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Role of Religious actors in improving adolescent’s health by raising awareness on #SRHR
Faith leaders should be ambassadors of peace through the practice of good deeds which would build the trust of their communities and thereby encourage greater reporting of SRHR issues Faith to Action Network…
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#FaithActingTogether :Towards Improved Collaboration To End Gender Based Violence
Gender-Based Violence in its diverse forms has reached crisis proportions all over the world. Faith to Action Network , ACT Ubumbano, ACT Alliance and We Will Speak Out, co-created interfaith briefs on gender-based violence (GBV) to initiate conversations within faith institutions…
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Case Studies from State of the African Woman Campaign (SOAWC)
A coalition of youth-serving organizations, feminist groups, SRHR professionals, and faith-based organization have contributed their own area of expertise to produce these case studies and synthesis briefs. They have worked with specific groups across the entire African continent: youth activists, journalists, faith leaders, women’s rights…
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“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…
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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…
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Islamic lectures on Human Rights and SRHR in Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe, 3 December 2019 (F2A) – Fatima Zahra Women’s Organisation was granted the opportunity to give lectures on Sexual Reproductive Health and Human Rights, during the International Islamic Crash Course starting on December 3rd, 2019. The lecture…
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YWCA concludes World Council with call to nurture women leadership
Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA; 22 November 2019 (F2A) – Newly elected officials of a globally renowned women’s movement have pledged commitment to increasingly develop the leadership capacities of women at the community level. The new board officials said they…
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Southern African Theologians Develop Policy Briefs to address Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, 27 September 2019 (F2A) – Meeting recently in Johannesburg when the issue of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is under the spotlight in South Africa, theologians from different countries in the Southern Africa…
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