Work for change – tools & tactics

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Illustration: Three people creating and discussing an action plan. Illustrator: Toby Newsome.Illustration: Three people creating and discussing an action plan. Illustrator: Toby Newsome.

On this page you can find tools for context analysis, promoting FORB, for monitoring change, for religious literacy and tools designed for specific groups, for example religious communities, development practitioners and decision makers.

Illustration: Two people talking about a flip chart action plan. Illustration: Toby Newsome.Illustration: Two people talking about a flip chart action plan. Illustration: Toby Newsome.

Tools for context analysis

Regardless of your role, context analysis is an essential basis for the development of any strategy to promote change. Here you can find a range of tools to help you develop a FORB context analysis.

Tools for promoting FORB: 15 tactics

Discover tactics to help you to respond to emergencies, advocate for long term change, build skills and networks or find justice and healing for people affected by violations. And be inspired by stories from across the world of people using the tactics.

Tools for monitoring: Community Generated Indicators

This tool provides practical support for organisations wanting to develop community-generated, localized indicators to better understand and measure change in the area of Freedom of Religion or Belief, and related areas such as religious equality, coexistence, inclusion, and participation.

Illustration: Star with the different signs promoting various religions. Illustrator: Toby Newsome.Illustration: Star with the different signs promoting various religions. Illustrator: Toby Newsome.

Tools for religious literacy

Religious literacy is a key competence for people in many professions. Moving beyond a basic knowledge of religions, religious litercy is the ability to understand and navigate in a landscape where religious ideas and actors influence social norms, structures and the way in which change happens.

Tools for awareness raising

Do you lead a faith community, women’s group or youth group? Are you a teacher or adult educator? Do you facilitate civil society workshops or run trainings for officials?

Tools for development practioners

Integrating FORB perspectives and tackling religious inequalities is important for development effectiveness – regardless of whether your work relates to health, education, gender equality, civic space or climate change.

Tools for faith communities

Here you’ll find links to both tools for theological reflection as well as codes of conduct and guidelines of particular use to religious communities.

Tools for decisionmakers

States bear responsibility for ensuring that human rights are realised. Here you can find resources to help you in your role as a human rights duty bearer.

Tools for using the law to promote FORB

Legal approaches to promoting FORB include work for legal reform, legal challenges, and support for victims of violations as they seek justice and compensation.

Tools for the media

Guidance to help you report on religion related issues in ways that support freedom of religion or belief for all, freedom of expression and equality.

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