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Religion has an important function in the public and political life of many societies that also affects the relations between the sexes and women’s (and men’s) rights. Still, how do religion and politics mingle precisely and what are the concrete social and political consequences of this mixture from a gender perspective?

AFGHANISTAN

Import Ban on Bridal Dresses: A draft law of the Ministry for Women’s Affairs asks for moral guards to control private celebrations

 - Wedding ceremonies have become ruinous for many Afghans. A new law now aims at limiting the expenses. The good intention of the initiative is tarnished, however, because the draft at the same time sanctions heavy governmental interference into personal affairs. Ten years after the fall of the Taliban, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs revives the institution of moral guards.  Bente Aika Scheller more»

Research Project

Religion, Politics and Gender Equality

 - Religion has an important function in the public and political life of many societies, and from the point of view of women’s rights to equality, there is much at stake in how religion and politics intertwine. For that purpose the Heinrich Boell Foundation conducts an extensive research project in collaboration with the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) which includes case studies from 11 countries. more»

About the Project

 - Religion continues to have a public dimension throughout the world, and from the point of view of women’s rights to equality, there is much at stake in how religion and politics intertwine. Therefore, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, in close cooperation with the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), launched a research project which explored the effects of this blending of religion and politics on women’s rights and gender equality.  more»

Pakistan

“Gender, Religion, and the Quest for Justice in Pakistan"

- April 27, 2010, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Pakistan launched a research report on “Gender, Religion, and the Quest for Justice in Pakistan” by Farida Shaheed at Marriott Hotel. The study was carried out in collaboration with United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).  Report by Saima Jasam more»
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  • Religion – Gender – Politics: prospects for equality and pluralism
    Caught in the crossfire of the global resurgence of religion in public life and multiculturalist claims to difference, what are the prospects for gender equality and women's human rights? Debate and information on this question provides the website of the openDemocracy 50:50 initiative. more»
  • Religion, Politics and Gender Equality
    The Gender and Development Programme of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) coordinated the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Religion, Politics and Gender Equality Project. more» 
  • Promoting Pluralism 
    This programme of five academic and practioners’ institutions based in the Netherlands, India, Indonesia and Uganda focuses on understanding the impacts of fundamentalisms on social diversity and aims at increasing practical spaces for pluralism. more» 
  • Resisting and Challenging Fundamentalisms 
    This initiative of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (awid) seeks to contribute to greater strategic thinking, dialogue and advocacy on religious fundamentalisms by women’s rights organizations and movements. more»
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