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PaRD appoints Khushwant Singh as the new Head of Secretariat

The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) has a new Head of Secretariat. With a wealth of experience and expertise in international cooperation and interreligious and multifaith dialogue, Khushwant Singh has been appointed the new Head of Secretariat of PaRD. He takes up the post with clear priorities: to increase diversity among members, expand the participation of governments, especially from the Global South, achieve more tangible results and in so doing contribute to implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations.

JLI: Shift the center of gravity from global to regional

COVID-19 has truly illustrated the diversity and contextualized nature of faith responses, Kirsten Muth, CEO of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities, says. She is seeing the need for more robust mechanisms for faith engagement at international levels that incorporate responses to this diversity. This is why the recently appointed leader of JLI wants to expand the body of evidence of faith responses at community and national levels. To do so, she wants to build a network of more regional hubs that give priority to the evidence needs and voices from the Global South.

Gender, Religion and Decision-Making in Public Life

Women are not only beneficiaries of the achievement of SDG 5 on Gender Equality and Empowerment. They also need to actively contribute to its continuous implementation. This is one of the key insights of the PaRD CSW65 Side Event on Wednesday.

Grammy-winning songwriter Ani Zonneveld: “In times of COVID-19 people need music and spirituality”

Grammy winning songwriter Ani Zonneveld sees people’s great desire for music during the pandemic, because it’s heart-opening and -healing. With her spiritual songs, the Muslim American singer already tried to heal the wounds after 9/11. The attacks had brought her to the foundation of the US-based NGO and PaRD member “Muslims for Progressive Values”, looking for an Islamic language of Human Rights.

JLI launches new Compendium on MEAL

Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI) has launched a new ‘Compendium of Good Practices on Conducting MEAL in Partnerships with International Actors and Local Faith Actors’.