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Religious Beliefs and Practices: Roles in Decision-Making about Family Welfare in the Sahel
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST Berkley Center
Senegal
Approximately
95 percent of Senegal’s population is Muslim and the other five percent is
primarily Christian or animist. Senegalese society is especially religious and
religious and development institutions play diverse, yet often intersecting,
roles in Senegal’s social, economic, and political development.
Events
Exchange Visit to Guinea by Senegalese Faith Leaders
November 7, 2016
Exchange Visit to Mauritania by Senegalese Faith Leaders
April 12, 2016
Religion and Development: Mapping the Terrain
February 3, 2016
Religion & Sustainable Development: Building Partnerships To End Extreme Poverty
July 7, 2015
Publications
Book December 1, 2023
Religious Argumentation for the Promotion of Adolescent and Youth Health
The Religious Argumentation for the Promotion of Adolescent and Youth Health was created in partnership between the le Cadre des Religieux pour la Santé et le Développement (CRSD) in Senegal and the Department of Mother and Child Health (DSME) within the Ministry of Health. This argumentation was created by religious leaders committed to the promotion of maternal and child health, complementing…
Article December 21, 2021
Adapting Family Planning Activities in the Time of COVID-19: CRSD, A Case in Senegal
In this blog post, WFDD Program Manager Wilma Mui explores how Cadre des Religieux pour la Santé et le Développement (CRSD), a Senegal-based NGO, has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic.Blog Posts
A strategically designed effort in Senegal and Guinea offers important lessons about both opportunities and challenges in addressing high maternal and infant mortality, many linked to the specific country situations involved but with implications that extend well beyond.
Cadre des Religieux pour la Santé et le Développement (CRSD), a coalition of religious leadership, has emerged as an interreligious non-governmental actor, a vital partner, and an integral part of Senegal’s family planning and welfare programs.
December 17, 2017
Faith and Planning in the Sahel: Tensions and Cooperation
If you were to choose a topic for cordial, evidence-based dialogue, it probably would not be religious approaches to family planning. Yet that was on the agenda at the Ouagadougou Partnership (OP)…
