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The International Religious Freedom Act at 25

The International Religious Freedom Act at 25

Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 / Time: 9:30am - 11:00am EDT

USIP hosted a discussion on how the IRFA helped create a U.S. mandate for promoting international religious freedom, the successes and lessons of its implementation across multiple administrations, and the mission’s ongoing relevance to global peace and security.

Religion

Faith Under Fire in Russia’s War on Ukraine

Faith Under Fire in Russia’s War on Ukraine

Date: Monday, October 30, 2023 / Time: 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

USIP, the Atlantic Council, and Razom for Ukraine hosted a conversation with a delegation from the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations. These senior Ukrainian religious leaders — who represent multiple branches of Christianity in Ukraine in addition to the country’s Muslim and Jewish communities — hightlighted...

Religion

Building Bridges in Development: USAID’s Strategic Religious Engagement Policy

Building Bridges in Development: USAID’s Strategic Religious Engagement Policy

Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 / Time: 9:30am - 10:30am 

On September 12, USIP and USAID launched “Building Bridges in Development: USAID’s Strategic Religious Engagement Policy.” USAID Administrator Samantha Power and other leaders across the U.S. government discussed the new policy and its impact on development, diplomacy and peacebuilding moving forward.

Religion

Broadening the Aperture: International Religious Freedom, National Security and Peacebuilding

Broadening the Aperture: International Religious Freedom, National Security and Peacebuilding

Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022 / Time: 10:30am - 11:30am EDT

On International Religious Freedom Day, USIP hosted a conversation with Rashad Hussain, the U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, on why promoting freedom of religion and belief around the world is central to advancing U.S. national security — as well as how the United States can provide global leadership around this vital agenda.

Religion

Lessons from the Afghanistan Peace Process

Lessons from the Afghanistan Peace Process

Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 / Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm EDT

On October 25, USIP hosted a conference that brought together former senior officials and top experts to explore these critical questions and identify lessons to inform U.S. policy in the future. The conference featured three public panels that looked at why no meaningful intra-Afghan peace talks took place from 2001 to 2021, as well as the missed opportunities and missteps that derailed efforts to reach a political settlement to the conflict.

Peace ProcessesMediation, Negotiation & DialogueReligion

2022 Generation Change Exchange with His Holiness the Dalai Lama

2022 Generation Change Exchange with His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Start: Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 11:30pm / End: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 12:30am

Over this two-day event, youth leaders shared their experiences and challenges building peace in their communities and heard from His Holiness, who reflected on their struggles against violence, prejudice and extremism while providing inspiration to help these leaders maintain inner strength in their pursuit of peace amid violent conflict in their countries.

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Protecting and Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief

Protecting and Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief

Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 / Time: 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

Religious restrictions and hostilities around the world have risen steadily over the past few decades, reaching an all-time high in 2018 — a trend that has only worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this backdrop, USIP collaborated with USAID’s Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to critically examine the causes and consequences of freedom of religion or belief violations and search for solutions.

Religion

Advancing Human Rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Advancing Human Rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Date: Friday, July 15, 2022 / Time: 9:00am - 9:45am 

On July 15, USIP hosted Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), a member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and Rep. Young Kim (R-CA), vice ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation, for a discussion on the bipartisan congressional response to the Chinese government’s human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the XUAR.

Human RightsGlobal PolicyReligion

Engaging Islamic Civil Society Organizations in Central Asia

Engaging Islamic Civil Society Organizations in Central Asia

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 / Time: 10:00am - 11:15am EDT

On June 15, USIP, George Washington University’s Central Asia Program and the American University of Central Asia’s Social Innovations Lab Kyrgyzstan held a discussion on the unique role of Muslim civil society organizations in their communities and at the national level during this pivotal and highly fluid period in Central Asia. 

ReligionViolent ExtremismFragility & Resilience