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Faith communities and faith-based organizations have a long history of caring for children and adolescents living with and affected by HIV. However, these efforts have not been well documented and hence their contributions have not been well understood nor resourced.…

This working paper outlines the development process of an emissions survey tool for faith actors as well as the results of its pilot study and recommended actions for other faith actors to take up the survey tool model. The Episcopal…

Around 12 million girls aged 15–19 years and at least 777,000 girls under 15 years give birth each year in low and middle-income countries. Prioritizing adolescent sexual and reproductive health services and information can address these and other urgent 1…

Faith actors shape understandings of what climate change is and what responses ought to be pursued at local and global levels and in civil society and policy arenas alike. As an issue which can be described and responded to in…

This report focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and its partners and examines their advocacy and policy engagement work during the pandemic.

Purpose of this Toolkit The Toolkit aims to help equip faith actors to engage actively in the protection of children from violence in early childhood and the promotion of children’s holistic well-being by supporting parents, caregivers, educators and communities to…

This online conference takes stock of developments relating to the engagement between humanitarians and religious actors aimed at generating greater compliance with humanitarian norms in times of armed conflict. It seeks to serve as a platform for exchange and reflection…

Women Leading Change emerged out of the 2021 17 Rooms flagship process- a partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation and The Brookings Institution. In Room 5, led by Blessing Omakwu and Jean Duff, we explored the opportunities to accelerate the positive…

Promising Practices For Engaging Local Faith Actors To Promote Uptake Of Covid-19 Vaccination - Lessons Learned from Four Countries: Ghana, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Uganda. Engaged local faith actors (LFAs)1 have long contributed to promoting and achieving increased immunization uptake, coverage,…

Engaging Faith Actors To Boost Immunization Uptake And Combat Vaccine Hesitancy - Evidence and Promising Practices Local faith actors are generally recognized for their role in influencing health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including immunization uptake, coverage, and equity.…