WFWP Eurasia/Russia/Poland: Women's Role in Creating a Culture of Peace 2021 with Julia Moon

On 27th March 2021 WFWP Eurasia in cooperation with WFWP Poland held an international conference titled “Women’s Role in Creating a Culture of Peace.” There were participants from 15 nations.

There are still conflicts, tension and misunderstanding in the relationships between several countries and that is why it was especially important to understand what women (wives, mothers, grandmothers) can do to contribute to peace and harmony in the region and in the world.

International president of WFWPI Dr. Julia Moon prepared a very heartistic and warm welcoming speech that really moved the hearts of all the participants. It was also very precious for the Eurasia region that Dr. Julia Moon could introduce the founders of WFWP in a very beautiful way.

There were prominent speakers from Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Armenia and Azerbaijan. All the speakers expressed a strong desire of people in their countries to strive for peace and reconciliation and to raise their children as people who are able to understand the value of each nationality and its culture and to respect people of all countries, as people who are able to contribute to creating a culture of peace.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have just experienced all the consequences of the war and still people have a lot of pain and resentment in their hearts. The speeches of the representatives of those nations moved many participants of the conference to tears. Both sides expressed their determination to do their best to prevent any war conflict in the future.

And as a culmination of the conference the newly appointed WFWP president of Armenia shared her

dream that she had after saying sorry and praying for Azerbaijan families. In that dream she was surrounded by Azerbaijan women and at first, she was scared and was afraid that she might be killed but those Azerbaijan women started caring for her and treating her with unbelievably delicious honey. We could see that many participants including the participants from Azerbaijan could not hold back tears.

Some reflections of the participants:

“Thank you very much for such a conference! It was a great pleasure to be able to take part in it. All the speeches were very interesting. That’s what it means to be a woman! All did so well and all are for peace!!! It would be great if such women could be the leaders of the world!”

“That is so great that there are such wonderful people – not indifferent, striving to convince people in the world that what is happening in the world depends on each one of us.”

“After such a conference I do want to live.”

Reported by Olga Vakulinskaya WFWP Russia Chapter Leader