WFWP International Conference-London

From 7-10 October 2013 WFWP International held it’s annual conference in the beautiful city of London! Mrs. Lilly Tadin represented Canada at the event. The title of the convention promoted by the Global Women’s Peace Network was “Finding the vision and the way forward to transform ourselves, protect our families and build a culture of peace”. About 150 women were gathered from all around the world discovering their potentiality, promoting the empowerment of women and the central role of the family. Participants from Asia, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Middle East, Russia, Hong Kong, Moldova, Australia, South America and the USA were all in attendance. There were moments for discussions, reports, questions, reflections and strategic plans. The participants talked, sang and laughed together and also shared ideas, breaking down barriers of culture and religion, all unite for a world of peace. On 9 Oct 2013 the WFWP International Conference continued in London in the Houses of Parliament, in the House of Commons. The session 1 was “Women’s Empowerment and Networking to bring Innovative Strategies for Peace and Human Development”. We received a warm welcome to the House of Commons by our host, Mr. Virendra Sharma MP, Member of the UK Parliament. In the second session the topic was “Prevention, Protection and Provision for women and families against all forms of Violence”. The last day was used as moment for an interactive discussion towards defining a global plan. A big thank you to WFWP UK and WFWP Europe for the organization, we received warms hug from all of you!