Resources

Journal: Migration and Society Local faith actors are deeply involved in assisting refugees around the world. Their place in refugee response, however, can be in parallel with and, at times, in disagreement with the efforts of international humanitarian organizations. Focusing…

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…

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…

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Guidance on mental health and psychosocial programming This guidance has been developed in phases. A desk review looking at the literature relevant to faith-sensitive psychosocial programming, followed by fieldwork in LWF and IRW country offices (Kenya, Jordan and Nepal), led…

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 &…

Building more effective partnerships between the public sector and faith groups A National Religious Association for Social Development (NRASD) perspective, a South African case study. Author: Dr Renier A. Koegelenberg Founding member and Executive Secretary of the NRASD Condenses the key…

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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 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…

In this study, we examine the experience of international Christian humanitarian aid workers and who work in South Sudan. From interviews with thirty people in east Africa and north America, we derive a relationship between Christianity as our participants understand…

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…