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The Values Underpinning the Muslim Charity Sector

2024-06-04T11:16:22+00:00

Table of Contents The Values Underpinning the Muslim Charity Sector Muslim charitable sector Shari’ah Another driver of Muslim giving Waqf The Values Underpinning the Muslim Charity Sector Muslim Charity: In the last 10 years the wider aid and development community has started to become aware of the magnitude of philanthropic giving and wealth redistribution within the Muslim World (not least in the UK) as data on annual zakat and charitable flows became estimated for the first time by the UN and other agencies.  Muslim charitable sector What is less understood by the wider community are the drivers behind the Muslim charitable [...]

The Values Underpinning the Muslim Charity Sector2024-06-04T11:16:22+00:00

Child Labour in Bangladesh

2024-06-04T11:32:45+00:00

Table of ContentsChild Labour in BangladeshKamrangichurBangladesh Child Labour in Bangladesh Despite numerous interventions and a good deal of media coverage, progress on ending child labour is not progressing. I was fortunate to travel to Bangladesh at the end of last year to deliver training to the Islamic Relief Bangladesh team and to observe some of the projects that are currently being rolled out. I saw some of the child labour referred to in the Kamrangichur district near to the capital. Young boys’ bare chested and bare foot welding in auto repair shops, in other areas children as young as eight work [...]

Child Labour in Bangladesh2024-06-04T11:32:45+00:00

Research-Focused Capacity Building in Gaziantep: Training the next generation of Syrian researchers

2024-06-04T12:03:03+00:00

Table of Contents Research-Focused Capacity Building in Gaziantep: Capacity-building at HAD: Including a research focus Training a new generation of researchers What is research and why do we need it in the sector? Conducting research under difficult circumstances Excellent feedback by participants Next steps: field research and research mentoring/coaching Research project on faith, gender and trauma response Research-Focused Capacity Building in Gaziantep: There is broad consensus that capacity building lies at the heart of international development. Capacity building describes a process aimed to “bring a nonprofit to the next level of operational, programmatic, financial, or organizational maturity, so it may more [...]

Research-Focused Capacity Building in Gaziantep: Training the next generation of Syrian researchers2024-06-04T12:03:03+00:00

The Role of Faith in Psychosocial Response

2024-05-09T12:00:43+00:00

July 24, 2019 The Role of Faith in Psychosocial Response Religion and belief can act as powerful coping mechanism for individuals dealing with traumatic experiences. Despite this fact, the role of faith in psychosocial response to trauma often tends to be overlooked by practitioners working with survivors of trauma, R&D and IPD are addressing this significant gap by working on a one-year research project on ‘Developing a Faith Sensitive Psycho-Social Response to Trauma amongst Muslim Women’ (co-led by R&D and the International Programmes Division at IRW). Funding for the project has been approved by IR Canada. HAD Postgraduate Fellows Sandra Iman [...]

The Role of Faith in Psychosocial Response2024-05-09T12:00:43+00:00

A Humanitarian from Yemen: Love without borders

2024-06-04T12:58:36+00:00

Table of ContentsA Humanitarian from Yemen: Love without bordersThe war in YemenPrior to the warIn Birmingham A Humanitarian from Yemen: Love without borders I woke up at the middle of the night to the sounds of thunder; at least that’s what I thought it was at first, little did I know that it was the sound of air strikes. The war in Yemen The war in Yemen began on the 26th of March 2015, and is on-going four years later. In a blink of an eye so much has changed. I still remember exactly how I spent that one last peaceful day [...]

A Humanitarian from Yemen: Love without borders2024-06-04T12:58:36+00:00

PVE and Gender: A Case for Gender-Sensitive Counter-Extremism Approaches

2024-06-12T20:29:25+00:00

July 9, 2019 PVE and Gender: A Case for Gender-Sensitive Counter-Extremism Approaches Extremism, PVE and Gender The term ‘extremism’ is a widely debated concept. It holds a variety of interpretations and lacks a clear definition. The term is not linked to any specific ideology or region but exists in several forms worldwide. Jennifer Philippa Eggert describes extremism as ‘dogmatic, radical, extremist views and black and white thinking’ which has the ability to manifest into violence. Counter-extremism (or CVE) programmes aim to prevent or effectively respond to extremist actions. Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) programmes aim to tackle violent extremism by focusing on prevention. [...]

PVE and Gender: A Case for Gender-Sensitive Counter-Extremism Approaches2024-06-12T20:29:25+00:00

Venues

2019-06-26T15:40:06+00:00

Venues2019-06-26T15:40:06+00:00

Making a difference in the development sector from the eyes of a junior

2024-06-04T13:27:34+00:00

Making a difference in the development sector from the eyes of a junior I always thought that getting into a career was easy- if you put your head down and study, the results will speak for themselves and you’ll land your dream job. But after climbing the education ladder and completing a degree, I soon came to realise that the education system was vastly different from the working force; finding myself stuck in the loop of “you need a job to build experience but can’t get a job without experience”. It was a frustrating cycle that left me feeling like my [...]

Making a difference in the development sector from the eyes of a junior2024-06-04T13:27:34+00:00
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