2019 G20 Interfaith Forum

Peace, People, Planet: Pathways Forward

Friday, June 7- 9, 2019
Location: Hotel New Otani Makuhari, Japan

The G20 Summits are a critical time and place where priority global issues are considered, and over the years a variety of engagement groups have emerged to gather input from diverse networks with relevant expertise. Beginning in Australia in 2014, the G20 Interfaith Forum has convened annually in the G20 host country, offering an platform for networks of religiously linked and faith-inspired actors to engage on global agendas. The 2019 G20 Interfaith Forum, “Peace, People, Planet: Pathways Forward,” took place at the Hotel New Otani Makuhari in Japan and tackled pressing global issues. Robust dialogue and analysis led to several tangible outcomes: a set of core recommendations that were transmitted to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan in advance of the G20 Osaka Summit and the final recommendations that emerged from the 2019 G20 Interfaith Forum, including several topics under review for the 2020 forum.

Katherine Marshall, executive director of World Faiths Development Dialogue and a senior fellow at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, has been a member of the Executive Committee and actively engaged in organizing the G20 Interfaith Forum since 2017. Marshall was also a primary author on the G20 Interfaith Forum policy briefs that emerged from the 2019 meeting.

Event-related Publications

Event Brochure: People, Peace, Planet: Pathways Forward
Core Recommendations: To the G20 Leaders: A Moral Call to Action - Policy Recommendations for the G20 Osaka Summit
Final Recommendations: Recommendations for the G20 Leaders and Religious Networks following the G20 Interfaith Forum 2019
Policy Briefs
Event Recap: 2019 G20 Interfaith Forum Tackles Pressing Global Issues
Blog: The G20 Interfaith Forum: Why It's Important

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About Katherine Marshall

Katherine Marshall, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, leads the center’s work on religion and global development. She is also a professor of the practice of development, conflict, and religion in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, teaching diverse courses on the ethics of development work and mentoring students at many levels. She helped to create and now serves as the executive director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue, an NGO that works to enhance bridges between different sectors and institutions. In September 2022, she was appointed as a member of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Marshall has five decades of experience on a variety of development issues in Africa, Latin America, East Asia, and the Middle East, particularly those facing the world’s poorest countries; one way she shares her expertise is through her blog Faith in Action. She was a World Bank officer from 1971 to 2006, and she led the World Bank’s faith and ethics initiative between 2000 and 2006. Marshall is a member of the Working Group on Child Rights and Family Values and the Working Group on Displaced Persons and Hospitality to the Stranger, both part of the Culture of Encounter Project.

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Primary Source August 14, 2019

Recommendations for the G20 Leaders and Religious Networks Following the G20 Interfaith Forum 2019

This document highlights priority recommendations that emerged from the June 7-9 G20 Interfaith Forum in Tokyo, introduces policy briefing papers, and notes topics under review. It complements and elaborates on core recommendations on that were presented prior to the June 28-29 Osaka G20 Leader Summit.

Organizational Publication June 16, 2019

Actions Speak Louder than Words in Combating Human Trafficking and Modern Forms of Slavery

This policy brief urges G20 leaders to focus on human trafficking and modern forms of slavery during the 2019 Osaka G20 Summit. It highlights efforts by religious and interfaith actors to support global strategies to combat human trafficking and modern forms of slavery.

Primary Source June 9, 2019

To the G20 Leaders: A Moral Call to Action - Policy Recommendations for the G20 Osaka Summit

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall was on the 2019 G20 Interfaith Forum organizing committee and helped draft the core recommendations, which focus on five topics: better collaboration, children, protecting rainforests, strengthening the rule of law, and combating trafficking.