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Bahais Under the Provision of Covenant advocates for Gender Equality   Amanda Ellis, a former New Zealand Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, explains the progress made over the past quarter century in narrowing gender disparities and describes the lessons learned. What are the factors that explain the persistence of gender inequality and what is the price we pay for the multiple forms of discrimination against women throughout the world? Why are women´s economic and political empowerment so vital to human prosperity and security and does COVID-19 augur new opportunities for enhancing the role of women in decision making? A broad ranging discussion with one of the world´s leading advocates for the idea that gender equality is not just an issue of protecting women´s human rights, but that expanding the set of opportunities open to her will be a powerful catalyst for human development.  https://globalgovernanceforum.org/podcast/gender-equality-driver-human-prosperity/

Abdu'l-Baha December 17, 1919

  Introduction In Ezekiel Chapter 37, God promises to establish an everlasting covenant of Peace. This everlasting covenant of peace must be established on the foundation of justice, for peace on earth without justice is tyranny. This everlasting covenant of peace involves two aspects: a) the spiritualization of every individual member who has entered into this private covenant thereby making their peace with God and; b) the covenant of the international agreement between the nations for the permanent establishment of durable peace. This international covenant between the nations must take its form in a collective agreement of universal collective security via the establishment of an International Institution with real power to enforce its decisions which the Baha'i Peace Plan terms the Supreme Tribunal that shall bring peace to the world. The Covenant of the Supreme Tribunal Should differences arise, they shall be amicably and conclusively settled by the Supreme Tribunal, that sha

  When asked "Are there any signs that the permanent peace of the world will be established in anything like a reasonable period?", 'Abdu'l-Baha answered: "It will be established in this century... All nations will be forced into it. " ('Abdu'l-Baha in Canada, p. 35) AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL THE BAHA'I WORLD  DIRECTED THROUGH THE FRIENDS OF INDIA Dear friends,  Allah'u'Abha! May the blessings and glory of God be upon you all and all your loved ones in this clear Day of the visible birth of the Great Peace of our times. "Man schemes and God schemes and God is the best of schemers" (al-Anfal Q 8:20).   AS WE come into the fullness of this first Century of the Covenant (1921-2021), and this penultimate year of 2020, BEHOLD: an Act of God--The current COVID-19 Crisis, and the universal global lock-down and shut-in protocols of the Quarantine for all the people of the world--as 'Abdu'l-Baha spoke in 1912: " All nations wi