On Thursday, February 4, 2010, Members of Congress introduced the groundbreaking International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA)! The bill is H.R. 4594 in the House and S. 2982 in the Senate.

At the Washington Post’s On Faith, Remz Pokorny, a senior at Brandeis University, chronicles his decision to stick with the religion he was reared in by two very different parents.

Just before their first child was born, Kerina and Carlos Arboleda searched for a religion in which to raise their family. Both came from Christian backgrounds, but wanted something to which they felt more connected.

Violence against women and girls represents a global problem with great health, economic development, and human rights implications. At least one out of every three women and girls worldwide experience violence or abuse in her lifetime, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, a public health epidemic and a barrier to solving global challenges, such as extreme poverty and armed conflict.

When "staying connected" means nothing more than being able to get on the Internet, personal relationships suffer. Depression, anxiety and other problems take hold, studies show, especially in kids and teens who don't have healthy, face-to-face relationships.

If you miss the bliss that brought the two of you together, take heart: You can bring it back, say Heather Cardin and Susanne Alexander, Baha’is who have been friends since they were teens.

Finding a match made in heaven starts with knowing what criteria not to use in picking a mate, says J.R. (Jamie Rose) Marghi, a psychotherapist and Baha'i in Silver Spring, Md.

When Susanne M. Alexander's husband brings her tea every morning, she might say, "Thank you, sweetheart." That was very thoughtful of you." Or kind. Or loving. Or another of the 56 words on the Character Quality Language list, one of the core features of the couple's new book, Pure Gold: Encouraging Character Qualities in Marriage.

A statement by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States - published in 2002