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The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) sets high standards for children’s protection and well-being in the family, school, society and institutions – standards that religious leaders and groups are particularly well-placed to communicate and hold society accountable…

This article underlines the need to move beyond the exhausted notion of all religions preaching peace to studying the specific manner in which violence is legitimised in each religion. This is the first step liberal secularists need to take if…

The United Refugee and Host Churches (URHC) is an association of churches in Kakuma Refugee Camp (Kenya) and the surrounding community of Turkana founded and operated by refugees and local Turkana people. Originally founded in 1996, this group addressed ongoing…

With the unexpected and disconcerting reemergence of religion as a first order cleavage in global politics, scholars and policy makers have been scrambling to bring some analytical order to the phenomenon. In this article, the author seeks to show why…

Supporting summary & synthesis table of mapping strategies: Table

KAICIID Mapping Dialogue for Peace: http://www.kaiciid.org/what-we-do/knowledge/mapping-dialogue-peace The Peace Mapping Programme aims to: display the breadth of interreligious dialogue (IRD) activities promoted by international organizations; analyze the many ways its practitioners engage in interreligious and intercultural understanding, and promote peacebuilding, either directly…

WACC facilitates a Development Initiative Programme under which project partners in countries of the global South carry out one-year-long initiatives that place communication (including traditional media and digital technologies) at the centre of strategies to bring about social change.

Tags: Capacity Building, Data Collection by Local Community

Article by Saferworld Bangladesh, January 2016 By involving religious leaders and using their influence in the local community, a Saferworld project in Bangladesh has been able to more effectively address safety and security issues and promote peace, write G.M. Shoeb…

This report provides an overview of the engagement with faith-based actors and faith-related activities by the members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Engaging Faith-Based Actors for Sustainable Development from 2013-2015 View the most recent annual report from…

Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty The center, with funding from the GHR Foundation, published an evaluation and analysis of NIFAA's early work in 2011, two years after NIFAA's founding. The report demonstrated NIFAA "offers a sustainable and replicable…

The Online Information Platform for the WHS Side Event hosted by JLIF&LC, Soka Gakki International, and others is available at www.jliflc.com/whs. This list presents key evidence on faith, religion, and humanitarian action published within the last five years. This evidence has…

In preparation for faith engagement at the World Humanitarian Summit, convening in Istanbul, May 2016, civil society organizations organized regional working meetings in order to provide local perspectives to the organizers of the WHS faith-focused event. Discussion focused on local perspectives…

The report "Faith & Resilience after Disaster" explores the role of faith in building resilience in the context of the response to Super Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda), which made landfall in the Philippines on 8 November 2013, affecting…

World Vision's Ebola Response Summary in Sierra Leone Covers impact on children, community, education, health, child protection, livelihoods, religious leaders, burials, food assistance, lessons learned.

On 10 April 2014, the UN Security Council unanimously decided that a peacekeeping mission would be sent to the Central African Republic in September 2014. This is a remarkable step, one which until recently was considered implausible. What is even more extraordinary…

The LIGHT Wheel provides a framework to understand change in every aspect of a person or community’s wellbeing – both spiritual and physical. The LIGHT Wheel sets out nine domains – or “spokes” – that holistically represent an individual or community’s ability to live well, flourish and be resilient. The Light Wheel contains a number of data collection tools which help us to measure and assess holistic change. The Wheel takes an assessment beyond direct outputs and outcomes of a particular initiative, programme, project or process to look at the intended and unintended impact. The tools include: a household survey with approximately 15 questions per spoke, a guide to direct observation for enumerators, guidance on how to consider secondary data, and at the centre of the tools is a participatory guide for focus group discussions (where communities score themselves for each spoke based on discussion questions).

Tags: Holistic Wellbeing, Organization-wide System

Reflections and recommendations on "Working on Religion, Peace and Conflict in Theravada Buddhist Countries" arising from an exchange between peacebuilding practitioners held 19-21 March 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The reflection contains four pages. They include highlights and summarized recommendations.

This paper is written for policy makers and conflict transformation practitioners working on conflicts with religious dimensions. It aims to support policy and practice by providing a conceptual framework to strengthen analysis of the role that religion plays in conflict.…

Episcopal Asset Map   Submitted by Abagail Nelson, Episcopal Relief & Development, with the comments below: Please see the link here to the Episcopal Asset Map - a crowd sourced, church administrated, mapping effort shared by Episcopal Relief & Development…

Lean Research is about making the research process more relevant and meaningful and less burdensome and extractive for the people and communities involved. The following resources were submitted by Evidence Working Group member Victor Kazanjian, URI: This work is done…

Regional Working Meeting Report - Wheaton, Illinois

This research brief attempts to contribute on the current challenge in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Based on a series of interviews with foreign fighters and their families, the researchers find that traditional approaches to stabilization and development are unlikely…

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/502609 Tagged with "Religion Belief" on the WHS website

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/504897 Tagged with "Religion Belief" on the WHS website Submitted by religious leader or FBO

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Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/504891 Tagged with "Religion Belief" on the WHS website

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/505032 Tagged as "Religion Belief" on the WHS website

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Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/504989 Tagged with "Religion Belief" on the WHS website

Link on the WHS Website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/504285 Tagged with "Religion Belief" on the WHS website Submitted by religious leader or FBO

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/504271 Tagged with "Religion Belief" on the WHS website

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Link: http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/healing-together%20,2785

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/504221 Submitted by religious leader or FBO

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/503484 Submitted by religious leader or FBO

A Reflection on the Unique Role of FBOs in Humanitarian Crises

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/504119 Submitted by religious leader or FBO Tagged with "Religion Belief" on WHS website

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/504272 Search results: "Faith"

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/504278 Search results: "Faith"

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Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/502731 Search result: "FBO"

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/503481 Submitted by religious leader or FBO

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Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/503483 Submitted by religious leader or FBO

Link on the WHS website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/471236 Tagged with "Religion Belief" on the WHS website Submitted by religious leader or FBO

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Link on the WHS Website: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/node/497995 Submitted by religious leader or FBO

Many faith-based organizations are increasingly concerned that secular systems of measurement and evaluation do not fully reflect their organizations’ work or desired impact. Calls have been made for the development of “faith-based measurement and metrics”. This framework includes ‘spiritual’ outcomes…

Bruce Wydick writes in the World Bank Group's Development Impact blog about a new body of work within development economics that views lack of hope and aspirations failure as an important contributor to development traps. Link: http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/measuring-hope-guest-post-by-bruce-wydick

Abstract: This paper seeks to create a framework for understanding the role of hope and aspirations in economic development. We review the literature on hope from philosophy, theology, psychology, and its relationship to emerging work on aspirations in development economics.…

Christian development agencies, mission organizations, educational institutions and churches who want to have people come to know Christ and deepen their relationship of discipleship with Him, have a struggle on their hands:  how do they know if they are having…

A Publication of Caritas Internationalis in collaboration with UNAIDS

The Framework for Dialogue is a tool for developing joint actions and ongoing discussions between religious leaders, faith-based organizations and networks of people living with HIV at national level. Evidence that quantifies and illustrates the experiences of people living with…

In early September, religious leaders and champions from 18 Eastern and Southern African countries gathered to discuss the fast track agenda for accelerated implementation of he response to the AIDS epidemic. A Call-to-Action was issued at the conference, which religious leaders…

Presentation for the UNAIDS and FBO Webinar on the Lancet Special Edition on Faith and Health Care, December 14, 2015. Full Webinar and presentations here: https://jliflc.com/sessions/unaids-webinar-on-the-lancet-special-edition-on-faith-and-health-care/

Presentation for the UNAIDS and FBO Webinar on the Lancet Special Edition on Faith and Health Care, December 14, 2015. Full Webinar and presentations here: https://jliflc.com/sessions/unaids-webinar-on-the-lancet-special-edition-on-faith-and-health-care/

Presentation for the UNAIDS and FBO Webinar on the Lancet Special Edition on Faith and Health Care, December 14, 2015. Full Webinar and presentations here: https://jliflc.com/sessions/unaids-webinar-on-the-lancet-special-edition-on-faith-and-health-care/

Presentation for the UNAIDS and FBO Webinar on the Lancet Special Edition on Faith and Health Care, December 14, 2015. Full Webinar and presentations here: https://jliflc.com/sessions/unaids-webinar-on-the-lancet-special-edition-on-faith-and-health-care/

Presentation for the UNAIDS and FBO Webinar on the Lancet Special Edition on Faith and Health Care, December 14, 2015. Full Webinar and presentations here: https://jliflc.com/sessions/unaids-webinar-on-the-lancet-special-edition-on-faith-and-health-care/

Presentation for the UNAIDS and FBO Webinar on the Lancet Special Edition on Faith and Health Care, December 14, 2015. Full Webinar and presentations here: https://jliflc.com/sessions/unaids-webinar-on-the-lancet-special-edition-on-faith-and-health-care/

UNAIDS and FBO Webinar on the Lancet Special Edition on Faith and Health Care, December 14, 2015. Video link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwMV95maT975dl9GVnRFVEd5b2s/view?usp=sharing Presentations and additional Webinar resources: https://jliflc.com/sessions/unaids-webinar-on-the-lancet-special-edition-on-faith-and-health-care/  

This Questionnaire provides Peace & Conflict Hub members with the chance to input into the writing of the Scoping Paper to be launched at the Global Religious Forum at the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016. The Questionnaire gives Hub…

The mapping study generated evidence on faith-based involvement in SRHR advocacy, policy influencing and programming. The findings of the study highlight great opportunities but also barriers that present themselves to faith-based organisations working on sexual and reproductive health and rights.…

This paper discusses Islamic traditions of peace and conflict resolution, and argues that nonviolent and the peaceful resolution of conflicts has been an integral aspect of Islamic tradition since the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). This paper also discusses…

The World Evangelical Alliance and its Global Partners provide this position paper on the unique and essential role of the evangelical community in humanitarian response and development. Associated media coverage on Christianity Today can be found here. Description for WHS Resources:…

Link to News article here: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/faith.groups.engaged.in.humanitarian.work.are.feeling.sidelined.but.they.also.recognise.theyve.made.some.mistakes/63495.htm

This article that frames the problem of secularism, democracy and communalism in India with specific reference to the rise of Hindu nationalism. The writer of the article, Sharma argues "As the American relationship with India deepens, U.S. policy makers and observers…

World Vision's Channels of Hope model played an important role in mobilizing faith communities in Sierra Leone to combat Ebola. This work was built on the platform of relationships and Channels of Hope work over years. This fact sheet documents…

152 survivors of SGBV in the Central African Republic speak of their hopes, needs and priorities.

Presentation on the evidence for the role of faith communities in prevention and response to SGBV, prepared by Dr. Elisabet Le Roux, Stellenbosch University, on behalf of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities Gender-based Violence Hub. DFID provided…

This PowerPoint outlines strong principles for partnerships and brings up questions to address when developing partnerships. Characteristics of several types of partnerships (funding mechanisms, formal partnerships, collaborative/coordination mechanisms, alliances, networks, and social movements) are discussed.

Abstract Introduction: Sexual, intimate partner and other forms of gender-based violence (SIGBV) are a violation of human rights and a cause of morbidity and mortality in conflict settings. Faith based organisations often have access and influence in communities that few others have and…

This scoping study was completed by Elisabet Le Roux, Stellenbosch University, on behalf of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities Gender-based Violence Hub. DFID provided funding for the report. The associated Policy Brief is located here  

This policy brief on "The role of faith communities and organisations in prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence" was completed by Elisabet Le Roux, Stellenbosch University, on behalf of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities Gender-based…

Was religion a friend or foe in the post-conflict statebuilding endeavours of Iraq and Afghanistan? An under-explored area in academia and policy circles alike, religious institutions are important non-state actors that wield considerable influence and can draw upon extensive resources.…

Religion & Sustainable Development Conference Key Findings & Recommendations, translated into French. La Religion et le Developpement Durable: Etablissement des partenariats pour terminer la pauvreté extrême Full Conference Proceedings available at: https://jliflc.com/resources/rsd-conference-proceedings

In July 2015 the Hub held its first meeting and launched the hub. This document contains the minutes for that meeting.

The Faith Alliance for Health commits from 2016-2020 to strengthen national and local faith networks of faith leaders and organizations to build their influence to bear and use their assets to eliminate preventable deaths of women, children, and adolescents. This…

Published by Global Humanitarian Assistance Full Information: http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/report/humanitarian-financing-and-zakat Downloadable Data: http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org//www/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HA-and-Zakat-data-and-graphs-final.xlsx Report Synopsis: The number, scale and severity of humanitarian crises are outstripping resources. While international humanitarian assistance continues to increase, reaching record levels in 2013, it is still not enough to fully…

The British Academy's latest international policy report explores how the role of religion in conflict and peacebuilding has all too often been depicted in binary terms, which have obscured the complexity of the subject. The report argues that religion is…

More information here: http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/faith-secularism-and-humanitarian-engagement-alastair-ager/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137472137