Katherine Marshall explores Senegal’s Quranic schools (daaras), examining the tensions between religious tradition, child protection, and education.
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Faith in Action
On Faith in Action Berkley Center Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall tracks the faith-inspired activities of people and institutions across the globe and across religious traditions, with a focus on development and humanitarian issues. Earlier posts were originally published by the Huffington Post or…
Recent Blog Posts
Katherine Marshall recaps March 2026 meetings connected to the G20 Interfaith Forum, concluding that the challenges loom large, but we stand to benefit from the ideas and active support of deeply committed and thoughtful partners who share a deep interest in and commitment to common goals and objectives.
Luisa Banchoff highlights key themes that emerged from interviews with the 2024-2025 WFLF cohort, which covered the sisters’ journeys to the sisterhood, their educational and professional background, and their work on issues spanning health, education, advocacy, and women’s and girls’ empowerment.
Faith in Development
Faith-inspired organizations and religious leaders often work in tandem with secular global development practitioners, with similar motivations to fight poverty and alleviate suffering. At the same time, many development practitioners work with faith actors engaged in the community. This blog…
Recent Blog Posts
Sarah Thompson reflects on the current religious debates surrounding the implementation of a human milk bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Thompson considers potential ways to offer more inclusive milk-sharing practices in Muslim-majority communities and elsewhere.
September 13, 2016
How do religious factors affect Senegal’s development agendas?
The Berkley Center at Georgetown University and the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) presented the findings of their two-year effort to “map” the intersections of development and religious…
February 22, 2016
Women Countering Violent Extremism: Under the Radar?
Religious literacy has taken on new importance for security
and peace efforts focused on countering violent extremism. Groups such as Boko
Haram, Al-Shabaab, and ISIS use Islamic rhetoric to recruit…