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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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
May 22, 2023
Gender, Religion, and Forced Migration (Video)
Duration: 1 hours 22 minutes
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Catholic Sisters Working To Eradicate Human Trafficking
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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
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.
February 23, 2024
Sisters at Work: A Special Global Cohort
What is too little known and understood is the frontline support Catholic sisters provide in communities facing poverty, armed conflict, and natural disasters. A new report begins to address this gap by exploring, through a global lens, the peacebuilding and development work of Catholic sisters.
As of May 2023, over 110 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide because of conflicts, persecution, and human rights violations. An unsettling aspect of this crisis is the growing prevalence of displaced women and children, highlighting the interplay between gender and displacement.
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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