For Climate-Related Decision-Making, Inclusive Tables need to be Set
Making room for religious and local actors, including women, in climate-related planning, policymaking, and implementation brings valuable insight. This was highlighted by speakers at a CSW66 side event in 2022, which was co-organised by PaRD.
New Project Archive Launched: How Religious Actors Respond to COVID-19
What started as an online document has evolved into a professional online platform: the Faith and COVID-19: Resource Repository. This collaborative project was supported by the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) and other organisations. It collects information about religious actors responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Religious Organisations Safeguard the Environment through Cooperation
According to Faith for Earth Panel participants, PaRD connects people, religions, and governments for positive and agile environmental impact.
Villas to Villages: Uganda’s Religious Networks Fight Corruption at all Levels
Cooperation between Uganda’s religious networks and government grows as both focus on positive change for the people.
Faith Sensitive Approaches for Children on the Move brings them Closer to Well-being
PaRD members create a resource with recommendations for faith-sensitive mental health and psychosocial support from a 2021 series.
First Equity, then Sustainability: There is hope to save the Earth when we put ourselves in the centre of change
At the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Faith for Earth Dialogue opening session on February 21, 2022, Head of Secretariat Khushwant Singh underscores how PaRD members are working to be drivers of equity and sustainability in cities.
Prayers and Policy: How Governments and Religious Actors can meet Sustainable Development Goals together
Research shows that governments and multilateral organisations can be more efficient in meeting some of their development cooperation goals by working with religious organisations and communities.
The right time to open a new page: The first journal on Religion and Development is launched in South Africa
The study of religion and development has it first academic journal, offering a resource for academics, decision makers and religious actors. Its interdisciplinary concept welcomes contributions from across the social sciences and humanities.
PaRD Members Approve Five-Year Strategy and Elect New Leadership in South Africa
PaRD’s 2021 Annual Forum and General Assembly of Members provided first-hand accounts of issues affecting the Global South and explored how to “become more together” through dialogue, learning, and collaboration.
PaRD with new leadership
Continuing on its path towards more diversity and outreach to the Global South, PaRD elected new leadership at the annual meeting in South Africa.