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Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities + Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs: Platform to track faith responses to COVID-19.

The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) and World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) together with the Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University launched an online platform and daily emails to collect and communicate information related to religious action responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to organize information so that it can be quickly found and used by development policymakers and practitioners as well as religious actors who seek to work together in the COVID-19 response. View the platform or sign up.

Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD): Religion in times of COVID-19

PaRD provides an overview of different statements and initiatives by PaRD members in response to the virus. The activities and initiatives clearly show: Religions do matter even and especially when houses of worship are necessarily closed. The website also lists multiple possibilities to submit your own responses in the various fora that address the nexus between religion and development.

United Nations Environment Program’s Faith for Earth Initiative: Faith in the Frontline with COVID19

UNEP’s Faith for Earth Initiative also tracks faith responses to COVID-19 as well as media reports on the topic. The Faith for Earth Initiative aims to engage with faith-based actors on issues related to the environment and climate change and foster an honest dialogue between a UN Agency and religious organizations and their representatives.

World Evangelical Alliance Sustainability Center: Webinar “People and Planet 2.0 – Can the Covid-19 tragedy be a historic reset?”

The current outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and its quick spread has a lot to do with how humanity (mis-)manages and (mis-)uses the environment. It also has some very practical implications for creation care work around the globe – both on the advocacy and the implementation level. The webinar by the World Evangelical Alliance Sustainability Center addresses the intersection of environmental management and the spread of diseases while laying out some ways to find hope for humanity and the planet.

The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers: Gender Equity and Inclusion in the Time of COVID-19 - Why Religious and Traditional Leaders Matter

Taylor Ramsey, PhD, Senior Specialist on Inclusive Peace explains some ways in which religious and traditional leaders can support their communities in order to foster equality and inclusion in the time of COVID-19. For example, they can work with families to encourage girls to keep studying, as research after similar viral outbreaks have shown that girls who experience a disruption in schooling are less likely to re-enroll than their male counterparts. Also, religious and traditional leaders should watch out for increased rates of domestic and partner violence in their communities.

April Bulletin by the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy

The April newsletter of the Center for Religion and Diplomacy features some very interesting stories, answering for example those two questions: Will COVID-10 cause a religious recession? And: Is the MENA region becoming less religious? Also, the bulletin addresses the impact of the pandemic on the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, which is compulsory for all Muslims who have the means and health to perform it.

Multi-Religious Statement on Gender, Faith and COVID-19 by Side by Side: Faith Movement for Gender Justice.

The crisis does not operate in a vacuum and, as a result, the pandemic is increasing pre-existing gender inequalities. Around the world, gender roles have a marked impact on exposure, transmission, and outcome patterns of COVID-19. Women and girls are experiencing intersecting injustices in political, social and economic spheres. Read the full statement here.

World Bank Group Global Faith Engagement: COVID-19 Response Update

World Bank’s Global Faith Engagement team is mapping faith response efforts to COVID-19 to identify potential opportunities to engage, particularly with relevant client country offices. If you would like to participate in this effort, email faith@worldbank.org.

Catholic Relief Services: COVID-19 Response Strategy

This strategy prioritizes several key areas to inform country‑specific programmatic actions to help families, communities and countries in the immediate response to the COVID‑19 pandemic over the next six months. The strategy lays out a clear results framework and correlates it with different activities that CRS will pursue.

 

 

Religions for Peace’s Multi-religious COVID-19 Hub

This resource hub presents an extensive collection of insight into the worldwide interfaith response to COVID-19. It features reports about ongoing multi-religious collaboration, resources for specific faith communities and reflections of Religions for Peace leaders and partners.

 

 

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