The Women’s Faith Forum held its second event in Parliament – Hate Crime Awareness – Women Rise Up

Hosted by Sarah Sackman KC MP, Solicitor General, on the first day of National Hate Crime Awareness Week, faith leaders, campaigners and MPs addressed the room in their embodiment of both the strength of activism and the pain of victimhood.

The session invited women to reflect, share lived experiences, initiatives and the demands of civil society leaders to parliament.

Visakha Devi Dasi, President of Bhaktivedanta Manor was invited to open the event with a spiritual reflection on unity.

After lighting a candle of hope during dark times, Visakha Dasi shared Srila Prabhupada’s anecdote about working in unity, “One stone in a still pond creates harmonious ripples as opposed to many stones and conflicting ripples,” she said. “Similarly for social harmony we all need to accept one Supreme Divinity and centre our lives around that truth.”

About the Women’s Faith Forum (WFF)

This is the second parliamentary event of the Women’s Faith Forum, a group of women from each of the major faiths who have been working together for three years to ensure the voices of women are better heard amongst policy makers. Including ISKCON devotees Braja Vadhu Dasi and Nimai Dasi, the WFF is uniquely placed to serve, regardless of political affiliations or religions to work for a better Britain for all.

The WFF does not focus on the differences between faiths but instead on the common ground of faith and gender that we share and the roles we play in our communities. Our events aim to model a civilised way of behaving, to share experiences and to explore practical responses.