Resources

This toolkit results from the collaborative work of Working Group 3 of the SVRI “Faith & GBV Community of Practice.” The group consists of 325 members, diverse in terms of expertise, geographical location, religious affiliation, and occupation, encompassing researchers, academics,…

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a significant global issue, requiring locally grounded and multi- faceted responses. Faith-based actors hold influential roles in shaping cultural norms and social behaviours, positioning them as key stakeholders in efforts to address GBV. However, a gap…

This learning brief forms part of SVRI’s Community of Practice on Faith and Gender-based violence. Its insights emerge from discussions with 30 participants within a newly designed three-month virtual course - Faith and Helping Children Thrive without Violence. This course…

The Working Group 1 on Evidence-Building was initially created in October 2024 by an executive research team: Rafael Cazarin, Sinethemba Makanya, Nobantu Shabangu and Leonardo Andrade. Led by the intention to build a Community of Practise that would speak back…

In many low- and middle-income countries, faith institutions carry significant moral authority and influence. In communities where state systems are often under-resourced or distrusted, religious leaders and organisations frequently serve as frontline responders to crises such as gender- based violence…

This report is based on formative research that explores the field of faith, ecology, sustainability, and conservation in Indonesia. It examines the multifaceted strategic religious engagement of government line ministries and state bodies, civil society actors, faith-based organizations, development partners…

This article reviews religious engagement in foreign policy as well as international development based especially, albeit not only, on the legacy of work carried out for over five decades by the world’s faith leaders, together, in and through Religions for…

This article argues that coordinated and multilayered cross-sectoral collaborated is required to contribute to sustainable development and respond to the global polycrisis characterized by human-made destruction of the environment, climate change and globalization. Pandemics, regional wars, and banking crises not…

The growing global refugee crisis is a challenge for dignity and human solidarity. Aware of the shared religious narrative about the respect of human dignity and solidarity with the most vulnerable people, UNHCR has engaged faith-based actors, as organizations, local communities, and…

The preamble to the constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) contains an often-cited definition of health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Already at the inaugural…