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The Education and Social Justice Project: International Summer Research Fellowships 2015
(2016-01-29)
This report reflects on the sixth year of the Education and Social Justice Project, which provided four Georgetown University students with fellowships to travel to South Korea, Guatemala, Senegal, and Canada to conduct ...
Religious Dimensions of Development: Lessons at the Country Level
(2017-03-29)
This report summarizes and reflects on work that explored religious issues relevant for contemporary development challenges in several very different countries (Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, and Guatemala). All four countries ...
Refugees in Kenya: Roles of Faith
(2015-11-15)
The number of refugees globally has reached its highest level in 60 years. Finding ways to resolve protracted displacement is an urgent priority even as global humanitarian institutions struggle to cope with present ...
Religion and Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh
(2015-11-15)
Gender and the empowerment of women have long had a prominent place in development discourse in Bangladesh. The country has pioneered strategies that seek to economically empower women through microfinance and increase ...
Faith and Development in Focus: Nigeria
(2018-05-15)
Nigeria’s vibrant and dynamic religious landscape plays many roles in the nation’s life and development. It is also a factor, albeit a complex one, in conflicts and violence that many see as linked to religious divides. ...
The Education and Social Justice Project: International Summer Research Fellowships 2017
(2018-02-15)
This report reflects on the eighth year of the Education and Social Justice Project, which provided four Georgetown University students with fellowships, allowing them to travel to Australia, the Dominican Republic, ...
Faith and Development in Focus: Senegal
(2016-05-02)
Senegal is often recognized for its unique religious landscape, notably marked by four main Sufi confréries (orders), and its long commitment to interfaith peace and dialogue. Senegal’s religious communities, which have ...
Islam and Development in Bangladesh: A Grassroots Perspective
(2016-10-24)
In Bangladesh, local Muslim faith-inspired organizations have taken on new significance as the country grapples with growing social fissures around religion. These groups occupy a critical position in relation to the secular ...
The Education and Social Justice Project: International Summer Research Fellowships 2016
(2017-02-13)
This report reflects on the seventh year of the Education and Social Justice Project, which provided five Georgetown University students fellowships, allowing them to travel to Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Rwanda, and Slovenia ...
The Mouride Sufi Order
(2016-01-15)
Senegal has a distinctive form of Islam, as it has one of the highest—if not the highest—percentages of Sufis among the world’s Muslim-majority countries. Adherents of Sufi Islam belong to various orders or turuq (plural ...