Date: March 10, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 8 PM KST (Click here to see the corresponding time in your region)
Place: Zoom (capacity 300 ppl)
Participants: WFWP leaders, members, guests
Language: English
Congratulations to Mrs. Moriko Hori on her appointment as International President of the Women’s Federation for World Peace International (WFWPI)!
On this occasion, WFWPI will host a Virtual Presidential Transition Ceremony to express our gratitude and love to our former leaders, Dr. Julia Moon and Dr. Sun Jin Moon, and welcome our new International President!
We hope you will join us for this historic moment!
About Mrs. Moriko Hori:
Mrs. Hori has served as the International Vice President and the National President of WFWP Japan since 2016. She oversees 800 chapters nationwide and focuses on community activities related to family and youth education. She is also the Director of Global Development and Aid projects for WFWP International and has worked on more than 110 humanitarian projects in 50 countries that contribute to the realization of the SDGs, particularly in the areas of women's empowerment, poverty eradication, AIDS prevention education, education assistance, and medical assistance. Some of its projects have been selected by the United Nations as best practices (https://csonet.org). She graduated from Columbia University, USA with Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology. She also graduated from the graduate school of Waseda University, Japan with a degree of M.A. and finished her Ph.D. program in International Relations. Her specialty is Japan-Korea History Education and Reconciliation Studies. She also serves as a senior researcher and on the board of directors at the Institute for Peace Policies.
About Dr. Julia H. Moon:
Dr. Julia Moon has served as WFWP's International President since 2019, developing administrative support for WFWP leaders and members to interact and communicate from the grassroots level to a higher level, creating an international platform for the organization. In 2019, she hosted the "Asia Pacific First Ladies Summit 2019-Palau", which evolved into the launch of the International Association of First Ladies for Peace, bringing together current and former First Ladies from around the world to affirm and uplift the role of First Ladies in contributing to peace and development. She has also created the WFWPI Global Committee and the WFWPI Virtual Café, a collaborative networking system for WFWP senior and junior leaders and members that serves to build understanding by sharing knowledge, resources and strategies based on research and surveys. One of her successful accomplishments was the establishment of the Young Professionals Team, an international-level creative think tank that brainstormed, developed, and proposed goals and directions for WFWPI. She also focused on maximizing metaverse and IT operations, making free education available to leaders and members, and opening the door to educational programs such as WFWPI webinars on women's entrepreneurship, peace and reconciliation, and personal development. Topics included photography, videography, flower arranging, healing and meditation, business accelerators, finance and budgeting, digital arts, social network marketing, and NFT. Finally, she has launched a Funding project to support grassroots projects around the country in the areas of women's empowerment, authentic family values, climate change action, and youth leadership.
About Dr. Sun Jin Moon
Dr. Sun Jin Moon has served as WFWPI's International Senior Vice President, and with her passionate and powerful leadership, she has united the leadership and membership of WFWPI around the vision of its co-founders. She is particularly focused on climate action and education initiatives. In 2020 she launched the Giving for Good project that aims to conserve the Earth and all life through outreach, humanitarian aid and circular fashion. The initial inspiration for GFGI came at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, as she was reflecting on how to generate funds for WFWPI, while also responding to the co-founder, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon’s deep heart for environmental sustainability. While watching an episode of Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, Dr. Moon was taken aback by the 80 trash bags that were accumulated from tidying up a single home. She then felt called to research what happens to the trash bags full of clothes. To her surprise, research showed that 60 percent of clothes doomed for landfills are made of non-biodegradable materials. These synthetic, nonbiodegradable fabrics in landfills produce nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is 310 times stronger than carbon dioxide and is emitted into the Earth. In an effort to mitigate the carbon dioxide emissions from the trash bags filled with clothes, she was inspired to promote circular fashion as a way to decrease one’s own carbon footprint.