Edinburgh Women's Interfaith Group (EWIG)                                                 

The Edinburgh Women's Interfaith Group is the only group of its kind in Scotland. The group meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 7 - 9pm. It is planned that in 2012, the group will visit a place of worship every second month and will meet for dialogue and sharing on alternate months. The first meeting in 2012 is at the Baha'i Centre in Edinburgh on Wednesday 18th January at 7pm. Meetings begin with a shared vegetarian meal and participants are asked to bring a small dish or snack to share.

The group welcomes women of all faiths and none. For more information, contact the group at info@edinwig.org.uk or check the website: www.edinwig.org.uk.

The group is planning to hold an event for International Women's Day on Sunday 11th March 2012 from 2 - 5pm. Watch this space for more details.

National Women's Seminar 2011                                                                     

The Annual Women's Seminar took place on Sunday 27th March at the University of Glasgow and was very well received.

The theme was 'The Heart of Wellbeing' and looked at the relationship between health, wellbeing, spirituality and faith.  It was lead by Astrid Bendomir from the Janki Foundation: www.jankifoundation.org.  For a flyer with more detailed information about the event please click here.

Women's Inter Faith Network in Scotland                                               

The Scottish Inter Faith Council has established a Women's Inter Faith Network in Scotland. The network brings together women from across Scotland from all faith traditions to engage in inter faith dialogue and social action projects. An inaugural meeting was held in Edinburgh in June 2010 with 14 women from the Baha'i, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths in attendance.

The network welcomes women from all the major faith communities, either as individuals or as representatives from their faith communities or women's groups. Public and voluntary sector bodies that have an interest in women's issues are also welcome to attend. Meetings have taken place on a six-weekly basis in different locations throughout Scotland. The meetings include time for inter faith sharing and for planning future activities.

National Women's Seminar 2009 : Women of Faith in Action                 

The National Women's Seminar took place on Tuesday 3rd November 2009. Jacqueline Ogega, director of the Religions for Peace International Women of Faith Network in New York spoke eloquently about her work and encouraged participants to establish a Scottish Women of Faith Network. Ravinder Kaur Nijjar outlined the UN initiative to end violence against women.

The seminar was attended by women from all faith communities in Scotland as well as representatives from a variery of women's organisations.


FaithBook - the Work of Many Hands                                                               

It was a rainy August afternoon when members of the Association of Baha’i Women and their friends from other faiths huddled indoors to enjoy a FaithBook session together. The participants discussed the common values that they share and creatively expressed these by making Faith Books together.

Discovery Point, Dundee was the venue for 80 women who came to participate in the Scottish Inter Faith Council's Annual Women's Seminar which took place in June 2008, with women attending from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Fife, Perth and the borders as well as Dundee. Guest speakers were Elizabeth Idienumah, former researcher and producer with BBC Scotland and Myriam Cerrah, Deputy Editor of Emel Magazine. They spoke of the challenges faced by women of faith working in the media, from a Christian and a Muslim perspective.