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All you need to know about the "Together with URI" Women's Empowerment call

Peace Hope Cooperation Circle organized a virtual dialogue between young people in India and Pakistan to further inculcate the culture of friendship, peace, love, and collaboration across borders. 

Children and youth are central to URI’s vision, mission, and purpose and are pivotal in URI’s work for a world of peace, co-existence, tolerance, justice, and healing.

Two Cooperation Circles, Choti si Khushi in India and AFFCAD in Uganda are working towards supporting young children in slum communities through designing programs and activities to champion their well-being.

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Every year, Cooperation Circles around the world, Individual members celebrate this day in various ways.

This year, URI dedicated the “Together with URI” global community call to mark the International Day of Peace. This call also focused on peacebuilding efforts and initiatives in the URI network.

Each month the URI Youth Connection Café is open to young people across the network to come and meet others and engage in a topic presented by the hosting CC. In August, young people from Africa, Europe, and Asia shared their views on the role of faith and youth groups in ensuring Government accountability. 

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As the uncertainties that come with climate chaos intensify, CCs are living examples of caring and responding, learning and working across beliefs and geographies to realize our vision for healing, justice, and peace.

Read about Cooperation Circles reaching out to communities affected by floods in India and Pakistan

They are young people from different URI regions and are passionate about peacebuilding and making a difference in the world!

Read, watch and follow the conversations of these young people as they chat about their journeys as young people working in the interfaith and peacebuilding field!

On 18 August 2022, URI celebrated youth leadership and intergenerational solidarity together! Participants from different URI regions shared stories about when they experienced intergenerational solidarity. 

Read more about this call. 

It is nearly impossible to overstate the significance of Kiran Bali’s leadership in URI, which comes to a close on 31 August 2022.