Resources

Part of ALNAP’s ongoing webinar series on urban crises. This is a joint webinar with ALNAP and JLI on local faith actors in urban response Urban areas are home to a diverse range of stakeholders, from civil society to first…

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…

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…

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…

Worldwide, there is an increasing trend toward urbanization, a phenomenon that is highly conspicuous in developing countries and in war- and disaster-affected areas.2 The majority of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, which have become home to most…

Refugees and Hosts in Jordan and Lebanon This research project was conducted between April 2017 and February 2018 with the following research questions: What modalities of reception drive what kind of gendered wellbeing outcomes for refugee and host communities in…

Local Faith Communities in Urban Displacement: Evidence on Urbanization and Localization Brief Author: Olivia Wilkinson Design: Stacy Nam Key points: Local faith actors should be recognized as legitimate “local,” “civil society” actors A greater familiarity with the structures of local…

Participating in the United Nations’ 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the World Evangelical Alliance’s (WEA) Creation Care Task Force (CCTF) highlighted the role of faith communities in general and evangelical churches in particular, when it comes to…

Transcript of remarks by Ruth Messinger, President & CEO of American Jewish World Service, at the Religion & Politics: Development Implications panel at the Religion & Sustainable Development Conference held on July 7-9, 2015 in Washington, DC.

Dietrich Werner delivered expert commentary at the Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief session of the Religion & Sustainable Development Conference. The conference was convened in Washington DC, July 2015.

http://issuu.com/nrasd/docs/hands_of_hope

https://vimeo.com/88043539

Please see the link below to view a post by Katherine Marshall (Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University) on the Lancet Series on Faith-based Health Care, which was launched at the “Religion &…

Conference participants were divided into small groups for the working sessions. Facilitators guided small group discussions and recorded notes on the Discussion Templates. Facilitators recorded the actionable recommendations proposed by the group on the template, and each group's discussion template was collected by…

Washington, D.C. – A highly significant conference brought together 130 attendees to discuss Religion and Sustainable Development this week. The “Religion & Sustainable Development: Building Partnerships to End Extreme Poverty” conference was convened and co-hosted by the World Bank Group, the…

The "Religion & Sustainable Development: Building Partnerships to End Extreme Poverty" conference, held at the World Bank on July 7-9, 2015, aimed to produce specific and actionable recommendations to strengthening partnerships between public sector and religious and faith-based groups. Conference working…

Click here to view the resource: http://iprcua.com/2015/04/28/extreme-poverty/

Click here to view the resource: https://vimeo.com/88043539

Click here to view this resource: http://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2015/06/24/passionate-leader-of-unfpa-kenya-battles-violence-against-women-fgm-and-child-marriage/

Click here to view this resource directly in USAID's website: http://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/global-health/50-years-global-health

Click here to view this resource: http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/frontlines/maternal-child-health

Click here to view this resource: http://www.usaid.gov/actingonthecall

Please see the following links for more resources provided by USAID: Administrator Shah National Prayer Breakfast 2014 Remarks http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/speeches/feb-6-2014-administrator-rajiv-shah-national-prayer-breakfast Mission Statement http://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/mission-vision-values News Story/Interview with Alex Thier http://ncronline.org/news/global/forum-outlines-strategies-end-extreme-poverty-worldwide

The aim of this Toolkit is to help lower the discomfort of USAID staff in making the analytical and programmatic connections between conflict, religion and peacebuilding. The Key Issues section provides additional arguments for why development practitioners should—and can—address religion…

http://www.usaid.gov/resilience

http://www.usaid.gov/actingonthecall

http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/videos/%E2%80%9Cfaith-works-honoring-contributions-faith-community-peace-and-prosperity

Please see the following links for more information: USAID "Rule" for Participation by Religious Organizations http://www.usaid.gov/faith-based-and-community-initiatives/usaid-rule-participation U.S. Strategy on Religious Leader and Faith Community Engagement http://www.usaid.gov/faith-based-and-community-initiatives/us-strategy Faith-Based Organizations FAQ http://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/partnership-opportunities/faith-based-community-organizations/faith-based-organizations

DFID has worked with Wilton Park on a number of programmes The relationship of international foreign policy to faith and religion https://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/podcast/the-relationship-of-international-foreign-policy-to-faith-and-religion-wp1311/ Religion and development: making better policy to make a bigger difference in Africa (WP1400) https://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/conference/wp1400/ Freedom of religion…

This research programme has included research on religion. Pathways is a research and communication programme which seeks to discover where women are achieving real gains despite or because of policy and practice. It looks at how this has happened, and…

Women's Empowerment in Muslim Contexts (WEMC) is a 5-year Research Programme Consortium funded by the British Government's Department of International Development (DFID). The Consortium consists of eight Key Partners led by the Southeast Asia Research Centre (SEARC), located at the…

Between 2005 and 2010 the Religions and Development Research Programme Consortium undertook a series of comparative research projects that addressed the following questions:  How do religious values and beliefs drive the actions and interactions of individuals and faith-based organisations? How…

The first research programme funded by DFID was led by Dr Gerard Clarke at Swansea University This research was to look at DFID’s engagement with faith groups and how DFID could work more effectively with faith communities.  This was published…

Jean F Duff, Warren W Buckingham III http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60250-1/abstract  

Andrew Tomkins, Jean Duff, Atallah Fitzgibbon, Azza Karam, Edward J Mills, Keith Munnings, Sally Smith, Shreelata Rao Seshadri, Avraham Steinberg, Robert Vitillo, Philemon Yugi http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60252-5/abstract

Jill Olivier, Clarence Tsimpo, Regina Gemignani, Mari Shojo, Harold Coulombe, Frank Dimmock, Minh Cong Nguyen, Harrison Hines, Edward J Mills, Joseph L Dieleman, Annie Haakenstad, Quentin Wodon http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60251-3/abstract  

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/changing-world-changing-aid-where-international-development-needs-to-go-next

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzAmPnJD8yk Dr Ayesha Chaudhry, UBC Idit Lev, Rabbis for Human Rights Rev Rachel Carnegie, Anglican Alliance Mousumi Sarangi, ICCO Cooperation Mamadou Lamine Sakho Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHx5MysV2u8[/embed] [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkXJnNSGE-s[/embed] Full Session: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKULoCPJd28[/embed]