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Tearfund UK and HEAL Africa awarded DFID Innovation Grant: What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls
Tearfund UK and their partner HEAL Africa in the DRC have just been awarded one of the Innovation Grants from the DFID-funded "What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls" global research and innovation programme. This programme will address important evidence gaps on the impact of faith groups in ...
Innovations & Intersections: Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2015
Dear SGBV Hub Members,
We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts to participate at the SVRI Forum 2015 on this first day of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence!
This important event will be hosted from 14 – 17 September at Spier 1692 Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa. It will bring ...
Faith leaders commit to Worship for WASH to save children and women
ANI | New Delhi Nov 10, 2014
Last Updated at 07:02 PM IST
Faith leaders commit to Worship for WASH to save children and women
Nine prominent leaders from the major faiths in India came together today to announce the launch of a globally unprecedented initiative to save millions of Indian children, ...
SGBV Hub Representative Dr. Helen Leibling to Speak at DFID Roundtable on the Role of Faith Communities in Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls
DFID will be holding a session during Interfaith Week on the role of faith communities in tackling women and girls.
SGBV Hub Member Dr. Helen Liebling will be speaking at the session. Other staff and representatives from FBOs and NGOs working on tackling violence against women and girls will also be ...
Save the Date! International Security Summit on Violence, Sessions including GBV: Luxembourg, November 12th to 14th, 2014
The first International Security Summit on Violence will be held in Luzembourg, November 12th to 14th, 2014. Topics on gender-based violence, including FGM, violence against women, and domestic violence will be discussed on the first day of the summit.
The Summit will be launched in coordination with ...
New Report! WAITING TO SPEAK: SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Check out Tearfund's latest report here!
This study explores the needs of survivors of sexual violence in South Africa. Despite sexual and gender based violence receiving increasing public attention globally, those affected remain largely silent. Rape statistics do not begin to explain what victims experience ...
Faith: Religious tools that can help Eliminate Female Genital Cutting
View the July 2014 report here from Tearfund & MPANZI on religious tools that can help eliminate female genital cutting. This is a preliminary report on a baseline study that examined the trends of, barriers and opportunities to eliminating Female Genital
Cutting among the Gusii and Maasai of South-western Kenya.
New Report: Country Profile: FGM in Sierra Leone
View 28 Too Many's latest report here. Below is a brief description of the report.
On Saturday 17th May, a nine year old Sierra Leonean girl died from female genital mutilation (FGM). This case is unusual but only in that it was made public and reported. Despite being widespread in Sierra Leone FGM ...
MCB Press Release: ‘Female Genital Mutilation and Islam’ resource launched by The Muslim Council of Britain, FORWARD and the Muslim Spiritual Care Provision
‘Female Genital Mutilation and Islam’ resource launched by The Muslim Council of Britain, FORWARD and the Muslim Spiritual Care Provision
Thursday 19th June 2014
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), FORWARD (a UK based African women’s support and campaigning organisation) in association with The ...
Mobilizing Religious Leaders to Combat Violence against Women in Turkey
Mobilizing Religious Leaders to Combat Violence against Women in Turkey
Posted on August 14, 2014 by Nukhet Kardam — 1 Comment ↓
by Meltem Ağduk and Nükhet Kardam
- Turkey -
Violence against Women (VAW) is a violation of human rights rooted in inequality between women and men. Resistance to combating ...
Save the date! Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum 2015: Faith Session
Save the date! SVRI Forum 2015: Innovation and Intersections, 14 – 17 September 2015, Cape Town, South Africa.
SVRI is pleased to invite you to its 4th international conference, the SVRI Forum 2015. This exciting conference will bring together researchers, gender activists, funders, policy makers, service ...
A Call to Action: Faith for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights Post 2015 Development Agenda
Dear JLI Members,
Below is a Declaration signed by faith leaders, faith-based organizations, and theologians from academic centers, at the UN General Assembly side event, on Friday September 19, at a consultation co-hosted by UNAIDS and UNFPA.
An Inter Press Service article on the global consultation can also ...
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