This timely volume addresses the rising interest in the role of religion in global issues worldwide. The ambitious Agenda 2030 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) serve as the framework for this exploration, discussing questions such as: What role…
Published: 2023
Author:Christine Schliesser
As a joint learning network focused on evidence in religions and development, we (i.e., JLI) are often asked to summarize the “evidence” on religions and development. While that may seem like a simple request, it is, in fact, a complicated…
Published: 2022
Author:Olivia Wilkinson, Susanna Trotta, Katherine Marshall, Ezra Chitando, Emma Tomalin, John Blevins, Esther Mombo, Philipp Öhlmann, Ignatius Swart, Selina Palm, Kanykey Jailobaeva, Elisabet Le Roux, Nora Khalaf-Elledge, Susan Hayward, Erin Wilson, and Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh.
The aim of this report is to share the findings from a project that was carried out by the International Anti-Human Trafficking Network (IAHTN), the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI) and the University of Leeds (UoL)…
Published: 2021
Author:Tribeni Gurung, Emma Tomalin, Hannah Elyse Sworn
Task Force 7 - G20 SUPPORT FOR SDGS AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION There is an urgent need to better recognize and integrate the significant involvement of faith-based actors in development initiatives through effective policy-driven responses. These responses require novel and inventive…
Published: 2020
Author:PETER PETKOFF, COLE DURHAM, JUAN NAVARRO FLORIA, ALBERTO MELLONI, KATHERINE MARSHALL, NAOTO YOSHINKAWA
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
Working paper 591 The world is facing multiple challenges with huge impacts on humanity, requiring action from citizens, policy-makers and activists. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets demonstrate the scale and ambition of the current global agenda.…
Published: 2020
Author:Paola Pereznieto, Jenny Rivett and Virginie le Masson with Rachel George and Rachel Marcus
This article examines the intersection of religious faith and the ‘fight against modern slavery’ in the UK, as yet unexplored in sociological literature. Analysis of faith based organisations’ (FBOs) activities in this area challenges understandings of a postsecular rapprochement between…
Published: 2020
Author:Gwyneth Lonergan, Lancaster University; Hannah Lewis, University of Sheffield; Emma Tomalin, University of Leeds; Louise Waite, University of Leeds. Corresponding author: Gwyneth Lonergan, Sociology, Lancaster University
Five years have passed since the global community through the United Nations adopted 2030 Agenda 2030 for sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development presents the closest the global community has come to…
Published: 2020
Author:Africa Interfaith Initiative on SDGs
We face major sustainability challenges in the 21st Century. Fortunately, we have a unique opportunity to implement solutions at a global scale. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) grew out of a pioneering idea to mobilize the world around a…
Published: 2020
Author:Bhumi Global, The Parliament of the World's Religions, UNEP Faith for Earth, United Religions Initiative
The report highlights findings from our research and recommendations from the pilot of the Bridge Builder Model for humanitarian organisations and donors seeking ways to increase localisation in humanitarian response. This is a two-way, capacity-sharing model aimed at bringing together…
Published: 2020
Author:Dr Olivia Wilkinson, Prof Emma Tomalin, Kuyang Logo, Wani Laki Anthony and Florine De Wolf
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
Mapping of faith actors and faith-based organisations (FBOs) involved in the UK’s anti-modern slavery sphere are mainly Christian. View the research project page here: http://www.faithantitrafficking.org/
Published: 2020
Author:Hannah Lewis, Gwyneth Lonergan, Rebecca Murray, Emma Tomalin & Louise Waite
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