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Freedom of religion and belief is crucial to any sustainable development process, yet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pay little attention to religious inequalities.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of how efforts to achieve SDGs can be enhanced by paying greater attention to freedom of religion and belief. In particular, it illustrates how poverty is often a direct result of religious prejudice and how religious identity can shape a person's job prospects, their children's education and the quality of public services they receive. Drawing on evidence from Asia, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, the book foregrounds the lived experiences of marginalized communities as well as researchers and non-state actors.
Contents
1. Confronting Poverty, Prejudice and Religious Inequality: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind - Mariz Tadros, Philip Mader and Kathryn Cheeseman
Part 1: Health and Wellbeing
2. The Intersection of Religion With the Health and Wellbeing SDG - Jill Olivier
3. How the Pandemic Impacted Religious Minorities in Iraq, and How Inclusive Journalism Helped - Salam Omer
4. Religion and Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccination: The Trust Deficit - Claire Thomas, Mayya Kelova and Albashir Mohamed
5. Religious Inequality and Health: Taking the Pulse Through a Global Review of the Literature - Ghazala Mir
6. Health and Wellbeing Alongside Belief Systems at the Patient Care Coalface: How Does Policy Fit in? - Somnath Mukhopadhyay and Haitham Abul-Eis
Part 2: Education
7. Religion, Religiosity and Educational Progress - Elizabeth M. King
8. Training Iraqi Teachers To Become Effective Promoters of FoRB Principles in Primary Education - Haidar Lapcha and Yusra Mahdi
9. Advancing Freedom of Religion or Belief Through Religiously Inclusive Education - Knox Thames
Part 3: Gender
10. Interrogating the Gender and Religious Equality Nexus - Mariz Tadros
11. Dire Conditions for Hazara Shia Pilgrims During COVID-19 Quarantine in Pakistan - Sadiqa Sultan
12. The 'Messy' World of Women and Religious Inequality - Kate Ward
13. Empty Chairs: FoRB's Gender Problem - Andrea Mari and Kathryn Cheeseman
Part 4: Water and Sanitation
14. Freedom of Religion or Belief, and Access to Safe Water - Kate Bayliss
15. How Clean Drinking Water in Joseph Colony Addresses Religious Inequalities and SDGs - Ali Abbas Zaidi and Bariya Shah
16. Why Do Religious Minorities in Pakistan Receive Less Water? - Mary Gill and Asif Aqeel
17. Drinking Water, Sanitation and the Religion Paradox in India - Nitya Jacob
Part 5: Infrastructure and the Economy
18. How Digital Discrimination Affects Sustainable Development for Religious and Ethnic Minorities - Kevin Hernandez and Becky Faith
19. Poverty, Prejudice and Technology - Nighat Dad and Shmyla Khan
20. Beyond the Rhetoric of Freedom: Religious Inequity in Nigeria - Chris Kwaja
21. Religious Identity-Based Inequality in the Labour Market: Policy Challenges in India - Surbhi Kesar and Rosa Abraham
Part 6: Inequalities
22. Religious Inequality and Economic Opportunity: Implications for SDG10 - Simone Schotte
23. The Justice Gap: Religious Minorities, Discrimination and Accountability Challenges - Claire Thomas and Mary Gill
24. Disability and Religious Inequality Intertwined: Double Discrimination Against Deaf Jehovah's Witnesses in Uzbekistan - Dilmurad Yusupov
25. What Is Distinctive About Religious Inequality? Challenges and Opportunities for Development Policy - Michael Woolcock
Part 7: Cities and Communities
26. Religious Inequalities, Inclusive Cities and Sustainable Development - Francesca Giliberto
27. ISIS Attack on the Divinely Protected City of Mosul: The Assault of Terrorism on Diversity and Peace - Omar Mohammed
28. Renaming Places in India: Conjuring the Present by Exorcising a Past - Rachna Mehra
29. Urban Development for Religious Equality: The Case of Youhanabad in Pakistan - Amen Jaffer
Part 8: Climate and Nature
30. Religious Inequality and Environmental Change - Shilpi Srivastava and Vinitha Bachina
31. Discrimination Against Minorities and Its Detrimental Effect on Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons From the Batwa 'Pygmies' Around Semuliki National Park, Western Uganda - Moses Muhumuza
32. A Wounded Landscape and the Right To Protest at the River Club Site - Rifqah Tifloen
33. Climate Justice for the Religiously Marginalised - Lyla Mehta
Part 9: Peace and Justice
34. The Significance of Freedom of Religion or Belief for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions - W. Cole Durham Jr.
35. Recovering From the Trauma of Insurgency in Northern Nigeria - Maji Peterx
36. Religion, Caste and Marginality: Reflections on the Indian Criminal Justice and Prison System - Devangana Kalita
37. Key Blindspots in Thinking Around Peacebuilding Policy Makers and Practitioners Need To Address - Katharine Thane
Part 10: Partnership
38. Partnerships and Religious Inequality - Amro Hussain
39. The Need for Secular-Religious Engagement - Kishan Manocha
40. Co-Creation for Freedom of Religion or Belief - Mike Battcock
41. Promoting FoRB in Fragile Contexts: Emerging Lessons From CREID on Legitimacy - Mariz Tadros
42. Epilogue - Mariz Tadros, Philip Mader and Kathryn Cheeseman
