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The 60th anniversary of the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been marked with activities by Bahá’í students and school pupils around the United Kingdom. Taking the theme, Education is a Human Right, young Bahá’ís hosted a number of events to raise the issue of the denial of education to their [...]

Violence against women and girls is widely condemned, but still too widely perpetrated, according to Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, the Leader of the House of Lords. Baroness Royall, pictured right, was speaking at a reception held on Monday 8 December at the UK National Bahá’í Centre to highlight a Baha’i International Community statement, Beyond Legal Reforms: [...]

A member of the UK Bahá’í community has won a prestigious award for her work in protecting high conservation priority areas around the world. Mrs Guilda Navidi-Walker of Stisted was honoured by the World Wide Fund for Nature for the role she has played in helping convene summits for heads of states and ministers to agree [...]

A British Bahá’í has been awarded one of the highest honours in Mongolia. Lois Lambert has been named a State Honoured Citizen. She is only the second non-Mongolian to have been given this award. Mrs Lambert has been conducting moral education classes for students for the past two years at a medical college owned and [...]

The government of Vietnam has given full recognition to the Bahá’í community as a religious organization. A certificate was presented to representatives of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Vietnam at a ceremony on 25 July. It was the final act in a series of steps that included the election four months ago of the Bahá’í Assembly [...]

Bahá’ís who need to park their cars in the London borough of Barnet – when faith business requires it – can now do so under a unique local authority-backed parking scheme. People of all faiths – including Bahá’ís, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims and Jains – are eligible to apply for a special parking permit which [...]

A Bahá’í from Northern Ireland who has devoted the last two decades to the empowerment of women in central India – and pioneering the use of solar-powered technology in their communities – has been awarded an OBE in Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. James “Jimmy” McGilligan, pictured right, received his award “for services [...]

The first major study of the contribution religious organisations make to life in Wales has revealed that the Bahá’í community leads the way in the percentage of members volunteering and working with young people. The research conducted by Gweini, the Council of the Christian Voluntary Sector in Wales, found that, in proportion to congregation size, [...]