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• In Ethiopia, local children’s classes aim to fill an academic gap
• Perspective: The eradication of violence against women and girls
• UN Declaration on religious tolerance commemorated in Prague
• Bahá’ís help found Interfaith Forum in Iceland
• In Tanzania, families and youth are identified as keys to reducing poverty
• UN General Assembly again expresses concern over human rights in Iran
• Egypt court rules against Bahá’ís on ID cards, upholding policy of discrimination
• Review: We are what we eat, globally

• In Hungary, empowering Roma mothers to break the cycle of illiteracy
• Perspective: Freedom of religion and the battle against extremism
• Oxford conference on climate change stresses global collective action
• Canadian lawyer joins UN Office
• At the UN, Bahá’ís host panel on violence against women
• UK Parliamentary seminar examines religious freedom
• Youth conference in Burundi focuses on social transformation
• Egypt hearing highlights ID card discrimination for Bahá’ís
• Jamaicans celebrate 4th National Bahá’í Day
• Review: Idealism versus reality at the UN

• In Egypt, Bahá’ís face challenges over religious identity and belief
• Perspective: The Blue Planet: Oceans in Crisis
• In Canada, a low-key approach to virtues training pays big dividends
• New Bahá’í representative at the UN
• In the USA, collecting “e-waste” is an interfaith effort
• In Singapore, youth fold paper flowers to promote religious harmony
• In Iran, pattern of arbitrary arrests of Bahá’ís continues; 129 await trial
• Once among the most active communities in the Middle East, Bahá’ís of Egypt have long faced persecution
• Review: Annual Bahá’í World volume examines the science of morality, concept of progress, and global activities

• Alarming new evidence that Iranian Bahá'ís are being secretly monitored
• Commission on the Status of Women remains a global rallying point
• UN creates new Human Rights Council
• British politicians commend Bahá'í efforts on social cohesion at Naw-Ruz
• First Bahá'í Chair for World Peace changes hands at University of Maryland
• Government officials visit Bahá'í book display in Senegal
• Nossrat Peseschkian awarded German Order of Merit
• Two Bahá'í musicians receive Grammy nominations
• Perspective: Iran and the rule of law
• Review: A New Voyage of Discovery

• Religions ponder new efforts to “educate” for sustainable development
• In New York, panelists stress importance of interreligious dialogue
• United Nations again expresses concern over human rights in Iran; a Bahá'í prisoner dies of unknown causes
• In Tunisia, the World Summit on the Information Society sets global goals
• In The Gambia, free computer courses lead to jobs and self-respect
• President of the Marshall Islands visits the Bahá'í World Centre=
• Perspective: Education for Sustainable Development
• Review: A view from the South

• In Guyana, young people take the lead in an effort to avoid risky behaviors
• At the UN, world leaders renew promises
• In Iran, more arrests and another year without college for Bahá'í youth
• At Green Acre, the first “modern” peace treaty is commemorated
• Bahá'í scholars explore links between science and religion
• David S. Ruhe, former member of the Universal House of Justice, passes away
• Perspective: The Search for Values in an Age of Transition
• Review: A mirror to our own time

• At the UN, governments and civil society try a new mode of interaction
• Perspective: Cultural liberty and freedom of belief
• Veteran actor Earl Cameron brings a sense of world citizenship to UN role
• Upsurge in arrests in Iran raises concern
• Chile temple design wins architectural acclaim even before ground is broken
• In Cuba, Bahá'ís celebrate a renovation
• At the UN, governments and religious NGOs convene a peace conference
• Review: Some "impolite" conversation about racism: The Last War

• At the UN, women rally to preserve advances gained in Beijing
• Perspective: The challenge of extreme poverty Copenhagen plus 10 fights to keep social development at center stage
• Bahá'í International Community dismayed at lack of human rights resolution on Iran as persecution worsens
• Two new members join the Universal House of Justice
• Bahá'ís in three African nations celebrate 50 years of accomplishments
• Review: Clinical economics for the global emergency room: The End of Poverty