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Christian Picciolini: Building a Life after Hate
When Christian Picciolini joined the white supremacist skinhead movement at the age of 14, he never would have imagined that he would grow up to reverse what he had helped build in the 1980s and 1990s... Read MoreChristian Picciolini: Building a Life after Hate
Learning how to tackle polarization in Europe
Participants in this year’s Addressing Europe’s Unfinished Business had the opportunity to ‘taste’ different training programmes, which are tackling polarization in communities across Europe. Read MoreLearning how to tackle polarization in Europe
The Business of Land Restoration and Trust
Up to 60 million Africans will move to Europe by 2030 if land degradation continues, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) warned the fifth ... Read MoreThe Business of Land Restoration and Trust
Women’s empowerment: A humanitarian issue
The founder of 4Girls GLocal Leadership (4GGL), Jin In is an activist and feminist, who has worked over a lifetime with the US Government, UN agencies and in collaboration with numerous organizations.... Read MoreWomen’s empowerment: A humanitarian issue
A young Afghan activist champions the empowerment of girls and women
Four years ago, she was the first girl to ride a bicycle in her neighborhood, in Kabul. Now, she is a 21-year-old championing the empowerment of young girls in Afghanistan. Sahar Fetrat was one of 20 ... Read MoreA young Afghan activist champions the empowerment of girls and women
Launching a New Initiative: Towards an Inclusive Peace 2017
After months of careful planning and hard work, the big moment finally arrived. Towards an Inclusive Peace, a new event of the Caux Forum, was launched on 23 July with some 100 people from 39 countrie... Read MoreLaunching a New Initiative: Towards an Inclusive Peace 2017
Advancing human security in Caux one pillar at a time
‘For anyone taking human security seriously, it’s a vital necessity to oppose and reject the inevitability of war,’ said Pierre Krähenbühl, Commissioner-General for UNRWA (the UN Relief and Works agen... Read MoreAdvancing human security in Caux one pillar at a time
Ethics in Business: The way to a more sustainable world
In business, it’s the very small, seemingly inconsequential, steps that have the greatest potential to lead to unethical business practices. The intense pressure in today’s work environment pushes man... Read MoreEthics in Business: The way to a more sustainable world
Communiqué: Land for the sake of Peace and Security
Senior representatives of governments, parliaments, international organisations, financiers, business, NGOs and media from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas met on July 11-13 at the Caux Palace Co... Read MoreCommuniqué: Land for the sake of Peace and Security
Caux Forum 2017: Official Opening
We are the first generation who can decide to be the last generation,’ Kate Gilmore, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, told guests from all over the world at the Official Opening of the Ca... Read MoreCaux Forum 2017: Official Opening
Incubator for environmental change
Gwendoline and Azain Raban, an Australian-Sri Lankan couple based in Melbourne, decided to step up to the environmental and sustainable challenges in their local community. Their contribution is simpl... Read MoreIncubator for environmental change
Youth breaking barriers of exclusion
Around 40 people gathered in the UN library on 4 May 2017 to participate in the latest edition of CAUX-Initiatives of Change Foundation’s (CAUX-IofC) human library on ‘Youth Breaking Barriers of Exclu... Read MoreYouth breaking barriers of exclusion