This report offers a high-level comparative review and analysis of Muslim family laws (MFLs) in seven countries in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHoA) region that was conducted to build the case for legal reform towards justice and equality in…
Published: 2024
Author:Gofran Abdulrahman Al-Absi
Ce guide est destiné aux « champions » du Dialogue Esprit-Cœur: les chefs religieux et leurs institutions, ainsi que le personnel des organisations et agences qui œuvrent en faveur d’un changement positif pour les enfants, les familles et les communautés.…
Published: 2022
Esta guía es para quienes creen en y defienden el diálogo entre el corazón y la razón: los liderazgos religiosos y sus instituciones, así como para el personal de las organizaciones y agencias que tengan el objetivo de usar su…
Published: 2022
Este guia é para apoiadores do diálogo Mente- Coração: líderes religiosos e suas instituições, bem como funcionários de organizações e agências com o objetivo de influenciar mudanças positivas para crianças, famílias e comunidades. Neste guia, você encontrará uma mistura de…
Published: 2022
Mindanao State University-Sulu (MSU-Sulu) partnered together with the ICRC to produce the book’s translation into Tausug, a major language spoken in the Sulu archipelago and Zamboanga, among other places. Pana’ta offers guidance on important topics, such as ways to attend…
Published: 2023
Author:Abdul Karim Al-Zayd
This book: Discusses the roles that mosques play in saving lives and reducing losses Shows the role of imams' flexibility to help communities in need Presents point of view to see religion differently in a much broader constructive array than…
Published: 2022
Author:Abdur Cheema
The publication explores such important topics such as how to deal with victims of armed conflict in accordance with Islamic Shariah, looks at lessons learnt from the early Islamic battles like Badr, and lays out what Islamic law says about…
Published: 2020
Author:Zaid Abdel Karim Al-Zaid
This important reference work, now available to the many millions of Kiswahili speakers around the world, is divided into four chapters focusing on ways to protect civilians, the wounded, the dead, non-combatants and their property during armed conflict, as well…
Published: 2019
Author:Abd al-Ghani Abd al-Hamid Mahmoud
How do adaptations to COVID-19 inform strategies for enhancing local faith leadership in health and development? The changes COVID-19 imposed on faith actors' ways of working, while challenging, also released creativity and innovation. It opened new avenues for partnership with…
Published: 2022
Supporting faith leaders and organisations to influence attitude, behaviour, and social change that protects and empowers children, families and communities. This guide is for ‘Champions’ of Mind-Heart dialogue: religious leaders and their institutions, and staff of organizations and agencies aiming…
Published: 2022
Almost all religions reflect on the creation of the universe, or universes, in different forms and with varying degrees of clarity or detail. Common across most religions is an agreement that “creation” is an act of God and should be…
Published: 2021
Author:William Avis
Promoting respectful relationships, equitable communities, child spacing and social cohesion This resource has been adapted for Gender Champions who have been trained using Tearfund’s Transforming Masculinities toolkit and are working with Muslim communities as part of the Masculinities, Faith and…
Published: 2020
Author:Prabu Deepan
The Muslim training manual for Gender Champions in the Masculinities, Faith and Peace (MFP) project This Masculinites, Faith and Peace (MFP) manual introduces the training for Muslim Gender Champions and faith leaders. It provides a detailed activity guide for use…
Published: 2021
Author:Prabu Deepan
This report evaluates contemporary interreligious dialogue activities in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. In order to do so, it introduces a theoretical framework for analyzing interreligious dialogue activities in the Middle East and presents a cross-national analysis of contemporary dialogue…
Published: 2020
Reports on JLI’s 2020 progress on goals in Evidence, Research and Knowledge Partnerships, and Communications, while highlighting projects and learning hub work.
Published: 2021
Interim Guidance 7 April 2021 This document is an update of the same title published by WHO on 15 April 2020. Updates reflect the latest guidance on COVID-19 published by WHO since then, with focus on areas of transmission of…
Published: 2021
A CSW Side Event hosted during the 65th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, where speakers shared their experiences, challenges and potential solutions for working as / or with religious actors to further gender equality and…
Published: 2021
A G20 Interfaith Forum Policy Brief Draft, October 13, 2020 Trust and Accountability: towards action Trust and accountability are vital to address the COVID-19 emergencies, for governments, religious actors, civil society leaders, and business. Imperative steps include preemptive action to…
Published: 2020
A G20 Interfaith Forum Policy Brief (Draft) October 12, 2020 Hate Speech: A Global Phenomenon that demands collaboration and engagement of religious and non-religious leaders In a continuously globalising reality, hate speech has increasingly become a powerful factor in the…
Published: 2020
Guidelines for academic authors This document is meant as a guide to writing co-branded and co-published research reports for and with Tearfund. The main intended readership of this guide are academic authors and consultants based in the UK, the global…
Published: 2020
Author:Madleina Daehnhardt and Rachel Paton
Islam aur Takreem-e-Insaniyat ke Usool (Islam and Humanitarian Principles) is a new Urdu publication jointly produced by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Islamabad and the ICRC. Based on discussions held during a two-day National Round Table arranged by IPS…
Published: 2021
Author:Nadeem Farhat, Institute of Policy Studies, and Dr. Ziaullah Rahmani, International Committee of the Red Cross
A new Kiswahili language publication called “Utangulizi wa Sheria ya Kimataifa ya Kibinadamu ya Kiislamu” (“Introduction to International Humanitarian Law in Islam” / “muqaddimah fi ‘l-qanun ad-duwali al-insani fi ‘l-islam”), a reference work that was authored in Arabic by Professor…
Published: 2021
Author:Professor Zaid Abdel Karim Al-Zaid, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh
On March 11, 2021, JLI held a webinar where Dr. Riham Ahmed Khafagy (Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, Zayed University) presented her paper ‘Faith-based Organizations: Humanitarian Mission or Religious Missionary’. In her presentation, Dr. Ahmed Khafagy compared the British…
Published: 2021
Author:Riham Ahmed Khafagy
Faith actors have long been involved in initiatives aimed at improving the wellbeing and health of communities. While much of the international system continues to be characterised by secular approaches, there is an increasing awareness of the contribution of faith…
Published: 2021
“Prayer was the rope of survival.” “Religious needs are my primary needs.” “I wish I had been asked.” These statements were shared by displaced women in Iraq, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey in three independent, coordinated research studies in 2019 led…
Published: 2021
Author:Kathleen Rutledge, Sandra Iman Pertek, Mohammad Abo-Hilal and Atallah Fitzgibbon
With Recommendations for Improved Partnership and Effectiveness This study contributes knowledge about anti-trafficking faith-based and non-faith-based NGOs—how they compare in their goals and mission????, why they do what they do, the care philosophies and services that they have, and how…
Published: 2020
Author:John Frame
The ‘Compendium of Good Practices on Conducting MEAL in Partnerships with International Actors and Local Faith Actors’ bridges the knowledge gap on how international and local faith actors practice MEAL in a diverse range of development and humanitarian contexts. It…
Published: 2021
Author:Jennifer Philippa Eggert
World Relief: Burundi, DR Congo, Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda, And South Sudan How this story represents an international-local faith partnership in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL): International Evangelical Christian faith-based development and emergency relief organization & partnerships with local churches…
Published: 2021
Author:Jennifer Philippa Eggert, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities and co-author Clemence Nkulikiyinka, World Relief
International Care Ministries (ICM) - Philippines How this story represents an international-local faith partnership in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL): International Christian faith-based poverty alleviation organisation & partnerships with local pastors in Philippines. International Care Ministries (ICM) is a…
Published: 2021
Author:International Care Ministries and Jennifer Philippa Eggert, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
HOPE International - Burundi, Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe How this story represents an international-local faith partnership in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL): International non-denominational Christian faith-based poverty alleviation organisation & involvement of local church partners in Burundi, Haiti,…
Published: 2021
Author:Rebecca Mentzer, HOPE International and Jennifer Philippa Eggert, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
The Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) - Indonesia How this story represents an international-local faith partnership in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL): Internationally operating German Protestant faith-based donor organisation. Coordination by national Islamic faith inspired organisation, partnerships with Muslim…
Published: 2021
Author:Jennifer Philippa Eggert, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities and co-author Ghufron Masudi, Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN)
Adyan Foundation, Lebanon How this represents an international-local faith partnership in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL): An international secular donor & partnerships with local Muslim, Christian, and Druze faith leaders in Lebanon. Adyan is a foundation for diversity, solidarity,…
Published: 2021
Author:Adyan Foundation and Jennifer Philippa Eggert, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
This handbook accompanies The Mosque Management Handbook previously developed by Faith Associates. It is intended as a clear guide to help Madrassah and Mosque management successfully run their Madrassah and contains practical advice including the legal requirements, for the United…
Published: 2020
Author:Shaukat Warraich & Dr Muhammad Ayub Rahim
New book published! What can we learn from Islamic teachings that will take us closer to addressing today’s most pressing development challenges, including forced migration and refugees, safeguarding and child welfare, gender-based violence, climate change, and peacebuilding and conflict…
Published: 2020
Author:Eds. Ajaz Ahmed Khan and Affan Cheema
Guidance for effective approaches to collaborations with Churches in the Pacific for development research September 2018 This Guide, ‘How to Collaborate with Pacific Churches for Development Research’, is a practical resource to assist Australian-based researchers and Australian and international development…
Published: 2018
Interim guidance 25 July 2020 On the occasion of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, WHO has issued interim guidance entitled "Eid al-Adha safe practices in the context of COVID-19 pandemic". The document highlights public health advice for social and…
Published: 2020
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SPEECH FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY By Rev Dr Felix Chingota, Chairperson of PAC On 15th November 2019 at Linde Motel, Mponela, Malawi Malawi WorkRock page
Published: 2019
Published in Consultation with Senior Scholars The current coronavirus pandemic has spread rapidly across the globe, completely changing people’s lives. This also includes the Muslim community, who have been affected in a variety of ways. In writing this booklet, we…
Published: 2020
Author:Tazkiyah Publications
Local, national, and international faith-based organizations and health care COVID-19 response Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) and the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI) wanted to learn how faith-based organizations and health care providers in international…
Published: 2020
Author:Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) and the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI)
This article examines the engagement of Indonesian Islamic civil society organisations in the international arena by paying particular attention to the role of the Islamic modernist movement, Muhammadiyah. Beyond its vibrant religious and social activism in the domestic context of…
Published: 2020
Author:Hilman Latief and Haedar Nashir
Religions are increasingly being regarded as relevant partners in international development cooperation due to their special attributes. However, to date there has been little research into what the special attributes of religious development agencies actually are or how such organisations…
Published: 2020
Author:Andreas Heuser, Jens Koehrsen (Ed.)
Religions for Peace has six strategic goals: 1. Promote Peaceful, Just & Inclusive Societies 2. Advance Gender Equality 3. Nurture a Sustainable Environment 4. Champion Freedom of Thought, Conscience & Religion 5. Strengthen Inter religious Education 6. Foster Multi Religious…
Published: 2020
En Francais: NIGER PLAN D'ACTIONS The Action Plan details the steps to take on promoting child care and well-being in Niger from January to December 2020. The topics include health, education, child protection, child nutrition and hygiene and clean environment…
Published: 2020
En Francais: ARGUMENTAIRE RELIGIEUX HARMNISE RELATIVE A LA PROMOTION DES DROITS L’ENFANT (FILLE ET GARCON) AU BIEN-ETRE This religious document relating to the Rights of the child (Girl and Boy) and their well-being, is the result of a commitment by…
Published: 2020
9-13 December 2019 Local faith actors and religious leaders with UNICEF Niger, Religions for Peace and the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities convened the Niger WorkRock in Niamey, in the conference room of the Radisson Hotel Blue de…
Published: 2019
Author:Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
This report has been prepared to inform discussions at the second meeting of the South Asia Religious Leaders Platform for Children on 28–29 January 2020 in Bhutan. The meeting will bring together delegations of religious leaders and scholars from Afghanistan,…
Published: 2020
Author:UNICEF
“Faith and Development in Focus: Tanzania” was inspired by the unique social, political, and economic successes and challenges facing the country at present. Religious institutions have long played central roles in peoples’ lives and in efforts to provide basic services…
Published: 2019
Author:Luisa Banchoff, Katherine Marshall, Lauren Herzog, and Wilma Mui
Faith-based organizations (FBOs) play a crucial role in increasing access to maternal and newborn health (MNH) services worldwide. In developing countries, faith-based health care facilities provide a significant percent- age of health care services. With networks that reach even the…
Published: 2019
Author:Sarla Chand & Jacqui Patterson
The special section of this issue of AJPH (pp. 361–386) highlights the wide range of existing and potential partnerships between public health agencies and faith communities across domains of public health practice and religious traditions. The work of religious institutions serves as…
Published: 2019
Author:Ellen Idler, Jeff Levin,Tyler J. VanderWeele, & Anwar Khan
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), together with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), launched an initiative in 2015 to strengthen collaboration with faith-based partners in response to The Lancet Series on faith-based health care…
Published: 2019
Author:John Blevins & Sally Smith
EARLY ADOPTERS’ WORKROCK CAMEROON 2-6
DECEMBER 2019
Cameroon’s WorkRock was attended by 50 UNICEF staff, government officials and different actors from the faith community. The Minister for the Promotion of Women and the Family opened the WorkRock, which continued with a variety of speakers representing faith communities and the government. The remaining four days focused on a new way of working with UNICEF and local faith actors and religious leaders. The meeting resulted in the development of a Journey of Change from their experiences and learning, corroborating with the global framework.
Published: 2019
Author:Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
EARLY ADOPTERS’ WORKROCK LIBERIA 25-28 NOVEMBER 2019 The ‘Faith for Positive Change for Children’ (FPCC) global initiative aims to build a new form of partnership between UNICEF and faith-based actors, enabling them to work together in a more effective, systemic,…
Published: 2019
Author:Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
EARLY ADOPTERS’ WORKROCK MALAWI 11-15 NOVEMBER 2019 The ‘Faith for Positive Change for Children’ (FPCC) global initiative aims to enable UNICEF and faith-based actors to work together in a more sustainable, systemic, integrated and scalable way to impact children’s lives.…
Published: 2019
Author:Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
Mponela, Malawi, 11-15 November, 2019 The Faith and Positive Change for Children Initiative conducted a week-long WorkRock in Malawi. This event has brought participants together in joining efforts to tackle issues related to child protection, especially child marriage. The event…
Published: 2019
Author:Public Affairs Committee Malawi
EARLY ADOPTERS’ WORKROCK SOUTH SUDAN 7-11 OCTOBER 2019
UNICEF South Sudan was the first of five early adopter countries in Africa (with Malawi, Liberia, Cameroon and Niger) to host this ‘WorkRock’ – a term that shows that this is not ‘business as usual’ but about figuring out a new way of working together, based on strong foundations in evidence. With the help of the South Sudan Council of Churches and Islamic Council, it brought together 65 faith leaders and organisations, government officers and UNICEF staff.
Published: 2019
Author:Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
December 2019 A joint work of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities and the PaRD work-stream on SDG 3: good health and well-being. The PaRD Health Work-stream commissioned this scoping study and the report was prepared under…
Published: 2019
Author:Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI) and International Partnership on Religion and Development (PaRD) SDG 3 work-stream
Inter-faith initiative on engagement of young people in support of ending violence against children Overview UNICEF and COEPA’s (the inter-religious council of Panama) partnership has brought together diverse denominations in Panama to advocate for ending violence against children. The core…
Published: 2019
Author:Stacy Nam, Dr. Olivia Wilkinson and Maya Casagrande, JLI
Multi-level, Multi-theme and Multi-platform Inter-faith engagement Overview The partnership between Al-Azhar University and UNICEF Egypt initially started through advocacy in the 1980s. With an enabling government environment, the involvement of the Ministry has shown success in joint advocacy and policy…
Published: 2019
Author:Stacy Nam, Dr. Olivia Wilkinson, and Maya Casagrande, JLI
Humanitarian-Development Nexus in South Sudan: Overcoming fragile weakened governance through faith-based institutions to promote sustained community engagement for child wellbeing Overview UNICEF South Sudan C4D is focused on sustaining community engagement during an L2 emergency with widespread food insecurity,…
Published: 2019
Author:Dr. Olivia Wilkinson, Stacy Nam, and Maya Casagrande, JLI
The features of modern-day slavery—global, local, and universal in cause—require an opponent with equally strong global and local ties, as well as a deep presence and longstanding work on the issues that cause human trafficking. Religions, religious leaders, and their…
Published: 2018
Author:Mary Graw Leary
This scoping study explores the programmes and initiatives of local faith actors (which can include formal and informal religious leaders, worship communities, faith networks, and local and national faith-based organisations) in their response to modern slavery and human trafficking in…
Published: 2019
Author:John Frame, Mia Tuckey, Lili White, Emma Tomalin
This scoping study explores the programmes and initiatives of local faith actors (which can include formal and informal religious leaders, worship communities, faith networks, and local and national faith-based organisations) in their response to modern slavery and human trafficking in…
Published: 2019
Author:John Frame, Mia Tuckey, Lili White, Emma Tomalin
2019 Kofi Annan Faith Briefings at the United Nations July 15, 2019, New York City The 2019 Kofi Annan Faith Briefing was held during the High Level Political Forum and guided by the theme, “empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and…
Published: 2019
June 24-28, 2019 Les Pensières Centre for Global Health, Annecy, France 2019’s gathering began with a welcome to the Forum from the President and Founder of the AHIMSA Fund, Jean-François de Lavison. He thanked sponsors and participants from 46 countries,…
Published: 2019
Kenya AIDS Strategic Framework (KASF) 2014/15 – 2018/19 embraces a multi-sectoral approach to HIV programming and emphasizes the importance of participation and accountability in every sector in the HIV response. This calls upon communities to respond to HIV within their…
Published: 2019
This draft theory of change sets out a framework to show how faith-based organisations and groups can contribute effectively to social and behaviour change. It forms part of the ‘Faith and Positive Change for Children’ partnership between UNICEF’s Communications for…
Published: 2019
Author:Faith for Positive Change for Children: UNICEF, Religions for Peace, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
This report documents the first Global Evidence Review and Regional and Country Planning Workshop held in Bangkok from July 10 to 12, 2017, to launch a new Partnership Initiative on Faith and Positive Change for Children: A Global Initiative on…
Published: 2018
Author:Faith for Positive Change for Children: UNICEF, Religions for Peace, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI) is working with UNICEF’s Communication for Development Section in Programme Division and the Civil Society Partnerships Unit in the Division of Communication on an initiative, titled the “Faith and Positive…
Published: 2019
Author:Faith and Positive Change for Children: Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
The Project Integration through Dialogue Toolkit consists of this Handbook, as well as two supplements: Activity Materials and Sample Information Handouts. Toolkits are often defined as a collection of methods, materials and ideas. This Toolkit can be used in its…
Published: 2019
Author:Nadine Kelani, Elaine Magliulo, Ruham Al-Bezra and Forouzan Noyan
With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on the rise and becoming a growing global health concern, the WHO released a Global Action Plan in 2015 to address the issue. Although faith-inspired organizations (FIOs) play a critical role in health care globally, the…
Published: 2019
Dealing with climate change is vital for Islamic Relief to fulfil its mission of addressing the root causes of poverty. Climate change is a threat to us all but it is already having a devastating impact on the poorest and…
Published: 2019
This publication sets out Islamic Relief’s policy on climate change. It builds on the foundation of Islamic perspectives and scientific evidence described in the Islamic Relief Climate Change Policy of December 2014. Outlining policy messages for Islamic Relief programmes, partners…
Published: 2019
G20 Interfaith Forum Japan 2019 7-9 June 2019 Faith actors, reflecting their deep moral convictions, vast global networks, daily lived experience with communities across the world, and their witness for the most vulnerable and those left behind, call the leaders…
Published: 2019
This note on the 2019 G20 Interfaith Forum highlights what happened, with some analysis of key points. This ambitious effort aimed to bring together a “network of networks”, linking religious actors working on global issues within the broad framework of…
Published: 2019
The Accord Research Alliance Podcast - Recap of Accord Research Alliance Intensive https://soundcloud.com/user-666881060/2019-recap The Accord Research Alliance Podcast - Jean Duff at 2018 ARA Research Intensive Jean Duff, President of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities…
Published: 2019
Author:Olivia Wilkinson, Stacy Nam, Jean Duff
May 1st to 3rd, 2019 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Eigtveds Pakhus, Copenhagen At the closing of last year’s GAM held at Château de Bossey, Switzerland, the PaRD Steering Group gratefully accepted the invitation by PaRD member Ministry of…
Published: 2019
Islamic Relief is calling for an end to early and forced marriages by raising awareness of gender justice from an Islamic human rights perspective.
Published: 2019
JAKARTA, INDONESIA, March 5 2014. The Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) has issued a fatwa, or edict, requiring the country’s 200 million Muslims to take an active role in protecting threatened species including tigers, rhinos, elephants and orangutans. The fatwa,…
Published: 2014
Author:Center for Islamic Studies, National University (UNAS) in Jakarta
This publication sets out Islamic Relief’s policy on climate change. It builds on the foundation of Islamic perspectives and scientific evidence described in the Islamic Relief Climate Change Policy of December 2014. Outlining policy messages for Islamic Relief programmes, partners…
Published: 2019
Author:Islamic Relief
In recent years, issues related to localisation of aid, partnership, and capacity strengthening have become increasingly prominent within the humanitarian sector. This is evident both in discourse and initiatives such as the World Humanitarian Summit and Charter for Change, as…
Published: 2019
Author:Caitlin Wake and Veronique Barbelet
This report results from a year-long study researching and analyzing gender based violence within Muslim Canadian Communities. Specifically, it looks at how the concept of honour and shame can have both negative and positive consequences with regard to either encouraging…
Published: 2019
Author:Islamic Relief Canada, Nadine Ljaz
Jan 2018 Understanding the key role that faith-based organizations play at the global, regional and local levels, UN Environment supports the UN-wide task force on Religion and Development. UN Environment is taking the lead in establishing an innovative strategy to…
Published: 2018
Author:United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The aim of this annotated bibliography on ‘Religion and Development’ is to lend a hand to practitioners in humanitarian and development work: ‘Where can I read and learn about how to take religion, religious communities and religious actors seriously in…
Published: 2018
Author:Birgitte Bronsted Lodahl, Edited by Mayada Magdi Mohamedani
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a global issue that affects women and girls from different backgrounds, faiths, and races. In recent, years, there has been an increased focus on Muslims and the Muslim faith. Reyhana Patel's research has…
Published: 2018
Author:Reyhana Patel, Institute of Global Engagement
Fuji Technology Press, Ltd. In studies of disasters, cases of religious communities providing support to victims at times of disaster have been reported. Such support can be understood as a function of social capital within religious communities. This paper considers…
Published: 2018
Author:Nobuyuki Asai
Funding for research in international development often includes a focus on fair and equitable partnerships. Academics based in the global North are increasingly encouraged by funders to include academic partners based in the global South and civil society practitioners in…
Published: 2018
Working in partnership is increasingly encouraged in the development research sector, with the Global Challenges Research Fund and the Newton Fund speaking to the importance of ‘fair and equitable partnerships’ between different stakeholders. A new report and learning resources from…
Published: 2018
Author:Rethinking Research Collaborative
The purpose of this paper was to illustrate and to assess the Islamic perspective of nutrition and food security in the light of Quran. Quran is a book of social guidance, politics, law, principles and science. This article analyzes key…
Published: 2018
Author:Sayed Mohammad Naim Khalid, Sayed Mansoor Sediqi
The declaration, known as an Affirmation of Welcome, is the first to involve UNHCR and a spectrum of faith-based groups. It sets out principles to guide faith leaders in providing welcoming environments for refugees and displaced people, and those without citizenship, including through promoting community understanding and tolerance, and combatting xenophobia.
The idea for a joint declaration emerged from a meeting hosted by UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres in Geneva in December 2012 with religious leaders and faith-based NGOs.
Taking place between February and April of this year, drafting of the Affirmation involved a coalition of leading faith-based organizations and academic institutions. The text draws upon principles and values of welcome shared by religions including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism.
Published: 2013
The Partnership Note sets out broad guidance for UNHCR staff to engage with, reach out to, and partner with faith actors in the context of forced displacement. It describes UNHCR’s understanding of the range of faith actors and the role they play in humanitarian responses. The Note also flags the challenges of partnership and highlights instances where we would not normally engage owing to humanitarian and human rights considerations. More importantly, it contains examples of good practice and lessons learned from existing partnerships in the field and highlights principles that are a point of departure for dialogue and cooperation with faith actors and communities, while setting out actions and activities to put these principles into practice. The Partnership Note may be used as point of departure for conversations on many issues between UNHCR and faith actors. It can also help guide you, as partners, to establish dialogue across faiths and with a range of humanitarian actors.
Published: 2014
Author:Turk, V.; Riera, J.; Poirier, M.
UNICEF and other child rights organizations* have a long history of partnering with religious communities of all faiths on a wide range of issues that affect children. Religious communities are uniquely positioned to promote equitable outcomes for the most vulnerable…
Published: 2012
Author:UNICEF
Brief from Musawah: a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family, which advances human rights for women in Muslim contexts, in both their public and private lives. Also see more information on Musawah's course on Islam & Gender Equality…
Published: 2017
Author:Musawah
In this paper, the authors examine the textual sources that form the foundation of Islam’s egalitarian spirit, consider the challenges posed by historical interpretations of these sources, and think about ways to move forward in promoting gender equity, especially with…
Published: 2016
Author:Dr Ayesha Chaudhry, Dr Rumee Ahmed
Protecting the sanctity of marriage This background paper explores the issues of early and forced marriage from an Islamic faith perspective and dismantles some potential misconceptions. It provides a case that early and forced marriage is not Islamic and promotes…
Published: 2018
Published: 2017
The Capacity for Interreligious Community Action program (CIRCA) was a three-year capacity-building program financed by GHR Foundation and supplemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The overarching goal of the program was to contribute to human development and more peaceful coexistence…
Published: 2017
Author:Mark M. Rogers
Salvation Army International Magazine Salvation Army Website [embed]https://issuu.com/salvationarmyihq/docs/atw-oct_2017-web[/embed]
Published: 2017
The following policy brief focuses on lessons learned around attitudes toward engaging faith more broadly.
Published: 2017
Author:Selina Palm, Elisabet Le Roux and Brenda E. Bartelink
In Senegal, many people are uncertain what their religious traditions teach about birth spacing and family planning. the Cadre des Religieux pour la Santé et le Développement (CRSD) is an interfaith association of Senegalese faith leaders, to promote maternal and child health…
Published: 2017
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