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…
Published: 2022
Author:Faith to Action Network and BMZ, UNFPA, FP2030, the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development, Christian Connections for International Health, World Vision
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.
Published: 2023
Author:Florine De Wolf
Reflections on Health and Healing for Churches on Commemorative World Health Days This booklet includes 15 reflections on international commemorative health days from Dr Mwai Makoka WCC Programme Executive for Health and Healing, who emphasises that he is not a…
Published: 2020
Author:Mwai Makoka
Faith Engagement in the HLM The Interfaith Health Platform, in consultation with partners, has developed the following messages to support religious leaders and faith-based representatives as they meet with their government representatives and at global level to discuss and help…
Published: 2021
This book was first published at the beginning of the twenty-first century. A joint project of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Interfaith Partnership for the Environment, it was titled Earth and Faith: A Book of Reflection for Action.…
Published: 2020
Author:UN environment programme, Parliament of the World's Religions
OUR RESEARCH STRATEGY: A FEMINIST APPROACH Marginalized people and others who have struggled with grave challenges to their human rights possess a unique understanding of the problems in their communities—and their insights have the potential to fuel effective, lasting solutions.…
Published: 2020
An evaluation was conducted of a three-year intervention focused on violence against women and girls (VAWG) and implemented in the conflict-affected north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country with high rates of VAWG. The intervention addressed VAWG,…
Published: 2020
Author:Elisabet Le Roux, Julienne Corboz, Nigel Scott, Maggie Sandilands, Uwezo Baghuma Lele, Elena Bezzolato & Rachel Jewkes
Background: Community-level reconciliation, essential in conflict-affected contexts, involves efforts to promote intergroup relationships and to build trust. These processes are related to the development of social capital, which alongside the reduction of horizontal inequalities is a key component of social…
Published: 2020
Author:Christian Action for Development & Support (CADS)
This Resource Guide is part of a series of briefs meant to inform and inspire faith communities to action to help safeguard tropical forests and their inhabitants. Through facts, graphics, analysis, photos, and faith-inspired perspectives, this Resource Guide presents the…
Published: 2020
The book addresses developments in the discourse on religion and development, globally. It outlines the major debates and highlights the emerging consensus that religion remains important. An overview of development in Zimbabwe and the controversies regarding politics, particularly under the…
Published: 2020
Author:Ezra Chitando
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
The International Consortium on Nurturing Values and Spirituality in Early Childhood for the Prevention of Violence developed these country-specific advocacy booklets based on the reflections of religious leaders and other stakeholders collected during a series of roundtable discussions in 2019…
Published: 2020
“We will walk every step with our Children” Southern African Faith Leaders Commit to Respond to Teenage Pregnancy We, the faith community in Southern Africa (African Traditional Religion, Baha’i faith, Christian and Muslim) view children as whole human beings who…
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
JLI Director of Research, Olivia Wilkinson This book investigates the ways in which the humanitarian system is secular and understands religious beliefs and practices when responding to disasters. The book teases out the reasons why humanitarians are reluctant to engage…
Published: 2019
Author:Olivia Wilkinson
On November 20, 2019, the international community will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the United Nations General Assembly. The CRC has been ratified by 196 States, making…
Published: 2019
Author:Akila Aggoune, Savitri Goonesekere, Janet Nelson, Rebeca Rios-Kohn and Jonathan Todres
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
This book contains a series of group studies to help you live justly in six key areas of life: advocacy, prayer, consumption, generosity, relationships and creation care. They are designed to help you and those in your community in your…
Published: 2019
Author:Jason Fileta
There has been great success in the alleviation of global poverty over the last 25 years. However, due to the current model of economic growth, these successes in economic development have been at a grave cost to the environment. As…
Published: 2019
Author:Mari Williams and Hannington Muyenje
Tearfund’s Advocacy toolkit is easy to understand and easy to use. It is an introductory and comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of advocacy. It is set out in a logical order, providing a clear overview and guidance about…
Published: 2019
Author:Joanna Watson
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
This report presents findings of the Survey on Traditional Practices in Malawi that was carried out by the National Statistics Office (NSO), the Centre for Social Research (CSR) at the University of Malawi, and the Center for Child Well-being and…
Published: 2019
Author:Medson Makwemba, Blessings Chinsinga, Chrissie Thakwalakwa Kantukule, and Alister Munthali, Mekonnen Woldegorgis, Simon Haenni and Qingyang Lin
The ACT Alliance climate change advocacy framework position paper is designed as a broad outline of the policy areas and approaches that the alliance is working on. It serves as the general vision and guide for ACT Alliance’s climate change…
Published: 2017
Nation Unies Conference Sur les Changements Climatiques 2015 COP21/CMP11 The Paris Agreement on Climate Change is an important milestone in climate change policy and diplomacy. It demonstrates the success of a multilateral process that lasted several years and that was…
Published: 2016
ACT Alliance has launched a Toolkit, Towards the Ambitious Implementation of the Paris Agreement. The purpose of the Toolkit is to support the climate change advocacy actions of ACT members, forums and partners at the national level. The Toolkit guides FBOs…
Published: 2018
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
The UN Environment Foresight Briefs are published by UN Environment to, among others, highlight a hotspot of environmental change, feature an emerging science topic, or discuss a contemporary environmental issue. This is an opportunity to find out what is happening…
Published: 2018
Author:Iyad Abumoghli
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
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
For the past 50 years, we have been on a journey to shape and outwork a distinctively Christian, faith-based approach, with the communities, individuals and supporters we partner with, at home and overseas. It is not enough for us simply…
Published: 2019
Author:Lydia Powell and Seren Boyd
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
For millions of refugee girls, education is out of reach. Despite substantial increases in access to girls’ education around the world over the last two decades, refugee girls remain left behind. In countries affected by conflict, girls are 2.5 times…
Published: 2019
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
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
In 2011, World Vision began a new five-year anti-trafficking programme, ‘End Trafficking in Persons’ (ETIP), across the six countries of the GMS region. The overall goal of the programme was to contribute to the mitigation of the human trafficking problem…
Published: 2017
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
The factor "faith" receives too little attention in global development cooperation despite the fact that human development is inseparably interwoven with worldview. The societies and cultures in which development projects are implemented are deeply influenced by religion. At the same…
Published: 2018
Author:PIRON Global Development: Matthias Boehning and Lilian Kurz
Partnering through Faith South Sudan Context and overview
Published: 2018
Author:World Vision South Sudan
Children in Syria live under the constant threat of violence. The blatant flouting of international humanitarian and human rights law has earned this crisis the dubious honour of being recognised as the most significant humanitarian protection crisis in living memory.1…
Published: 2018
Author:Virginia Gamba
No parent, no adult relative or guardian was with them on the way: in 2014, not a few, not a thousand, but more than 50,0003 boys and girls like Karla and Freddy journeyed unaccompanied through deserts and forests, through mountains…
Published: 2018
Author:Karla Estrada Navarro
At the core of social protection is a concern for addressing vulnerability and risk. It is increasingly understood that social protection policy frameworks and programmes must be informed by a recognition of the diversity of vulnerability and risks, and the…
Published: 2009
In diverse contexts, community-based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) are front line efforts to protect children from exploitation, abuse, violence, and neglect and to promote children’s well-being.2 Defined broadly, CBCPMs include all groups or networks at grassroots level that respond to…
Published: 2014
Author:Kostelny, K., Wessells, M., & Ondoro, K.
This Guide for Action and Advocacy was written by Arigatou International to support religious communities that wish to work with other sectors of society in promoting Universal Birth Registration. It outlines and explains the need for universal birth registration and…
Published: 2012
This note to religious communities developed by Arigatou International for the World Day of Prayer and Action, outlines the scope and consequences of child marriage. It also provides examples of practical action, which religious communities can take all year long…
Published: 2012
Aiming to actively engage the faith based organizations as key actors to end up the violence against the children, the Mozambican Religious Council established the Religious Platform for Child Wellbeing in Mozambique with World Vision support. The Platform will focus…
Published: 2016
Author:Leovigildo Nhampule
For more than 15 years “Fundacion Una Brisa de Esperanza” (Breeze of Hope Foundation) has been using an innovative approach for comprehensive management for children victims of sexual violence. This document of the case study does not use religious language…
Published: 2017
DECLARATION “Conference on the Role of Religions and Religious Leaders in Confronting Corporal Punishment of Children in the Family and Educational Settings” Qom – October 20, 2011 During 19th - 20th October 2011, religious leaders from different faiths in Iran…
Published: 2011
Author:Religious leaders, Qom, Iran in collaboration with UNICEF, Iran
Overview of Ethiopian Faith-Based Organizations’ response for the abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Child Early Forced Marriage (CEFM) from 2010-2016. This report provides a baseline to engaging FBOs for future programming and provides evidence on how FBOs have…
Published: 2017
Author:Iftu TRC
A toolkit for faith leaders This toolkit was designed as a guide for religious leaders of both Christian and Islamic faiths in Nigeria as they address the challenges faced by adolescent girls on the issues of early marriage, education, reproductive…
Published: 2017
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