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This book: Discusses the roles that mosques play in saving lives and reducing losses Shows the role of imams' flexibility to help communities in need Presents point of view to see religion differently in a much broader constructive array than…

The publication explores such important topics such as how to deal with victims of armed conflict in accordance with Islamic Shariah, looks at lessons learnt from the early Islamic battles like Badr, and lays out what Islamic law says about…

This important reference work, now available to the many millions of Kiswahili speakers around the world, is divided into four chapters focusing on ways to protect civilians, the wounded, the dead, non-combatants and their property during armed conflict, as well…

Women Leading Change emerged out of the 2021 17 Rooms flagship process- a partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation and The Brookings Institution. In Room 5, led by Blessing Omakwu and Jean Duff, we explored the opportunities to accelerate the positive…

Promising Practices for Engaging Local Faith Actors (LFAs) to Promote Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccination - Lessons Learned from Four Countries: Ghana, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda Engaged local faith actors (LFAs)1 have long contributed to promoting and achieving increased immunization…

Promising Practices For Engaging Local Faith Actors To Promote Uptake Of Covid-19 Vaccination - Lessons Learned from Four Countries: Ghana, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Uganda. Engaged local faith actors (LFAs)1 have long contributed to promoting and achieving increased immunization uptake, coverage,…

Engaging Faith Actors To Boost Immunization Uptake And Combat Vaccine Hesitancy - Evidence and Promising Practices Local faith actors are generally recognized for their role in influencing health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including immunization uptake, coverage, and equity.…

Effects of faith actor engagement in the uptake and coverage of immunization in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) - Phase 1 Global Landscape : Evidence Summary This report summarizes evidence about vaccine hesitancy trends for both COVID and non-COVID immunizations.…

In November and December 2021, over 80 Inter-Religious Council (IRC) and Faith-Based Organization (FBO) nominees from eight countries were trained as national Mind-Heart Dialogue teams and equipped to support the Faith and Positive Change for Children (FPCC) initiative. Facilitators were…

Since 2015, over 5 million refugees from Syria have sought safety and protection in cities, towns and camps across Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. Key responders have included local faith communities, whose members have provided material and spiritual support alike to…