Malta Multi-Faith Leadership Summit

March 2-3, 2026

Hilton Malta – Portomasa, St. Julian’s, Malta PTMO1

Empower Women Media and the Abraham Women’s Alliance are honored to host the Multi-Faith Leadership Summit in the historic island of Malta, March 2-3, 2026. The leadership conference will take place in the beautiful Malta Hilton. Our vision is to equip and mobilize the next generation to foster peaceful relations between the Abrahamic faiths and inter-community resilience. The event will offer leaders a tool kit of resources to advance pluralism in real, measurable and sustainable ways.  

Malta, rich in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim heritage, offers a safe and inspiring setting near the Middle East where open, meaningful conversations can flourish in pursuit of peaceful, multi-faith societies.

Why attend the Malta Multi-Faith Leadership Summit?

  1. Learn from subject matter experts and panels
  2. Engage in powerful short films and discussion groups
  3. Network with global leaders and influencers
  4. Receive a certificate of inter-faith leadership
  5. Enjoy a group excursion of inter-faith, historic sites.

The event is free of charge for qualified participants. Government, business, academic, media, NGO and faith leaders are invited.  All participants must arrange their own travel and hotel accommodations.

OBJECTIVES

  • Build trust and relationships
  • Explore challenges and opportunities
  • Offer practical tools & resources
  • Identify inter-faith champions
  • Foster peaceful, multi-faith societies.
HILTON MALTA
Portomasa, St. Julian’s, Malta PTMO1

Hotel Booking Link

VISION

To provide a multi-faith collaboration event where leaders come away with a tool kit of resources and new relationships to advance pluralism, highlighting women’s critical stories and solutions.

SPEAKERS

Astrid Hajjar

Co-Founder, Abraham Women’s Alliance

Deborah Paul

Human Rights Advocate &  Visual Storyteller

Jennifer Makar

Founder, Coptic Coalition

Loay Al-Shareef

Arab Peace Activist

Shannon Seban

Director of European Affairs, CAM

Dr. Mariam Ketait

Founder & CEO, Chikara Global

Manel Msalmi

Advisor to European Parliamentarians

Clemente Lisi

Executive Editor,

Religion Unplugged

Asiya Nasir

CEO,

Resilient Women Network

Milica Pesic

Executive Director,

Media Diversity Institute 

Soraya Deen

Executive Board Member, AMMWEC

Shirin Taber

Executive Director, Empower Women Media

AGENDA

“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.”

Charles Habib Malik, Lebanese Representative to the United Nations

CONTACT
FOR QUESTIONS, CONTACT shirin@EMPOWERWOMEN.MEDIA