About the event
Brief summary
The Multi-Faith High-Level Forum aims to enhance collaboration among faith-based and secular
groups to address global crises impacting communities. Established by Religions for Peace,
which has a history of fostering partnerships over 50 years, the forum will take place on March
26-27, 2024, in New York, USA. The event seeks to unite stakeholders in responding to pressing
issues such as health, environmental, and humanitarian crises.
The Multi-Faith High-Level Forum aims to facilitate shared learning among religious leaders,
faith actors, institutions, and technical experts on children's issues leveraging insights from the
FPCC Initiative, exchange best practices in faith engagement to tackle challenges faced by
children, families, and communities while recognizing women of faith's contributions in
advancing multi-religious collaboration, human rights, peace, security, and sustainable
development.
The objective of the forum is to strengthen partnerships in order to address emerging concerns
such as improving primary health services, mitigating planetary crises' impacts, and leveraging
faith-based engagement for conflict resolution. These objectives focus on enhancing knowledge
sharing, fostering collaboration, empowering women of faith, and addressing critical community
issues through strategic partnerships and interventions.
Religions for Peace has a track record of working with organizations like UNICEF, WHO,
UNHCR, and other UN agencies, as well as secular partners, to address global challenges at
various levels. By leveraging the assets of religious leaders and their institutions, joint actions
have been undertaken to tackle common concerns. The partnership between Religions for Peace
and UNICEF, spanning nearly 35 years, has been instrumental in mobilizing faith-based
resources for the benefit of children.
Despite these efforts, vulnerable groups such as children, young people, and women continue to
bear the brunt of crises. The forum recognizes the importance of shared faith-based values and
the mandates of stakeholders in protecting these vulnerable populations. By harnessing the
collective efforts of faith communities and partners, interventions can be made to support
children, families and communities in need.
The forum will serve as a platform for stakeholders to share ideas, resources, and best practices
to advance positive outcomes for those most affected by crises. By fostering collaboration
between faith-based and secular entities, the forum aims to create a more unified and effective
response to the complex challenges facing societies today.