Gender, Faith and COVID-19 Resources

Gender, Faith and COVID-19

1. Shared Conversations: Faith Responses to COVID-19, Side by Side with members / partners, (Invites).
2. Gender, Faith and COVID-19 Statement, Faith in Beijing, Resource Link (Statement, PDF) / Declaración Conjunta: Género, Fe y COVID-19, Creas,  (Statement in Spanish, PDF)
3. Gender Equity and Inclusion in the Time of COVID-19, The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, (Article, Webpage)
4. Responding to COVID-19 Toolkits, Restored, (Printable Toolkit)
5. Thursdays in Black Joint Statement, World Council of Churches, (Statement, Video)

COVID-19 Facts

1. ACT Alliance COVID-19, Act Alliance, (List, Webpage)
2. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, World Health Organization, (Public Advice and Technical Guidance, Webpage)
3. Social Stigma associated with COVID-19, IFRC, UNICEF & WHO, (Guide, PDF)

COVID-19 Impacts on Gender

1. COVID-19: A Gender Lens, United Nations Population Fund, , in , , , , , , , (Technical Brief, PDF)
2. COVID-19 and ending violence against women and girls, (Brief, PDF)
3. Supporting Women and Young Women During COVID-19, World YWCA, (Infographics, PDF)

Faith Actors Responding to COVID-19

1. ACT Alliance and Religions for Peace joint statement on COVID-19, ACT, (Statement, Webpage)
2. Consultation on COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, (Summary, PDF)
3. Coronavirus: The Church has left the building, Tearfund, (Article, Webpage)
4. Emotional & Spiritual Care, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, (Webinars, Videos)
5. Faith and caring for each other in the times of the COVID 19 pandemic, World Council of Churches, (Blog, Webpage)
6. Faith Based Organizations and Faith Leaders, World Health Organization, (Advice and Guidance, Webpage)
7. Faith and COVID-19: Resource Repository, Berkley Centre, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities, World Faiths Development Dialogue,  (Bibliography, Google Doc)
8. Faith leaders equipped to fight COVID-19 in communities, World Vision, (Article, Webpage)
9. COVID—19, Religion and the Importance of Effective Leadership, John Blevins, LSE, (Article, Webpage)
10. Guidance on safe religious practice for Muslim communities during the coronavirus pandemic, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Resource Link (, PDF)
11. Multi-religious Action on COVID-19, Religions for Peace, (Articles, Webpage)
12. Practical considerations and recommendations for religious leaders and faith-based communities in the context of COVID-19, World Health Organization, (Guidance, PDF)
13. ‘Prayer is Not Enough’: The Dalai Lama on Why We Need to Fight Coronavirus With Compassion, Time, (Article, Webpage)
14. Putting our faith in leaders, World Vision, (Article, Webpage)
15. Trust between religions through the COVID-19 crisis, International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development, (Article, Webpage)

Pastoral Letters and Prayer Resources

1. 10 Commandments for Responsible Pastoral Reactions to the Corona-Crisis, Bread for the World (Resource Links in , , )
2. The Church Responding to COVID-19 with Faith, Hope and Love, World Evangelical Alliance,
3. Coronavirus (COVID-19) liturgy and prayer resources, Church of England,
4. Prayers, World Council of Churches,
5. Pastoral Letter, Pacific Conference of Churches to Christians in the Pacific,

Learning from Ebola Responses

1. Channels of Hope for Ebola, World Vision, (Methodology, Webpage)
2. Channels of Hope Level of Evidence Brief, World Vision International, , (Brief, PDF)
3. Ebola in Sierra Leone: the role of faith leaders, Christian Aid,  (Video, February 2016)
4. Keeping the Faith: The Role of Faith Leaders in the Ebola Response, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Islamic Relief Worldwide and Tearfund,  (Report, PDF)
5. Lessons from the Faith-Driven Response to the West Africa Ebola Epidemic, Christo Greyling, Jolly Ann Maulit, Susan Parry, David Robinson, Sally Smith, Anne Street & Robert Vitillo,  (Article, Webpage)
6. Religion and Ebola: Learning from Experience, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs (Katherine Marshall and Sally Smith),  (Blog, Webpage)
7. Response to Ebola: Mapping Religious Networks and Faith Inspired Organisations, Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs (Crystal Corman and Lindsay Horikoshi), (Blog, Webpage)
8. Rev Christiana Sutton-Koroma about Faith leaders in the Ebola Response, Pax Press Agency,  (Interview, Video)
9. The Role of Religion and Faith Actors in the Ebola Crisis (Interviews with Sister Barbara Brillant, Gwedolyn Heaner, Robert W. Radtke and Christo Greyling), Berkley Centre for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, (Interviews, Webpage)
10. Unrealised potential? The Crucial role of faith leaders in the Ebola response, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Islamic Relief Worldwide and Tearfund, , (Policy Briefing, PDF)