Women, Faith and Humanitarian Interventions: Policy Options and Opportunities

The Women, Faith and Humanitarian Interventions network is a
collaboration between practitioners and academics who are deeply
concerned about the global progress required for women and girls
in terms of sustainable development goals, and who value the
positive potential of faith and religious literacy in working toward
those goals. The project, funded by the Arts and Humanities
Research Council and based at the University of Birmingham. The
network teamed with international NGO Global One, to bring
together further partners for conversation at a series of events in
Birmingham, Glasgow, Amman (Jordan) and – in the final phase –
Westminster. At these events, participants were asked to identify
key priorities for women and girls from their various perspectives,
and to reflect on how matters of faith and gender intersect in
development terms. This working paper draws together insights
gained through these events, with the aim of proposing policy
recommendations to support gender- and faith-responsive
humanitarian programming.