Country Mapping: Kenya
This project will identify and examine how faith-inspired organizations and religious leaders engage in development in Kenya, mapping their involvement and particular challenges and opportunities.
Africa
Explore the Berkley Center’s resources on Africa, which include mapping work on faith-inspired development organizations in Senegal, Kenya, and Nigeria; case studies on issues such as education, child welfare, and global health; and an interview series with peacebuilders from Rwanda, South Africa, Mozambique, and Sudan.
Country Mapping: Nigeria
This project, a collaboration between the World Faiths Development Dialogue and the Berkley Center, aims to explore how faith-inspired organizations and religious leaders engage in the many facets of Nigeria’s development, mapping their involvement and particular challenges and opportunities.
Country Mapping: Senegal
This project explored Senegal’s current landscape in order to inform policies and understand the roles that religious communities have played both in promoting and discouraging development efforts.
Country Mapping: Tanzania
This project, a collaboration between the World Faiths Development Dialogue and the Berkley Center, aims to explore how faith-inspired organizations and religious leaders engage in the many facets of Tanzania's development.
Discover the firsthand experiences of faith leaders, activists, and peacebuilding practitioners working on issues ranging from development and education to conflict resolution and foreign policy.
For over a decade, Berkley Center scholars and students have been conducting interviews with individuals working at the intersection of religion and world affairs. These discussions offer unique insights into the inner workings of a wide spectrum of professions touched by religion with interviewees ranging from the highest levels of leadership of international organizations to on-the-ground practitioners. Explore individual interviews here or follow links to our interview collections below:
Recent Interviews
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Championing Women and Girls through Sustainable, Integral Human Development
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT Mortara Center Building
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Sr. Ngozi Uti and Katherine Marshall argue that women's leadership—especially from grassroots and religious communities—must move from symbolic inclusion to real influence in global decision-making.
January 24, 2025
Truth and Consequences: Bishop Marianne Budde
Katherine Marshall shares her reflection on Bishop Marianne Budde's January 22, 2025, sermon at the Washington National Cathedral.
Katherine Marshall shares her reflections on the tenth anniversary of Cadre des Religieux pour la Santé et le Développement (CRSD), a coalition of leaders in Senegal focused on religious approaches and institutions, brought together by the theme of family welfare.
Report October 21, 2024
Mental Health in Ghana: Current Landscape and Religious Roles
Ghana has been on the cutting edge of working to assure accessible and affordable healthcare in Africa, including in mental health. This note casts a preliminary look at how faith actors are involved in mental health in Ghana, drawing on a brief review of Ghana’s mental health care landscape.
Other Publications
Brochure June 27, 2024
Report May 20, 2024
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