The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers remains committed to inclusion during the global outbreak of COVID-19 that uplift the voices of grassroots leaders and the sharing of resources to ensure inclusive response and recovery programming. Please see our evolving list of inclusion resources below:
Network articles:
“Gender Equity and Inclusion in the Time of COVID-19: Why Religious and Traditional Leaders Matter.”
Disability Inclusion
CBM (2020) Disability Inclusive Community Action –COVID-19 Matrix, https://www.cbm.org/news/news/news-2020/cbm-develops-disability-inclusive-community-action-covid-19-matrix/
Abrams, Abigail, (2020), “’This Is Really Life or Death.’ For People With Disabilities, Coronavirus Is Making It Harder Than Ever to Receive Care,” Time Magazine, https://time.com/5826098/coronavirus-people-with-disabilities/
Gender Inclusion
SIHA Network, (2020) “Corona Virus Dos and Don’ts are Blind to Urban Poor Women’s Realities,” https://sihanet.org/coronavirus-dos-and-donts-are-blind-to-urban-poor-womens-realities/
Godin, Melissa (2020), ”As Cities Around the World Go on Lockdown, Victims of Domestic Violence Look for a Way out.” Time. https://time.com/5803887/coronavirus-domestic-violence-victims/?fbclid=IwAR05vgeHBSA7-hoTBM3lXkhMUC4bDrf9FHjFiCezvuRYRezCGJnHIoZMgp0
Feminist Response to COVID-19 (2020)
https://www.feministcovidresponse.com/
Frederikson et al., (2020) “Coronavirus: A Look at Gender Differences in Awareness and Actions,” Kaiser Family Foundation, https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/coronavirus-a-look-at-gender-differences-in-awareness-and-actions/
Lewis, Helen, (2020) “The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism: Pandemics affect men and women differently.” The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/feminism-womens-rights-coronavirus-covid19/608302/
Gupta, Alisha Haridasani, (2020) “Why Women May Face a Greater Risk of Catching Coronavirus,” New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/women-coronavirus-greater-risk.html
Clare Wenham, Clare; Smith, Julia; and Morgan, Rosemary. (2020) “COVID-19: the gendered impacts of the outbreak,” the Lancet, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30526-2/fulltext#articleInformation
Care, (2020), “COVID-19’s Gender Implications Examined in Policy Brief from CARE.” https://www.care.org/newsroom/press/press-releases/covid-19s-gender-implications-examined-in-policy-brief-care
Willmer, Gareth, (2020), “‘Gender blind’ coronavirus policies could hinder disease fight,” SciDev.Net. https://www.scidev.net/global/gender/news/gender-blind-coronavirus-policies-could-hinder-disease-fight.html
Smith, Julia, (2020), “Gender and the Coronavirus Outbreak: Gender inequities make outbreaks worse, so why not integrate gender analysis into the response now to help save lives?” Think Global Health. https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gender-and-coronavirus-outbreak
Intimate Partner Violence
New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Governor’s Office of Faith-Based Community Development Initiatives, (2016) Domestic Violence and Faith Communities: Guidelines for Leaders, https://opdv.ny.gov/professionals/faith/guidelines.pdf
World Health Organization (2009), Changing cultural and social norms that support violence, https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44147/9789241598330_eng.pdf?sequence=1
Faith Trust Insitute (2010), “A Commentary on Religion and Domestic Violence.” https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/resources/articles/Commentary.pdf
Peaceful Families Project, https://www.peacefulfamilies.org/
JCADA, “Qur’anic Passages & Verses for Inspiration,” https://jcada.org/training-education/clergy-resource-center/quranic-passages-verses/
JCADA, “Christian Scripture: Verses for Inspiration,” https://jcada.org/training-education/clergy-resource-center/christian-scripture-verses-for-inspiration/
JCADA, “Parashah Pieces: Divrei Torah Samples and Inspiration,” https://jcada.org/training-education/clergy-resource-center/parash-pieces/
Madre (2020), “A Practical Approach to Prevent, Address and Document Domestic Violence under COVID-19,” https://www.madre.org/sites/default/files/PDFs/From%20Global%20Coordination%20to%20Local%20Strategies.pdf