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Community In Chile, a new House of Worship breaks architectural boundaries — and stirs a new sense of community SANTIAGO — From an architectural point of view, the recently completed Bahá’í House of Worship here is a stunning achievement, pushing both the... Read more	Human Rights Despite promises by Iran to improve human rights, violations against Bahá’ís continue UNITED NATIONS — In his third appearance before the United Nations General Assembly last September, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that “... Read more	Gender Equality At the intersection of faith and feminism, a new discourse emerges at the UN NEW YORK— Around the world, the high cost of gender inequality can be seen in all cultures and societies. Violence against women is... Read more
Process If the post-2015 breakfast meetings have been useful, it’s partly because of the process NEW YORK — Participants in the breakfast meetings held on Agenda 2030 over the last three and a half years at the offices of the Bahá’í International... Read more	Gender Equality Portrayal or Betrayal? How the media depicts women and girls NEW YORK - When Jan Floyd-Douglass decided to buy a new car, she bypassed suitable models from many different companies - and then wrote to tell them... Read more	Post - 2015 Informal breakfasts become an important venue for dialogue on post-2015 development agenda NEW YORK — Can the world effectively move forward with a post 2015 development agenda if most countries are mired in policies of economic austerity... Read more
Perpective A statement to COP21: Shared Vision, Shared Volition — Choosing Our Global Future Together The following is a statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, France.... Read more	The Arts Jazz singer Tierney Sutton takes a spiritual look at "Desire" LOS ANGELES - Tierney Sutton is hardly alone among jazz vocalists in trying to bring a spiritual dimension to her music. Some trace jazz back to... Read more	Human Rights Three high-level UN human rights experts condemn the destruction of a historic Bahá’í cemetery in Iran GENEVA — One month after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards resumed demolition of an historic Bahá’í cemetery in Shiraz, three high-level United Nations... Read more

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