Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
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This presentation discusses evidence and best practices related to addressing gender-based violence. It outlines the JLI Learning Hub model and the specific JLI Gender-based Violence Learning Hub. The GBV Hub is an open knowledge sharing platform involving faith-based, academic, and secular organizations. It aims to end harmful traditional practices like FGM/C, child marriage, and honor killings. The presentation discusses partnering with faith leaders on these issues and highlights a case study of Islamic Relief Worldwide. It promotes communication through various channels and provides a GBV Hub toolkit on their website. The goal is to facilitate active learning and build bridges between sectors in addressing gender-based violence.
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- 1. jliflc.com Follow the Evidence: from Research to Knowledge Sharing to Best Practices Presenter: Stacy Nam CCIH
- 2. Presentation Outline •Evidence: JLI Learning Hub Model •JLI GBV Learning Hub •Q&A
- 6. JLI Gender-based Violence Learning Hub Hub Co-chairs: Diana Arango World Bank Elizabeth Dartnall Sexual Violence Research Institute Prabu Deepan Hub Secretary:
- 7. How we work We serve as an open source, non-partisan knowledge sharing platform for all sectors through the full engagement of faith actors to end poverty and support sustainable development
- 8. Hub Members FAITH BASED ACADEMIC POLICY/SECULAR NGO ADRA Australia Anglican Communion CAFOD ChristianAid Coalition of Violence against Women Coexist Cornerstone Trust Episcopal Relief HEARD, UKZN, South Africa IMA World Health Islamic Relief Muslim Aid Seminaco Biblical Colombia SGB Response in eastern DRC Restored Sonke Gender Justice Tearfund Traidmission Wangu Kanja Foundation We Have Hope World Council of Churches World YWCA World Vision International Coventry University London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - UK Griffith University, Australia University of Denver ICRW - Washington DC Johns Hopkins University of Bristol University of Queensland St Lucia University of Groningen Stellenbosch University University of Bedfordshire University of Central Lancashire Populations Council University of Massachusetts, Boston University of New South Wales, Australia University of Oxford Uppsala University, Sweden University of Cape Town University of Concepcion Africhild DFID Devanna de la Puente GBV AOR West & Central Africa Impact & Innovation Development Centre Oxfam – Asia Observatio de Violencia Pan American Health Organisation Rwanda Men's Resource Centre (RWAMREC) Save the Children (Sweden) Asia London -Metro Police Sexual Violence Research Initiative UNAIDS UNHCR - SGBV Unit United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Promundo 28 Too Many World Health Organisation
- 9. No more ‘harmful traditional practices’: working effectively with faith leaders Dr Elisabet le Roux Unit for Religion and Development Research Stellenbosch University Dr Brenda Bartelink University of Groningen Study Researchers:
- 10. Methodology •Literature Review •Case Studies •Online Survey
- 11. What do we mean by traditional cultural practices? • Traditional cultural practices reflect values and beliefs held by members of a community for periods often spanning generations. Every social grouping in the world has specific traditional cultural practices and beliefs, some of which are beneficial to all members, while others are harmful to a specific group, such as women…Despite their harmful nature and their violation of international human rights laws, such practices persist because they are not questioned and take on an aura of morality in the eyes of those practicing them (OCHR 1995) • HPs - Persistent practices and behaviours that are grounded on discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, age and other grounds as well as multiple and/or intersecting forms of discrimination that often involve violence and cause physical and/or psychological harm or suffering. (CEDAW 2014) 11 Palm 2018
- 12. Most prevalent HTPs as identified in lit review •FGM/C •child early marriage •Son preference •Honor related killing
- 13. Key Findings • What’s the harm with HTPs? •Partnering with faith on HTPs • Amplifying development: Partnering with faith • Faith Leaders as change agents
- 14. What’s the harm with HTPs? And we really had a pushback from the traditional leaders from that community when they heard us talking to the number of harmful traditional practices. And you know, they basically made an argument that there is no such thing as a harmful traditional practice: “What it is, is first of all you people from the outside, you are non-Tsonga people. You come in and you vilify our traditional practices because you don’t understand them. So don’t talk to us about harmful traditional practice.” In a sense because that experience really made an impression on me, we stopped using that terminology because we realised it was shutting doors for us instead of opening doors. Sandra, June 23, 2017. 14 Palm 2018
- 15. Amplifying Development: Partnering with faith There are these two ways of thinking about partnerships…the transactional partnership where we just work together on something, and… transformational partnership. This is the more powerful one and especially with faith partners is the one we try to be aiming at where you both really know each other as partners rather than just picking a problem and just joining forces (Cheryl, violence and peace advisor, based in Ireland, June 29, 2017). BUT HOW? Palm 2018 pc: Christian Aid
- 16. Example from Islamic Relief Worldwide Case
- 18. GBV Hub Toolkit jliflc.com/htp-study/ Four Policy Briefs
- 21. Photo: Islamic Relief Worldwide Join the JLI GBV Hub jliflc.com/user-registration Stay in touch! JLI Research Director Olivia@jliflc.com JLI Knowledge Manager stacynam@jliflc.com HTP Study Researchers: Lisa le Roux Brenda Bartelink eleroux@sun.ac.za b.e.bartelink@rug.nl
- 22. Thank you!