Jean Frances Duff, M.A, M.P.H
- Christianity
- Ireland
- Female
- United States
- North America
- The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
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President, The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
Ms Duff serves as chief executive of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) an international, interfaith, multi-sector collaboration for excellent evidence for faith groups’ activity and contribution to development and humanitarian challenges. JLI’s goal is to equip policymakers and practitioners with the information they need to scale up faith engagement for the common good. She also serves as President of the Partnership for Faith and Development, providing expert services on inter-religious and multi-stakeholder partnerships, and on cross-sector collaboration. In 2008, she co-founded the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty at Washington National Cathedral. Previously, she led the Cathedral’s global poverty program as Managing Directorof the Center for Global Justice and Reconciliation. In 2008, she co-convened the Women, Faith and Development Alliance. Ms Duff holds graduate degrees in Clinical Psychology (University College Dublin) and in Epidemiology (Columbia University). She is a Visiting Research Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Main Publications
- 1.) Duff, Jean and O Wilkinson , Key Examples of Methods and Mechanisms for Engagement, and Recommendations for ActionForum on Localizing Humanitarian Response to Humanitarian need : the role of Religious and faith-based organizations : Key Examples of Methods and Mechanisms for Engagement, and Recommendations for ActionForum on Localizing Humanitarian Response to Humanitarian need : the role of Religious and faith-based organizations , Colombo, Sri Lanka :
- 2.) Duff, Jean and H. Manguerra , Considerations on Evidence for Faith Groups’ Activities and Contributions to Development, and Emerging Approaches to Evidence : Considerations on Evidence for Faith Groups’ Activities and Contributions to Development, and Emerging Approaches to Evidence ,
- 3.) Duff, Jean and H. Manguerra , Religious Engagement in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Health Progress : Religious Engagement in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Health Progress , Journal of Catholic Health Association
- 4.) Duff, Jean, M. Battcock, A. Karam, and A. Taylor , High-level collaboration between the public sector and religious and faith-based organizations: fad or trend? : High-level collaboration between the public sector and religious and faith-based organizations: fad or trend? , , 2016
- 5.) Duff, Jean (ed.) , Religion and Sustainable Development: Building Partnerships to End Extreme Poverty-Conference Proceedings : Religion and Sustainable Development: Building Partnerships to End Extreme Poverty-Conference Proceedings , Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
- 6.) Duff Jean and W. Buckingham , Strengthening of partnerships between the public sector and faith-based groups : Strengthening of partnerships between the public sector and faith-based groups , , 2015
- 7.) Duff, Jean (ed.) , Many Faiths Common Action: Increasing the Impact of the Faith Sector on Health and Development : Many Faiths Common Action: Increasing the Impact of the Faith Sector on Health and Development , Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty and the Global Initiative on Faith Health and Development
- 8.) Duff, Jean and A. Hipple , The Center for Interfaith Action and the MDGs: Leveraging Congregational Infrastructures for Maximum Impact on Disease and Poverty : The Center for Interfaith Action and the MDGs: Leveraging Congregational Infrastructures for Maximum Impact on Disease and Poverty ,
- 9.) Duff Jean , Together Against Malaria: Faith led Community Mobilization in Mozambique : Together Against Malaria: Faith led Community Mobilization in Mozambique , The World Bank , 2007