Faith in Gender Justice

This week, we are publishing recommendations from a valuable report on 'Religion and gender in donor policies and practice', produced by Dr. Elisabet le Roux (Stellenbosch University). At a time of shifting and shrinking funding, this report shares ways religious actors working for #genderEquality can position themselves to funders on #theRoad2Equality. #FaithInGenderJustice #SDG5 #Funding #Research #JLIFC #SDG17 #DonorPolicies

📢 Este 18 de septiembre a las 18.30 hs en Buenos Aires, Argentina te esperamos en “Feminismo y Fe: Diálogos Necesarios” con: 📌 Pastora Mariela Pereyra - Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Unida 📌 Pastora Wilma Rommel - Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Unida 📌 Pastora Paula Fogel - Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata 📌 Dr. Mag. Andrea Rivas - Asociación Familias Diversas de Argentina 📌 Pate Palero - Dir. Ejecutiva Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir ✅ Modera: Claudia Florentin 🙌 Una iniciativa de la Comunidad de Práctica de Justicia de Género de ACT Alianza para reflexionar sobre los desafíos de la agenda de género. Actividad libre y gratuita con inscripción previa ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eRcqQziH Faith in Gender Justice

Next month, we are looking forward to co-hosting two guest lectures as part of the ACT Alliance Advocacy Academy. As a diverse network of members, we enjoy creating spaces to learn from one another's contexts, strategies and vision for a gender justice world. 🌍 On 25th September, join us for a lecture on advocacy strategies and methodologies for climate and gender justice. 📢 On 9th October 2024, join us for a lecture on faith-based methodologies for gender justice. Due to both lectures being space for strategy discussions, we are inviting ACT Alliance members only to participate in this space. Please register in advance here: https://lnkd.in/ebaDh4Rb #GenderJustice #ClimateJustice #FaithInGenderJustice #TheRoad2Equality #FaithDevelopment #FABO #AdvocacyAcademy #SDG5

We are excited to launch the 'Women in Leadership Academy: Ecumenical and Diakonia Contexts' in the Asia-Pacific region this month. The training programme is co-hosted by the ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches, and is open to our members in the Asia-Pacific region. Register before the 20th September (spaces are limited): https://lnkd.in/egJKFGsf #TheRoad2Equality #GenderJustice #WomenLeadership #SheLeads #SDG5 #ACTAlliance #WCC

❤️ We have enjoyed working with ACT Alliance members and partners to co-convene a Side Event at the 57th Human Rights Council next week. The event will examine the requirements of meaningful implementation of Security Council 1325 and 2475 resolutions. 🕊 Examples of how to increase diversity in peace-building processes, including full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls, will be shared by Ambassadors, UN Agencies, and community-based actors, including faith-based. 🗓 For Geneva based followers, please join us for this in-person event on 10th September 2024!

This week, Dr Marianna Leite (ACT Alliance) and Stefano Filipuzzi (ACT Alliance EU - European NGO Network) discuss the care conundrum and how gender justice and economic justice are deeply intertwined. Achieving true economic justice requires, among other things, addressing the systemic inequalities that perpetuate gender disparities on #TheRoad2Equality.  #FaithInGenderJustice #TheRoad2Equality #TaxJustice #EconomicJustice #UnpaidCare #SDG5 #ACTAlliance

On 19-20 June 2024, Project dldl/ድልድል held its #Annual #Conference #2024 on #Domestic #Violence, #Religion and #Migration. The aim of the conference was to build bridges between domestic violence and abuse (#DVA) researchers, secular #service #providers, #religious #institutions and #‘by and #for’ #organisations catering to specific religio-cultural communities to move the conversation around #faith-#sensitive and #culturally #appropriate responses in the UK forward and to delineate a concrete roadmap of priority areas to be addressed collectively by the sector. It also sought to enlarge #knowledge and good practices in the UK by channelling into the conversations knowledge and experience from numerous #African countries, including #Ethiopia and #South #Africa. We are pleased to share a Conference Brief titled 'A #Roadmap for Integrating Cultural and Religious Diversity in UK Domestic Violence and Abuse Services' compiled by Dr Romina Istratii, Dr Natalia Paszkiewicz and Dr Mahmoud Ali Gomaa Afifi with review and contributions by many of the speakers and participants. The brief summarises some of the key discussions and offers some #directions for #action that could be taken by domestic violence and abuse (DVA) service providers, policy makers, religious institutions and community advocates in the UK to promote a better integration of religious and cultural diversity in DVA services. The brief can be accessed directly here: https://lnkd.in/e75FYXdZ It can also be downloaded from our Conference Outcomes page:  https://lnkd.in/ed2Qbn35 We hope that this proves helpful to anyone working on integrating cultural and religious sensitivity in domestic violence services and responses in the UK and internationally. A bit shout out to Camille Aubry for the illustrations and Benjamin Kalkum for the beautiful layout.

Safeguarding is not a tick-box activity, it requires the strengthening of our policies, guidelines and training to ensure the well-being and protection from harm for all. We, the ACT Alliance Gender Justice Programme, collaborated with the Safeguarding Community of Practice and ACT Quality, Accountability Reference Group, and our membership to broaden the scope of the ACT Safeguarding Policy, develop guidelines and create a new FABO blended learning course, to revitalise our practices and accountability mechanisms. Gender justice is mainstreamed in the #ACTAlliance safeguarding policy, guidance and training. This is one of the steps on #TheRoad2Equality, to ensure we #LeaveNoOneBehind. ACT Alliance members can explore the course on the FABO page, which we hope to make available in different languages shortly. #TheRoad2Equality #SDG5 #FaithInGenderJustice #Safeguarding #GenderTransformative #Accountability #QualityProgramming #FABO

For #FeministFriday, we will be publishing articles each week, which amplify the work of ACT Alliance forums and members who are working for gender justice. This week, Tendai Pikirayi (Diakonia Zimbabwe) shares her reflections from the inaugural high-level women in leadership summit in Zimbabwe, and the journey towards gender equality in leadership. #TheRoad2Equality #FaithInGenderJustice #Leadership #WomenLead #FeministFriday #SDG5 #GenderTransformative

✨ Welcome to the Faith and Gender-Based Violence Community of Practice! The SVRI is launching this CoP to foster a global network dedicated to understanding and amplifying the vital role of faith and faith actors in preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV). The best part is you can also join! Whether you're a researcher, academic, practitioner, faith leader, activist, policymaker, or from the private sector, your voice and expertise are essential to this conversation. Together, we can strengthen the capacity of faith actors to take meaningful action in GBV prevention and response. ➡️ Register to join now: https://lnkd.in/dvzSXZcn ➡️ Learn more about the Faith & GBV CoP in our website: https://lnkd.in/dYMfb9iq #GenderBasedViolence #EndGBV #GBVPrevention #CommunityofPractice #Faith