10 Interrogating the Gender and Religious Equality Nexus

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. List of Abbreviations viii
5. Notes on Contributors ix
6. Confronting Poverty, Prejudice and Religious Inequality: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind 1
7. Health and Wellbeing
8. The Intersection of Religion with the Health and Wellbeing Sustainable Development Goal 23
9. How the Pandemic Impacted Religious Minorities in Iraq, and How Inclusive Journalism Helped 30
10. Religion and Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccination: The Trust Deficit 34
11. Religious Inequality and Health: Taking the Pulse through a Global Review of the Literature 38
12. Health and Wellbeing Alongside Belief Systems at the Patient Care Coalface: How Does Policy Fit In? 45
13. Education
14. Religion, Religiosity and Educational Progress 53
15. Training Iraqi Teachers to Become Effective Promoters of Freedom of Religion or Belief Principles in Primary Education 63
16. Advancing Freedom of Religion or Belief through Religiously Inclusive Education 67
17. Gender
18. Interrogating the Gender and Religious Equality Nexus 75
19. Dire Conditions for Hazara Shia Pilgrims during COVID-19 Quarantine in Pakistan 81
20. The ‘Messy’ World of Women and Religious Inequality 86
21. Empty Chairs: Freedom of Religion or Belief’s Gender Problem 91
22. Water and Sanitation
23. Freedom of Religion or Belief and Access to Safe Water 101
24. How Clean Drinking Water in Joseph Colony Addresses Religious Inequalities and Sustainable Development Goals 108
25. Why Do Religious Minorities in Pakistan Receive Less Water? 112
26. Drinking Water, Sanitation and the Religion Paradox in India 117
27. Infrastructure and the Economy
28. How Digital Discrimination Affects Sustainable Development for Religious and Ethnic Minorities 125
29. Poverty, Prejudice and Technology 133
30. Beyond the Rhetoric of Freedom: Religious Inequity in Nigeria 137
31. Religious Identity-Based Inequality in the Labour Market: Policy Challenges in India 144
32. Inequalities
33. Religious Inequality and Economic Opportunity: Implications for SDG10 153
34. The Justice Gap: Religious Minorities, Discrimination and Accountability Challenges 162
35. Disability and Religious Inequality Intertwined: Double Discrimination against Deaf Jehovah’s Witnesses in Uzbekistan 166
36. What Is Distinctive about Religious Inequality? Challenges and Opportunities for Development Policy 171
37. Cities and Communities
38. Religious Inequalities, Inclusive Cities and Sustainable Development 181
39. ISIS Attack on the Divinely Protected City of Mosul: A Terrorist Attack on Diversity and Peace 190
40. Renaming Places in India: Conjuring the Present by Exorcising a Past 195
41. Urban Development for Religious Equality: The Case of Youhanabad in Pakistan 201
42. Climate and Nature
43. Religious Inequality and Environmental Change 209
44. Discrimination against Minorities and Its Detrimental Effect on Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons from the Batwa ‘Pygmies’ around Semuliki National Park, Western Uganda 217
45. A Wounded Landscape and the Right to Protest at the River Club Site 223
46. Climate Justice for the Religiously Marginalized 228
47. Peace and Justice
48. The Significance of Freedom of Religion or Belief for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions 235
49. Recovering from the Trauma of Insurgency in Northern Nigeria 241
50. Religion, Caste and Marginality: Reflections on the Indian Criminal Justice and Prison System 245
51. Key Blindspots in Thinking around Peacebuilding that Policy Makers and Practitioners Need to Address 252
52. Partnership
53. Partnerships and Religious Inequality 259
54. The Need for Secular-Religious Engagement 266
55. Co-creation for Freedom of Religion or Belief 271
56. Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief in Fragile Contexts: Emerging Lessons from the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development on Legitimacy 275
57. Epilogue 280
58. Index 286