Challenging gender stereotypes through the faith lens

The Beijing +25 commitments and The Swedish Government’s work seeks to implement the 2030 Agenda, and to achieve gender equality through SDG 5 and to empower all women and girls. How can faith actors, faith-based INGO’s the development space and governments come together to achieve this realization?

Eighty-four percent of the world’s population self-identify as members of a faith/religious groups. Religious actors can be part of the solution The world’s first call initiated by Islamic Relief Worldwide through a declaration challenges inequalities by addressing injustices from land rights to gender-based violence The Islamic Declaration of Gender Justice is a landmark initiative that presents key faith principles of justice and challenges harmful ideas, cultural practices, and social conditions. As one of the largest Islamic NGOs in the world, Islamic Relief is taking a clear stand against gender injustices and has set a framework where human rights, feminism and religion interplay and reach new best practices to achieve gender equality so all women and girls become empowered. Join us on this discussion on what role faith has in ending gender injustices and challenging gender norms.

Medverkande:

• Azza Karam, Senior Advisor, UNFPA, United Nations Populations Fund
• Shahin Ashraf, Global Campaign Advisor, Islamic Relief Worldwide
• Emilie Weiderud, Policy Advisor, SRHR, Church of Sweden
• Josephine Sundqvist, Programme Manager / Specialist, SIDA
• Khaled Eldib, President, The Swedish Imam Council

Kontaktperson 1:

Mohammed Mohsen, Kommunikationschef, Islamic Relief Sverige, mohammed.mohsen@islamic-relief.se

Kontaktperson 2:

Laila Wold, Påverkan/PR, Islamic Relief Sverige, laila.wold@islamic-relief.se

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https://islamic-relief.se/

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www.facebook.com/IslamicReliefSverige/

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@IslamicReliefSv

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