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
The JLI GBV Hub has moved! This month saw the launch of JLI and SVRI’s new joint Faith & GBV Learning Hub. JLI/SVRI Faith & GBV Hub previously hosted by Tearfund, has moved home to the Sexual Violence Research Initiative…
Published: 2020
This book invites you to consider Gender-Based Violence from a biblical perspective as it relates to your life and context. It has been prepared under the guidance of the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and…
Published: 2007
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
Becoming One is a religious couples’ counselling programme designed to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV). It is delivered by Faith Leaders who teach communication skills, emotional regulation, shared control over finances, sexual consent and pleasure. Couples attend 12 in-person group…
Published: 2020
Author:Written by Tvisha Nevatia, Rachel Lehrer and Jackie Namubiru, Reviewers Erin Stern and Prashanthi Jayasekara; Designed by Samson Mwaka
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
A joint resource from the Anglican Consultative Council and the Anglican Alliance COVID-19 has had, and is having, a significant impact on communities around the world. As a result, governments are putting different measures in place to control the outbreak.…
Published: 2020
Author:Mandy Marshall
The aim of this cross-sectional study is two-fold. First, it investigates the barriers experienced by sexually exploited Cambodian women when integrating into Christian churches. Second, it explores pastors’ perspectives towards sexually exploited women integrating into churches. A mixed-method approach to…
Published: 2020
Author:Tricia J. Hester, Sopheak Kong, and Glenn M. Miles
This briefing paper provides key messages on the main issues for ACT Alliance as we address the gendered dimensions of COVID-19 and our response. It spells out recommendations for ACT Alliance members and other stakeholders beyond the Alliance, such as…
Published: 2020
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
Forced migrant survivors of SGBV constitute some of the most marginalised groups within countries of refuge. This report explores the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on forced migrant survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and the organisations which support…
Published: 2020
Author:Sandra Pertek, Jenny Phillimore and Pip McKnight
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
As COVID-19 continues to require physical distancing (also known as social distancing), it is important to understand the effects these conditions are placing on vulnerable people caught in abusive relationships or human trafficking situations, as well as survivors of both.…
Published: 2020
Author:WEA Global Human Trafficking Task Force, The Salvation Army, Humanitarian Disaster
CAFOD sees violence against women and girls as a violation of human rights. "Over the next few pages we will be sharing the voices of women and men who are working to end sexual and gender-based violence, and the voices…
Published: 2020
“We can no longer be silent as we are called to uphold human dignity for all creation” Faith Communities Respond to Gender-Based Violence Our Southern Africa region is struggling with the epidemic of gender-based violence. It is perpetrated in our…
Published: 2020
Author:Faith to Action Network, Because We Can, ACT UBUMBANO, UBOM'BAM LUVUYO, We Will Speak Out SA, Apostolic, Zanerela+Positive Faith in Action, Lutheran Action Against Gender Based Violence, Fatwa Zahra Women's Organization, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, Partners in Sexual Health, OIKOUMENE, Conselho Cristao de Mocambique, Baha'i Community of South Africa, The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, actalliance
The G20 Interfaith Forum offers an annual platform where a network of religiously linked institutions and initiatives engage on global agendas (primarily and including the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs). The annual G20 Summits are a critical time and place…
Published: 2019
This manual is designed to help trainers in conducting workshops for religious leaders and women leaders of faith on gender-based violence and HIV. Training is organized into four sessions and includes instruction for various activities to be included as part…
Published: 2009
Author:Britt Herstad
Tremendous progress against AIDS over the past 15 years has inspired a global commitment to end the epidemic by 2030. Of the 37.6 million people living with HIV, 20.9 million are accessing HIV treatment as of July 2017. Through support…
Published: 2019
Author:Interfaith Health Program-Emory University
Things have changed dramatically for the world’s women since Christian Aid was founded 75 years ago. On the whole, this change has been for the better, with significant progress on women’s rights and working towards gender parity. We have seen…
Published: 2019
Author:Chine McDonald, Marianna Leite, Nadia Saracini and Karol Balfe
Lo’u Si’omaga ma le Tusi P a’ia Contextual Bible Studies Tatala le Ta’ui a le Atua1 presents a series of Bible studies rooted in the importance of being relational in the Samoan culture. It embraces the belief that the self…
Published: 2019
Author:Mercy Ah Siu-Maliko
This guide provides information on how World Vision offices can integrate child marriage prevention and response into programming, including guidance on working with married children. In addition, the guide intends to support the development of country-specific technical approaches and new…
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
For over five decades, USAID has partnered and collaborated with civil society actors, of which faith-based, faith-inspired and local community organizations play a vital role towards achieving developmental goals. The United States writ large is an extraordinarily generous country. Faith-based…
Published: 2019
JLI Gender-Based Violence Learning Hub June 13, 2019 Welcome: Dr Elisabet le Roux, Stellenbosch University Speakers 1. Professor David Tombs, Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues / Centre for Theology and Public Issues at University of Otago 2.…
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
Islamic Relief is working to end the harmful practice of female genital mutilation/cutting by raising awareness of gender justice from an Islamic human rights perspective.
Published: 2019
The sexual abuse crisis within the Catholic Church compels a reassessment of topics within both pastoral theology and Christology. The possible connection between the Passion narratives and the reality of sexual abuse is an obvious, but so far neglected, resource…
Published: 2019
Author:Rocío Figueroa and David Tombs
This report presents findings from the case study submission process - one part of three of the JLI Ending Violence Against Children (EVAC) Hub scoping study. They offer evidence to support the claim that religions offer an important contribution to…
Published: 2019
Author:Selina Palm and Francisco Colombo
Everyone has a role to play in the movement to end child marriage. In this brief, we explore the role of religious leaders and highlight key approaches to support civil society organisations who are considering engaging with them in their…
Published: 2019
The articles that compose this publication come from presentations at the Women’s Human Rights Advocacy Training for Faith-Based Organizations and articulate both the religious aspect, grounded in theology, and the human rights dimension, with its standards and working methods. The…
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
Effective prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV) require a well-planned and coordinated effort among an array of organizations, disciplines, and sectors. In populations affected by conflict, there are additional and specific threats and risks that require action in order…
Published: 2019
Rethinking relationships: from violence to equality in the DRC, evidence brief. Key findings of endline survey undertaken across 15 communities in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo about faith, gender norms and SGBV in conflict affected communities.' UK government…
Published: 2019
Author:UK Aid, WhatWorks, Heal Africa, Stellenbosch University, Tearfund
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1K16DY1wzM Webinar with Dr Elisabet le Roux for JLI GBV Hub Research conducted for the PaRD SDG 3 Gender Equality and Empowerment Workstream This was also presented at the UN CSW63 Session Unlocking the Power of Faith-based Partnerships- Enabling…
Published: 2019
Author:Elisabet Le Roux
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
In 2016 the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) funded World Vision to work with communities in DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan for two years to change attitudes, promote community acceptance of survivors and children born of rape, and improve…
Published: 2019
Policy brief based on the experiences of young members of the Anglican Student Federation in South Africa. Focuses on what role, if any faith has played in the construction of gender norms. It looks at the importance of context, rural…
Published: 2019
Author:Emma Bridger and Dr Jo Sadgrove
Child marriage results from the interplay of a variety of factors and happens across countries, cultures, ethnicities and religions. There is no single religion that is solely associated with child marriage. But as religious leaders often hold considerable power and…
Published: 2018
Author:Elisabet le Roux and Selina Palm, Girls Not Brides
From violence to equality Findings from DRC project on Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls Tearfund and HEAL Africa See here for the webinar recording
Published: 2018
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
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a form of gender injustice which affects millions of girls and women in the world and is deep rooted in social gender norms and practices. GBV is a leading cause of death, illnesses and disabilities of…
Published: 2018
This is the third and final part of Footsteps series based on the biblical idea of jubilee. In the Old Testament, the jubilee year was intended for the restoration of the Israelites’ relationships with God, one another and the land.…
Published: 2018
Although sexual violence has fallen by half in the last two decades, the wide-ranging nature of the problem remains significant: around every two minutes in any given day, an American endures some sort of sexual assault.1 While the World Health…
Published: 2018
Author:wewillspeakout.us
2015-2017: A Program Model Case Study Partners: Episcopal Relief & Development and the humanitarian arm of the Episcopal Church of Liberia Two-year evaluation of program in Liberia Program Website on Episcopal Relief & Development
Published: 2018
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
People destabilized by armed conflict, including refugees, internally displaced persons, in particular, women and children are at increased risk of exposure to HIV infection (United Nation General Assembly 2001). The above quotation suggests that internally displaced persons in general and…
Published: 2018
Author:Hassan Abaker Mohammed
21st-23rd March 2018 United Nations Strategic Learning Exchange on Religion, Development and Humanitarian Work under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, in Amman, Jordan The Strategic Learning Exchange (SLE) is a partnership effort stewarded by the UN…
Published: 2018
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