Women, Faith and Family Building a Prosperous Nation

On October 14, 2023, Women's Federation for World Peace Canada held an

interfaith breakfast meeting under the theme “Women, Faith & Family: Building a

Prosperous Nation” in Toronto. We had 70 participants including:

• Nala Moorthy Facilitator, Multicultural Settlement and Education

• Rev. Jean Henry practices counselling and therapy under thesupervision of a Registered Psychological Association of Ontario

• Khalilah Megan Campbell is the President of Mississauga

• Monarch Lions Club. She is a Poet who won the Merit and Golden

• Poet Awards, and the Chairman’s Leadership Award.

  Lilly Tadin, President of WFWP Canada welcomed women of faith from diverse

  religious backgrounds. Also, a good participation of some husbands or

  community leaders came to support our initiatives of working together and

  sharing common values and principles. In her speech, President Tadin shared the

  situation of our members of WFWP Japan and asked them as women of faith to

  pray for our members of FFWPU and WFWP Japan.

  Our speakers shared their faith’s teachings and guiding principles and highlighted

  women’s role within the family and its impact on the community and nation.Rev. Jean Henry offered the Christian perspective as a family, youth, and marriage

  counsellor and emphasized the great importance of men and women working

  together. She shared about her experiencing coming to Canada as a foreign

  worker and how her supervisor who recognized her potential helped her further

  her education and open new doors. She is now returning this investment in her

  role as a family counsellor and minister in her community.

  Nala Moorthy shared a Hindu perspective stating that building a prosperous

  peaceful and safe future starts at our homes. A family is first and foremost a place

  of protection, Safety, and Security. It’s a place that forms the values that shape

  the boundary for conduct and behaviour. A mother is the nucleus of a family

  blessed with the Divine instinct to protect a child in any harmful environment.

  Eveline Stewart, Coordinator, and a Board Member of WFWP Canada gave her

  perspective on the importance faiths and traditions to offer guiding principles on

  achieving succesful mariages, families and communities. The family itself is the

  craddle where we can acquire the emotional, psychological and social

  competencies to grow as good individuals, spouse, parents going on to create a

  better, more harmonious society and nation. The family is the most basic unit of

  human relationships and this needs to be recognized and supported.

  During the event, we presented the GWPN Award to Khalilah Megan Campbell,

  the President of Mississauga Monarch Lions Club who has been involved in many

  social groups, and to Yvette Shanks from the Church of Scientology for her years

  of service promoting different initiatives for human rights and substance abuse.

  In addition, Lilly Tadin received an award from the Monarch Lions Club and is an

  honorary member of the club.

   MeYoung Gabriel, a 13 years old daughter of a WFWP member volunteered to

  entertain and surprised many with her lively, soulful repertoire.