Please watch this webinar to hear from women around the world who participated in our research study “Women at The Table: Accelerating FoRB Capacity.”
Women have been disproportionately impacted by the denial of FoRB, yet institutional measures to advance freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) often marginalize and exclude the role of women. FoRB Women’s Alliance, and research partner, Gender and Religious Freedom (GRF), conducted a global landscape analysis of women and FoRB. The purpose was to explore who is working on advancing FoRB and women, gaps in the collective knowledge of women and FoRB, opportunities, innovations, collaborative initiatives and what resources are needed.
Program participants:
Elisa Chavez, Human Rights Advisor, Stefanus Alliance International
Judith Golub: Co-founder FoRB Women’s Alliance and Director of Strategy and Planning at Religion News Foundation/Service
Rebecca Gadzama: Co-founder and Director of Victim Care for Education Must Continue Initiative (EMCI)
Marjan Greenblatt: Founder of ARAM and StopFemicideIran
Farahnaz Ispahani: Co-founder FoRB Women’s Alliance and a member of the Steering Committee of the International Panel of Parliamentarians (IPPFoRB)
Merritt Johnston: Executive Director, Baptist World Alliance Women
Marcela Szymanski: EU and UN Advocacy officer for the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) and Editor of Worldwide Religious Freedom Report
Lou Ann Sabatier: Co-founder FoRB Women’s Alliance and Director of Communications at 21Wilberforce
