Coalition for Religious Equality in Development (CREID)

Description

The Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) aims to redress the impact of discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, tackle poverty and exclusion, and promote people’s wellbeing and empowerment using research evidence and delivering practical programmes.

Discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief can mean that people:

• lack access to basic services such as health or education;
• experience verbal, emotional or physical violence and abuse;
• be excluded from vital social and political processes.

CREID believes that freedom of religion or belief is essential for people living in poverty to achieve their potential, live in dignity, free from stigma and exclusion.

Members provide research and deliver practical programmes tackling the impact of discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief. They work around the world, though their projects are focused on Egypt, India, Iraq, Pakistan and Nigeria.

The coalition's five workstreams are:

• mainstreaming awareness of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in development to ensure that policies and programmes are sensitive and responsive to inequalities on the grounds of religion or belief
• investing in interfaith service delivery in communities where there are poverty and religious tensions
• monitoring hate speech and looking at how digital technology and media are affecting social harmony
• building coalitions at national level and supporting local campaigns promoting FoRB
• engendering cross fertilisation for religious inclusivity by bringing about collaboration between humanitarian organisations, faith leaders, rights activists and development practitioners.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2018

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University affiliation(s)

University of Sussex
Brighton

Partner Infrastructures

Minority Rights Group International (MRG)

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