Religious leaders discuss world peace

The third World Alliance for Religions Peace (WARP) meeting was recently held in Lagos, Nigeria under the theme “Peace Reflected on the Concept of Good and Evil in the Scriptures.”

The alliance of religious leaders is working towards the cessation of wars and world peace as coordinated by the Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL).

He traveled around the world eighteen times stating that we should achieve the unity of religions for the cessation of wars because the cause of wars comes from the differences of religions.

                                                                                           

 http://thenationonlineng.net/religiouslleaders-discuss-world-peace/

Children’s Day

     Do you see children as a human being and respect their characters? Or do you just see them as troublesome children who don’t have any maturity to take care of themselves? Honestly, I never thought of the importance of children. In Korea, there is a word that ‘children are the future leader of the society.’ To let the children to give hopes and dreams, and hoping them to grow wisely and bravely, they celebrate Children’s Day on May 5th.

     After the Independence movement on March 1st, a man named Bang Jung-Hwan started to celebrate Children’s Day starting in 1927 in order to implant national consciousness to the children. It stopped in 1939 under the pressure of Japanese government during Japanese colonization. Then, started again in 1946 after Korea was independent. In 1970, Children’s Day became the official national holiday.

     Since Children’s Day is coming, what will you do on that day? It is a holiday but it is important to think about how will I implant national consciousness to the children, and since it is a global world, not only about their own nation but we should also implant global consciousness. Moreover, teach them to love their nation and the whole world. Most importantly, they should learn the importance about world peace-no discrimination by races, religion, and nation-and let them know how to live in harmony with other people around the world. Just by saying these words, the children will grow up as a global leader. Let’s try to say to the kids for this time shall we?:-)

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International Women's Day

     What words come into your mind when you think of woman? Small, weak, sensitive, nurturing, motherhood, obedient? That's probably most people think as a stereotype image of woman. It is true that when we look in the history, women's image was always dominated by men. They were not treated as a human being but a possession of men. Their human rights were not guaranteed, so they had no position in the society for a long time. But thankfully, now days, women's position is getting higher! :) 

      Every year on march 8th is International Working Women's Day. It started in August 1910, at New York to commemorate 15,000 women who were burned by the fire while they were working in a poor working condition. The following year, on March 19, 1911, International Women's Day was marked for the first time, by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Women demanded that women be given the right to vote and to hold public office. They also protested against employment sex discrimination.

<The first demonstration in 1908, New York>

In Korea, the International Women's Day was held starting in 1920. It stopped for few years, but it continued in 1985. This year, it held in Cheonggye Plaza, Seoul. They had a big Korean women conference called, "Jump to catch hope,"

<Korea International Women's Day>

I never realized how I'm living in a good condition. I know there are countries that still discriminate women and treat them like animals. I feel so sorry for them and wish this demonstration spread more widely and speak for those who cannot stand on their rights, and I should be thankful for my surroundings. 

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day

http://laborrightsblog.typepad.com/international_labor_right/2014/03/international-womens-day-its-about-womens-wages-womens-voices.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FILRF%2Finternational_labor_right+(Labor+Is+Not+A+Commodity+Blog)

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/08/international-womens-day-feminism-holiday