The Thirtieth Anniversary Of Women's Federation for World Peace - Create Peace

Peace is more urgent than ever, and in compliance with the Covid-19 quarantine guidelines, the Women’s Federation for World Peace held the “WPWF thirtieth Anniversary Celebration” at 10:00 am on the 21st day in the 3rd month of the 10th year of Cheon Il Guk (April 21), under the slogan “Women Create Peace.” The ceremony was held at Cheongshim World Peace Center in Gyeonggi Province, with interpretation in four languages amidst the participation of domestic and international woman leaders and members from sixty countries, including the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic.

At the celebration, True Mother said, “Human history has been dominated by men and marked by conflict and war. Especially in medieval Christian Europe, the status of women was not visible. Yet when nations faced a crisis, it was the women who stood at the forefront,” and “You must educate those around you, your region, tribe, and your nation with a motherly heart so that they can receive Heavenly Parent’s Blessing.” She emphasized the importance of women in creating peace, saying, “Our paths are colorful, unobstructed, and confident, so when we unite, miracles happen,” and “I pray you will all become WFWP members that are qualified to establish Heaven’s traditions, educate others and help them be reborn as God’s true sons and daughters.”

The order of ceremony of the WFWP thirtieth Anniversary Celebration was as follows: opening proclamation, reciting of the WFWP members’ mission statement, “Our Resolution,” a representative prayer by the president of WFWP Korea, Soo-yeon Kim welcoming remarks by the president of WFWP International, Dr. Julia Hoon Sook Moon, congratulatory video message by the senior vice president of WFWP International and regional vice president, Dr. Sun Jin Moon, encouraging remarks by the

chairman of UPF-Korea, Dr. Yeon Ah Moon, presentation of flowers, thirtieth anniversary cake cutting, presentation of gifts, presentation of “Thirty Years of WFWP” and “Absolute Sex Values” textbooks, awarding recipients for meritorious service, the founder’s address by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, a congratulatory performance by the Little Angles, singing of the Song of Unity, presentation of the Regional Service Award, Dedication Award, and Awards of Gratitude.

In her welcoming remarks, president of WFWP International, Dr. Julia Hoon Sook Moon said, “WFWP is a new dimension of global peace movements, and based on true maternal love, for the past thirty years it has developed a true family values movement and various activities to improve the status of true women around the world,” and she reminded us that “Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon stated in her founding message that ‘With the dawning of the age of women and in accordance with the will of God, WFWP was established to fulfill its mission and role as the central institution of peace movements centered on women.’” President Julia Moon expressed her appreciation for the activities of women around the world saying, “The age of women has arrived, and now it is springtime in the providence, so let us raise our voices in society as true women and true mothers, becoming practitioners of true love who practice the living for the sake of others.”

In her encouraging remarks, Chairman Yeon Ah Moon of UPF-Korea, who served as the third president of WFWP International, said, “For the past thirty years, members of WFWP have united in heart and practiced motherly love to improve problems such as poverty, conflict, illiteracy, hunger and disease, creating a history of true love for future generations.” She added, “Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, who has been a role model as the Mother of Peace, said that women’s unhappiness stems from women’s lack of understanding of how important their original mind and the role they received from God are.” Chairman Yeon Ah Moon congratulated WFWP on its thirtieth anniversary by saying, “I am happy and proud to be able to walk the path of love together with WFWP.”

Founded in Korea in 1992 by Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, WFWP has been actively working with its chapters in over 120 countries around the world to empower women and realize sustainable peace through international cooperation with the UN, leadership education, international relief, sharing and service activities, and racial, cultural and religious reconciliation projects to establish “One Family, World Peace.” In May 1997, WFWP was granted General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, the highest grade of NGO, and keeps on being so to this day. In Korea, WFWP consists of twenty-three provincial chapters and more than two hundred affiliated chapters, and it engages in sharing and service projects and scholarship programs such as civic education for reconciliation and peace between North Korea and South Korea, community service activities, 1% Global Family Love Movement and Gaza I Dream.