PaRD Work-Stream

Gender Equality and Empowerment

The PaRD Gender Equality and Empowerment Work-Stream focuses on SDG 5:
achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Religious actors play an important role in the formation of people’s values, norms of acceptable behaviour and life roles. Consequently, religious actors occupy a unique position to make transformational and sustained progress towards gender equality and empowerment.

PaRD's Gender Equality and Empowerment Work-Stream pays particular attention to increasing understanding of this crucial topic as well as improved religious literacy within the international community and in religious communities and organizations. To that end, the work-stream is working on a comprehensive analysis of religious engagement on sexual and gender-based violence as a baseline for its future activities. It aims to achieve this goal through knowledge exchange among actors, capacity building and advocacy actions.

Work-Stream Co-Leads
Shahin Ashraf, MBE
  • PaRD's Gender Equality and Empowerment Work-Stream Co-Lead
  • Head of Global Advocacy at Islamic Relief Worldwide

 

Elisa Chavez
  • PaRD's Gender Equality and Empowerment Work-Stream Co-Lead
  • Human Rights Advisor at Stefanus Alliance
Mada El Dibs
  • PaRD's Gender Equality and Empowerment Work-Stream Co-Lead
  • Human Rights and Governance Advisor; Global Issues and Development Branch, Global Affairs Canada

 

Kalin Padberg
  • PaRD's Gender Equality and Empowerment Work-Stream Co-Lead
  • Gender Justice Project Coordinator at Islamic Relief Worldwide