This report produced by the Frontiers Programme explores why Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is linked with Islam. The practise of FGM among Somalis is investigated in this report and studies are carried out in the Mandera and Wajir districts and…
Published: 2008
Author:Ibrahim Lethome Asmani and Maryam Sheikh Abdi
Early and Child Marriage, AJWS India Restrictive beliefs about gender often make it difficult for girls and women in India to gain access to high education or the job market. These barriers reinforce the idea that a girl’s best option…
Published: 2015
Author:Margaret Greene of GreeneWorks and Timi Gerson
This case study is one of a series produced by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University and the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD), an NGO established in the World Bank and based today at…
Published: 2016
Author:Katherine Marshall and Wilma Mui
A recent UNFPA (2012) report presents data on child marriage, including the correlates of the practice and its consequences. The report comments on the general situation of child marriage and provides detailed country profiles on 10 countries where child marriage…
Published: 2015
Author:Azza Karam
Religion plays a significant role in the lives of most people, including nonbelievers. Religious belief systems and institutions pervade almost every segment of human society and influence attitudes and behaviors that shape how we view and relate with the world…
Published: 2014
Author:Malia Robinson & Stephen Hanmer
Since its creation in 1950, UNHCR has engaged with faith-based organisations, faith communities and faith leaders in carrying out its work. Recently, UNHCR has been more actively exploring the role of faith in humanitarian responses. The fifth High Commissioner’s Dialogue…
Published: 2014
Author:José Riera and Marie-Claude Poirier
Building social protection to reduce risks related to developmental and life-cycle vulnerabilities is crucial, particularly in developing country contexts. This is increasingly reflected in the focus on child health, education and nutrition in social transfer programmes globally and in the…
Published: 2012
Author:Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Nicholas Cooke and Banke Akinrimisi
World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP) in collaboration with UNICEF carried out a study to survey what religious groups are doing to meet the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and to develop an improved and detailed understanding…
Published: 2011
Author:Dr. Geoff Foster
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