“We can no longer be silent”- SADC’s faith community releases three interfaith briefs on sexual and reproductive health and rights, teenage pregnancy and gender-based violence.

Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 March 2020 (F2A) – For a long time, faith communities in the SADC region have supported women and young people to realize their potential. They have now joined hands to promote the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and young people,  help girls in

“We want teenage pregnancies to be a thing of the past in Homa Bay”

Homa Bay, Kenya, 16 March 2020 (F2A) – To celebrate International Women’s day 2020, Faith to Action Network, its member Organization of African Instituted Church of Kenya (OAIC) and the Anglican Church of Kenya, Ogande Parish provided a sermon on the benefits of healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies and

Faith health facilities in Narok add their voices to universal health coverage

Narok, Kenya, 12 March 2020 (F2A) – Faith based health facilities in Narok county yesterday added their voice to Kenya’s commitment to Universal Health Coverage by driving the MOH Strategy for provision of community-based health services through community based distribution of family planning methods. According to a Kenya Ministry of

Conference: Towards Improved Collaboration to end GBV in South Africa

Durban, South Africa, 20 February 2020 (F2A) – Gender-Based Violence in its diverse forms has reached crisis proportions in South Africa, which sparked outrage amongst thousands of women and men resulting in mass demonstrations across the country in 2018 and 2019.  Outrage has been sparked also by the fact that

UJCC & MCJL Have Promoted Peaceful Coexistence in Kululu – Africa Alex

Yumbe, Uganda, 13 February 2020 (F2A)- Africa Alex is a young man from Kululu Sub County in West Nile region of Uganda.  After he dropped from school, Africa hanged around Kululu with his friends. He did odd jobs and did not have big dreams. Then he had a simple encounter

UJCC Taught Me Community Dialogues – Ozama Alex

Yumbe, Uganda, 13 February 2020 (F2A)- The Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) and Muslim Centre for Justice and Law (MCJL) has trained hundreds of young men and women whom it uses to promote interfaith relations and peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians in Yumbe district. One of those young men

UJCC Promoted Peaceful Coexistence Through Our Dance Troupe – Majid

Yumbe, Uganda, 13 February 2020 (F2A)- One of the ways in which the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) and Muslim Centre for Justice and Law (MCJL) promote interfaith relations and peaceful coexistence between Muslim and Christian youths in Yumbe district is through music, dance and drama. Between July 2018 and

UJCC Changed My Life and Lives of My Colleagues

Kululu, Uganda, 9 December 2019 (F2A): Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) and Muslim Centre for Justice and Law (MCJL) promote interfaith relations and peaceful coexistence between Muslim and Christian youths in Yumbe district. Negative stereotypes, prejudice, and acrimony had characterised relations between Christian and Muslim youth. But relations between followers

Dialogue: working together to drive progress post-2020

Washington, D.C., USA, 21 January 2020 (F2A) – In collaboration with FP2020 and World Vision, Faith to Action Network hosted a dialogue on faith and family planning. Participants from faith actors, civil society, donor agencies and academia shared lessons and recommendations to strengthen the faith community’s engagement in family planning.

Interfaith activists condemn violence against women and children

Harare, Lilongwe, Lusaka, SADC, 10 December 2019 (F2A) – We have partnered with ACT Ubumbano and the country forums of ACT Alliance in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe to elevate faith voices in condemning violence against women and children. Every year the United Nations declares the period from November 25th, International