1. 2025-04-21. Fostering a Worldwide Movement of Youth. Bahá'í World. Youth empowerment through spiritual education, service, and community-building programs, cultivating agents of social transformation amid mounting global challenges. Articles.
2. 2025-04-21. Women and Social Progress: Building Communities Based on Dynamic Partnership. Bahá'í World. Highlights the Bahá’í principle of gender equality, showing its spiritual basis and global application through education, leadership, and community action. Articles.
3. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. Links to 46 interviews highlighting how Bahá’í individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritual principles to education, governance, equality, and social transformation, fostering unity and the betterment of society. Video and audio available. Audio.
4. 2021-11. Collection of Songs for Children's Class Teachers, A. Ruhi Institute. Links to audio recordings and song book with tablature of 24 songs that appear in Ruhi lessons for Grade 1, and some for children in later years. (Documents offsite.) Music.
5. 2021. Religious Persecution and Oppression: A Study of Iranian Baha'ís' Strategies of Survival. Naghme Naseri Morlock. Research based on extensive interviews exploring three ways that members of the Bahá'í community responded to diaspora and persecution: passing as Muslim, religious constancy in the face of danger, and alternating "passing" with open displays. Articles.
6. 2019. Incomparable Friend: The Life of Bahá'u'lláh Told in Stories. Shirin Sabri, Sue Podger. Stories and paintings about the life of Bahá'u'lláh. Written by Sabri, illustrated by Podger. Links to PDF and e-book (offsite). Books.
7. 2017-01. Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning. International Teaching Centre. Assistance to Bahá'ís managing institutes, to help better implement the main sequence of courses, the youth spiritual empowerment and education programs, and matters related to the institutional capacity of training institutes. UHJ-letters.
8. 2016. Handbook for Childrens' Class Coordinators. Universal House of Justice, International Teaching Centre, Taraz Rawhani, comp. . Guidance on the duties and responsibilities of children’s class coordinators. Compilations-personal.
9. 2011-12-12. Ruhi Institutes and the Five-Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. Letter to all National Spiritual Assemblies about the role of the Ruhi Institute, coordination of clusters, education of children, and training institutes in the 2011-2016 5-Year Plan. UHJ-letters.
10. 2009-07-18. Little 'aliens' who spontaneously break into song. Ted Slavin. On raising our children ("little aliens") and what they're learning from the contemporary world they see. Newspapers.
11. 2008. Bahá'í Songs with Guitar Chords. Author unknown, comp. Compilation of 78 songs, with lyrics and chords to many songs, mostly Bahá'í, but including some popular children's songs. Authors' names not included. Poetry.
12. 2001. Human Rights and the Rights of the Child: Implications for Children's Participation in the Bahá'í Community. Greg Duly. Are human rights universal? Do rights have spiritual or religious influences? What is the relevance of child rights and prospects of children’s participation in the Bahá’í community? Articles.
13. 1999/2004. Bahá'í Education for Children: A Teacher's Guide. Alí-Akbar Furútan. A series of six books on teaching children, organized by age. Books.
14. 1987-2025. Ruhi Books. Ruhi Institute. Published volumes of the Ruhi Institute books. (Links to documents, offsite.) Books.
15. 1976-12-02. Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Universal House of Justice. Regarding a proposal for an international educational institution and the necessity of consolidation of local communities and Assemblies. UHJ-letters.

1. 2018-09-21 — The Bahá'í World Centre announced the release of three short films that highlighted aspects of the community building endeavours of Bahá'ís and like-minded friends around the world. Totaling about 32 minutes, the new films covered three themes: nurturing younger generations, exploring the empowerment of junior youth, and communities learning to advance together. The films complement the recently produced documentary film A Widening Embrace released in April. [BWNS1286]

   The films can be downloaded using the link below:
   Nurturing younger generations
   Exploring the empowerment of junior youth
   Communities learning to advance together

2. 2022-01-01 — The Universal House of Justice announced that the courses of the Ruhi Institute would continue to be a prominent feature of the educational endeavours of all training institutes during this new series of global Plans. The Ruhi Institute will, during the Nine Year Plan, complete the preparation of all the materials it has outlined for use in children's classes, junior youth groups, and study circles, and the revision of published editions as necessary in light of experience. However, beyond what it has already delineated, it is not expected to develop new materials to be used worldwide. [Message 1 January 2022]

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