One-year Rotary Peace Fellowship will train peacebuilders across Asia on pivotal issues in the region Pune, India (June 24, 2025) — Rotary today announced its partnership with Symbiosis International University to establish The Rotary Peace Center at Symbiosis International University. Located at Symbiosis’ scenic 400+ acre Lavale campus in Pune, Maharashtra, the center will offer
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Rotary members refuse to accept conflict as a way of life. As a humanitarian organization, peace is a cornerstone of Rotary’s mission. Rotary actively engages in service projects in India and supports peace fellowships and scholarships. Through these efforts, they tackle the root causes of conflict, such as poverty, discrimination, ethnic tensions, limited educational access, and unequal resource distribution.
Rotary members primarily take four roles: practitioners, who build optimal conditions for peaceful societies; educators, who have trained peace fellows to become efficient peace catalysts; mediators, who negotiate humanitarian ceasefires in conflict areas; and advocates, who contribute to nonpartisan peace processes and post-conflict reconstruction.
Rotary supports training, education, and practices related to peacebuilding and conflict prevention through initiatives that help transform conflict in our communities and worldwide.
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Dec 09, 2024 02:38 PM IST Gender-based violence (GBV) is not just a social issue—it is a fundamental human rights challenge and an alarming global crisis that is a structural impediment to peace and development. In India alone, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reported over 4.45 lakh cases of crimes against women in 2022.
Krati Purwar June 5, 2023 According to the report of the World Bank Research published in October 2022, 88% of women in India had been victims of sexual harassment, while only 1% of them reported it to the police. In December 2012, a woman was gang-raped on a bus in the capital city. After many
Swarna Srikanth April 10, 2022 Acts of kindness have now got a platform to be shared, expressed and acknowledged. The KINDER app was launched by the Rotary Club of Mumbai Bravehearts as a part of their ‘Year of Kindness’ campaign. The ‘Year of Kindness’ campaign was ideated Naresh Karmalker, the President-Elect at Rotary Club of
