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A catalyst for this shift was the re-criminalisation of homosexuality in Uganda, Nigeria, and India in 2014, as well as partner reports of rising violence towards LGBTI people in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, breaking […] View resource Journal article Faith paths to overcome violence against women and girls in Brazil 20/07/2016 13 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Faith GaD Gender and Development Journal Gender-based violence Theology VAWG Violence Against Women and Girls Overview Faith holds a central part in the lives of many women and men, shaping notions of gender and relationships. In the context of Brazil, faith groups hold a variety of views on matters of gender justice and women’s rights, from conservative to progressive, and shape public attitudes, legislation, as well as the lives of individuals […] View resource Journal article Pentecostalism and development in Kibera informal settlement, Nairobi 01/08/2012 11 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Faith INGOs Participation Overview This article outlines one of the activities organised by an international Evangelical faith-based development organisation (FBDO) working in the Kibera informal settlement, an area that attracts large numbers of development practitioners, including FBDOs and Christian missionaries. Some Pentecostal and Evangelical perceptions of entrepreneurship are outlined, which are then related to current theoretical descriptions of the […] View resource Journal article Religion and development: subjecting religious perceptions and organisations to scrutiny 01/08/2012 12 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Development methods Faith INGOs Overview Writing on the relationships between religion and development has blossomed in the last decade or so, after years of relative neglect. Like any field of social enquiry that is both underdeveloped and closely linked to the interests of advocates and practitioners, the work available to date has encountered various pitfalls. These are outlined, to pinpoint […] View resource Journal article Trajectories of transnational Muslim NGOs 01/08/2012 15 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Faith INGOs Overview Transnational Muslim NGOs are increasingly important actors in the field of aid provision. Much of the literature has presented a rather static and homogeneous picture of this group of organisations, overlooking their heterogeneity and changing nature. Tracing the historical trajectories of transnational Muslim NGOs, this article shows how changing political, economic, and social contexts have […] View resource Journal article Thinking about faith-based organisations in development: where have we got to and what next? 01/08/2012 14 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Faith Overview This paper takes stock of current thinking about the nature and distinctiveness of faith-based organisations (FBOs) in development. Since the 1990s, public policy-linked scholarship from the USA has sought to define and categorise FBOs. More recently, many donors have increasingly chosen to work with and fund such organisations, giving rise to discussions about how FBOs […] View resource Journal article Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan 01/08/2012 13 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Faith Girls' education Women's rights Overview This paper explores the hypothesis that Islamic religious values and beliefs are antithetical to women’s education in two cities in Pakistan: Lahore, generally believed to be a socially liberal city, and Peshawar, often regarded as the bastion of conservative values and norms. Leaders and members of selected religious organisations, and some members of women’s rights […] View resource Journal article Faith in forms: civil society evangelism and development in Tanzania 01/08/2012 13 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Faith Participation Overview This paper examines the position and role of religious organisations within a wider range of civil society organisations (CSOs) in two districts in Tanzania. We argue that where development agendas are externally generated and civil society is driven by supply-side factors, religious organisations are not very different from other CSOs. Whether faith adherence and religious […] View resource Journal article Strengthening the voice of the poor: religious organisations’ engagement in policy consultation processes in Nigeria and Tanzania 01/08/2012 10 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Co-operatives Debt Debt relief Development in Practice Journal DiP Faith Livelihoods Overview This paper describes attempts in Nigeria and Tanzania to build the capacity of selected religious organisations to participate in policy consultation processes, by strengthening their ability to speak effectively to governments on behalf of poor communities. These attempts arose out of enquiries into the limited involvement of faith-based organisations in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper […] View resource Journal article The life a person lives: religion, well-being and development in India 01/08/2012 11 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Faith Welfare Wellbeing Overview This paper argues that discussion of religion and development sees religion in over-institutionalised ways and is biased towards Christianity over other traditions. It explores this through analysis of the World Bank-sponsored study, Voices of the Poor, and the authors’ own research in India. This shows that religious identities and practice can be quite fluid, especially […] View resource Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know