Gender
The advancement of gender equality and LGBTQ rights remains at the forefront of human rights agendas around the globe. These materials examine a broad spectrum of gender issues, focusing in particular on how religion and religious organizations promote or hinder women’s rights, and how women of faith are shaping peacebuilding, democratic movements, and other social and political issues.
Women Faith Leaders Fellowship 2023-2024 Cohort
The pilot phase of the Women Faith Leaders Fellowship included an initial cohort of 10 sisters from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Fellows elevated their leadership skills through a variety of interactions with leading policymakers and scholars.
Islam, Gender, and Democracy
The relationship between secularism, democracy, religion, and gender equality remains a complex and contested issue across Western countries. When we turn to Muslim countries, the situation is even more multifaceted. For many Western commentators…
Women, Religion, and Peace: Experience, Perspectives, and Policy Implications
The U.S. Institute of Peace, the Berkley Center, and the World Faiths Development Dialogue conducted a multi-year exploration of the activities and perspectives of women in peacebuilding and their policy implications.
Women, Religion, and the Family
During 2014 and 2015 the Berkley Center and the World Faiths Development Dialogue asked women and men from various faith traditions to share their experiences and opinions about religion's impact on the family in the form of blogs and interviews.
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May 14, 2025
Notes from the Field: Studying the Nexus of Religion, Gender, and Populism from a Global Perspective (Video)
Duration: 59 minutes
March 6, 2024
Catholic Sisters Working To Eradicate Human Trafficking (Video)
Duration: 1 hours 5 minutes
October 11, 2023
Competing Understandings of Islamic Codes Pertaining to Women in the Arab World (Video)
Duration: 1 hours 17 minutes
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Notes from the Field: Studying the Nexus of Religion, Gender, and Populism from a Global Perspective
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT Online
Brochure June 27, 2024
Women Faith Leaders Fellowship 2024-2025 Brochure
The Women Faith Leaders Fellowship is a 10-month professional fellowship that cultivates leadership and advocacy skills among Catholic sisters in Africa, accompanying them in their work to champion progress for women and girls.
Other Publications
Katherine Marshall reflects on women's leadership in multireligious settings, in the context of an upcoming Religions for Peace webinar and the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69).
Ruth Gopin and Katherine Marshall discuss amplifying youth voices in different projects and the topic more broadly.
Sister Francisca Ngozi Uti, HHCJ, is one of three finalists for the annual Opus Prize. Sr. Ngozi was part of the 2023-2024 cohort of the Women Faith Leaders Fellowship.
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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