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YOUNG WOMEN ARE THE HEART OF COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA BUT OFTEN FACE INCREASED DISCRIMINATION OR PERSECUTION

PERSHING’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP HELPS REBUILD KAKA’I COMMUNITY IN IRAQ AFTER COVID.

DESPITE FACING EXTREME PERSECUTION HAZARA VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT VICTIMS OF COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN.

Whose realities count as targets of religious otherisation?

Participatory methodology is key to make visible the invisible survivors and victims of violence based on religion or belief. Here is why, writes CREID Director, Mariz Tadros. This week on the 22 August, the UN commemorates the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or…

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Analysis The power of heritage to make a life worth living

At a conference in Beirut earlier this month participants gave evidence of the power of heritage to make life worth living for groups and communities…

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Analysis

Hazara Shi'a woman carrying religious flag in Quetta, Pakistan. Credit: Asef Ali Mohammad

Taking a Stance on Feminists’ Prejudice Against Religious Minority Women

Since researching the experiences of gender discrimination against women in poverty who belong to religious minorities, many fellow feminists have turned their back on me.…

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Analysis

Nigeria’s election: how will it affect women abused because of their religion?

On the 25 February Nigeria will experience its seventh consecutive general election – the longest streak of democracy the country has witnessed in over 60…

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News CREID Director appointed to International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance

Professor Mariz Tadros, CREID Director and Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies has been appointed to the Council of Experts for the International…

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Analysis

Two men walking in waist-high floodwater in Pakistan, one carrying two large bags on his shoulder

COP27 and Climate Justice: Where do the Religiously Marginalised Fit in?

Climate change reductionism – assuming the causes and the redress for those suffering the worst impacts of extreme weather lies with climate change alone –…

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News

Image in two halves. On the left there is a painting by Kathryn Cheeseman of a man playing a drum. On the right there is the following text: eBook out now. What about us? Global Perspectives on Redressing Religious Inequalities. Edited by Mariz Tadros

Redressing religious inequalities essential for development to be truly inclusive

On International Day of Freedom of Religion or Belief, we are delighted to share our newly published eBook “What about us? Global Perspectives on Redressing…

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Impact Story

Mohsin’s story: grassroots activist from poor Christian quarter in Islamabad now writes for major media outlets in Pakistan

Mohsin is a resident of 66 Quarter, a Christian neighbourhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. He comes from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background. He has been a grassroots…

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Case Study

Every time I look in the mirror, or I shower, I look at the tattoo and I remember my uncle – the heritage story of my tattoo (Iraq)

Irvin Ibrahim Solman speaks to Raad Eido Rehan, an Iraqi Yazidi, who shares painful memories about his tattoos. Men and women from religious minorities have…

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Case Study

A representation of beauty and community resilience in the face of threats and displacement – the heritage story of my tattoo (Iraq)

In this heritage case study, Nidaa Khalil Aswad interviewed and photographed, her grandmother Nemsha Shlo Smo. Nemsha was born in 1938 and has lived in…

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Case Study

Tattoos create meaning among people as a form of intangible folk heritage, a feature that has prevailed since ancient times – the heritage story of my tattoo (Iraq)

Kheyriyah Qasim is a septuagenarian Yazidi mother of 12 children, originally from Sinjar, Iraq. Owing to circumstances earlier in her life her actual age is…

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Case Study

A signifier of faith in the symbolic healing power of the cross – the heritage story of my tattoo (Egypt)

Men and women from religious minorities have from ancient times inked their bodies to proclaim their identity. The Copts are one of the oldest surviving…

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