The 1st Assembly on Women, Faith and Diplomacy: Keeping the Faith and Transforming Tomorrow, will provide a unique platform to diverse stakeholders from media, diplomatic corps, civil society, academia, and international development sectors.
The convening will equip faith-inspired women and men, youth cohorts, and multi-religious communities, with knowledge and analysis, connectivity and narratives, linking religions to peace and security, sustainable development, and human rights.
The Assembly will identify challenges, nuance responsibilities, and showcase successes in peacebuilding, international relations, as well as sustainable development. Diplomacy in this context will shed light on informal structures and multiple strategies of negotiation and mediation, in which many women of faith often play essential roles to build peace, advance human development and uphold and protect human rights.
From 11-13 November 2020, several hundred international religious leaders, diplomats and representatives from civil society, governments, and academic institutions will come together.
Due to the ongoing global pandemic caused by the spread of COVID-19, the organisers plan this conference format using cutting-edge and digitally savvy means. While the delegates will participate virtually ,a core group will conduct the conference from Lindau. Global members of the press are invited to participate virtually through live-streamed events, press conferences, and interviews.
The Assembly organisers are guided by an international Advisory Council and a Planning Committee of global, high-level religious and institutional leaders. The Programme will focus on key themes related to peace and security (including mediation and reconciliation), human rights (including gender-based violence and human trafficking), and development (including climate change and inter religious education).The program will feature regional spotlights, prominent faith, political and media leaders, interactive interviews, and audio-visual panels.
Lindau: Tripoint on Lake Constance
Lindau on Lake Constance will play host to the 1st Assembly on Women, Faith and Diplomacy. Located at the tripoint of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the location as the geographical centre of Europe offers a certain “neutral ground”. The exchange of cultures in Lindau and the Lake Constance region is deeply rooted in history. Even today, this tradition achieves global reach for example by promoting generational dialog and assuming responsibility for the future in the organization of the Nobel Laureate Meetings. The Inselhalle from which the Assembly is held, affords the opportunity to carry out a conference with multiple simultaneous workshops and discussions virtually as well, due to its many convention rooms and workspaces.