Consultation and Collective Decision-Making

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• Building a Just World Order

  While development activity is not new to the Bahá'í International Community, it has only been within the last few years or so that there has been an upsurge in the level of participation by the rank and file members and a broadening of the scope of the activities in which Bahá'í communities are now involved. More >

• Equality in Political Participation and Decision-Making

  The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is one of the most important, though less acknowledged prerequisites of peace. The denial of such equality perpetrates an injustice against one-half of the world's population and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the family to the work place, to political life, and ultimately to international relations. More >

• Extracts from the Bahá'í Writings on Consultation

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• Consultation

  The administrative bodies of the Bahá'í Faith at all levels use a distinctive method of non-adversarial decision-making, known as consultation. The principles of consultation were laid down in Bahá'u'lláh's writings, and, as a procedure for building consensus and investigating truth, they have the potential for wide application. More >

• The Protection of Diversity in the Bahá'í Community

  The keynote of the Bahá'í approach to social organization is not uniformity, but unity in diversity. Central to the Bahá'í Faith is a system of teachings and institutions that assure freedom of individual opinion, that protect individual rights irrespective of race, color, religion, nationality, class, or attitude toward the Faith, and that encourage the full participation of minorities in the life of the Bahá'í community. More >