Index for Volume 7, Issue 1 April - June 1995
Religions vow a new alliance for conservation
WINDSOR CASTLE, England - Leaders from nine major world religions, meeting in London to discuss conservation projects, agree to higher levels of cooperation .
Women and Peace
PERSPECTIVE -- When the history of how humanity finally achieved lasting peace and global prosperity is ultimately written, it is quite likely that scholars will pinpoint the decade of the 1990s as among the most fruitful periods in laying the foundations for such a new world.
Thousands heading to Beijing for Fourth World Conference on Women
NEW YORK - Draft Platform for Action a focus of concern; NGO Forum promises to showcase women's accomplishments.
Survey of Bahá'í communities finds high ratio of women leaders
The percentage of women in positions of leadership in the Bahá'í Faith compares favorably with the percentage of women in positions of political leadership worldwide.
Simple health measures go far in Zambia's villages
LUSAKA, Zambia -- At the William Masethla Bahá'í Institute in Zambia, training for volunteer health educators focuses on preventative care and service to the entire community
Fourth International Dialogue on a Global Society to be held at University of Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, USA -- The Fourth International Dialogue on the Transition to a Global Society, whose theme will be "Divisive Barbarity or Global Civilization: The Ethical Dimensions of Science, Art, Religion and Politics," will be held 15-17 October 1995 at the University of Maryland.
Supreme Court of India highlights Bahá'í views on communal tolerance in Ayodhya decision
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court of India, in a decision last October concerning the religious dispute between Hindus and Muslims over the Ayodhya Mosque, cited the Bahá'í teachings on tolerance and unity as an example of communal harmony.
Collaboration brings its own degree of empowerment
REVIEW -- Women and Empowerment: Participation and Decision Making.Prepared by Marilee Karl.
There are those who say the product is more important than the process. Others say what counts is the quality of the process, never mind the final product.