NEWS AND BLOG

Members of Waltham Forest WIN were recently invited to speak at an annual interfaith Diwali celebration for the local community, organised by our longstanding member Tara Khare along with the Hindu Faith Forum of Waltham Forest and the Waltham Forest Faith Communities...

We are starting a new blog series inviting members and friends of WIN to prepare a ‘festival diary’, exploring the history and significance of specific rituals or outlining the routine of religious celebrations, as a window into the lived experience of people of...

With the UN’s conference on climate change, COP26, underway in Scotland and 23 national governments declaring a global climate emergency, we are now at a critical juncture for climate action and environmentalism.  With forest fires, mass flooding and unprecedented...

Women’s Interfaith Network (WIN) commemorated the UN’s 26th Climate Conference COP26 with a panel discussion ‘Time to Talk Climate’, amplifying the voices of women from different faith backgrounds and discussing our responsibilities to the planet and to each other. ...

We are delighted to announce that longtime WIN member and Chair of WIN's Gants Hill group, Dr Sudarshan Kapur received an MBE from Prince Charles in June of this year. Dr Kapur has been a passionate and dedicated member of the WIN family for many years and we are...

Since International Women’s Day, our hearts have been heavy with the knowledge that women are not safe in public spaces. This is not new information, but it is particularly devastating to be reminded that even those in positions of trust contribute towards the harm...

Happy International Womens Day! Ee are so excited to be launching our year long #WINwomen project! The aim of this project is to celebrate #inspirational #women alive today, who we think have created exceptional change within their community or in society as a whole....

In the last two years, we have all had to find unusual ways to connect to those around us. Whether it was learning to use new technologies to catch up with our relatives or smiling at our neighbours on our daily government-sanctioned walk, the pandemic not only took...

International Women's Day (IWD) takes place annually on Monday 8th of March. Our calendars at WIN are brightened every year by the incredible range of events, campaigns and talks that happen on on this date. Normally, we would be hosting an inspirational in-person...

WIN celebrated International Women's Day 2020 with a dynamic exploration of the role of women in creating exceptional change. The speakers at the event were Paralympic Gold Medallist Danielle Brown MBE, Hadiya Mesieh Founder of Groundswell Project and Professor of...