Directory of IRD Organizations

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United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

Promote policies and expand access to services that protect all children; help reduce child mortality all over the world by working to reach the most vulnerable children, everywhere; support quality learning for every girl and boy, especially those in greatest danger of being left behind; reach children and families with lifesaving aid and long-term assistance; empower girls and women, and to ensure their full participation in political, social, and economic systems; co-create innovative solutions that accelerate progress for children and young people; deliver sustainable access to lifesaving supplies where they are most needed, accelerating results for the most vulnerable children.

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United States Institute of Peace

Prevent, mitigate and resolve violent conflicts around the world by engaging directly in conflict zones and providing analysis, education and resources to those working for peace.

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Violence Free Homes Foundation. Sacred Family

Fundaci�n hogares libres de violencia. Sagrada Familia

The Foundation for Homes Free of Violence "Sagrada Familia" (FVFHSF) is dedicated to holding workshops for women, men, girls and boys on Gender Violence (GBV) and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) from an interreligious and intercultural perspective. The Foundation also offers programs with a wide range of services including crisis intervention counseling, advocacy, culturally specific programming and assessments for women, men, adolescents, and children.

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Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit

Undertake externally funded research and development projects in religions and education and related fields; have specialist expertise in a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and in applying the findings of research to fields such as religious education, intercultural education, citizenship education, peace education, human rights education, teacher training, clergy training, and medical education; contribute to research and development collaborations in Europe, Asia, Australasia, Southern Africa, and North America; contribute to dissemination of research and development findings via the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations 'Education about Religions and Beliefs' clearinghouse website; contribute to dissemination of research and development through collaboration with the Council of Europe related European Wergeland Centre in Oslo; contribute to Council of Europe policy and practice on incorporating the dimension of religious diversity into intercultural education in 47 European states; contribute to an Organisation for Security and Co-operation project on producing international guiding principles for teaching about religions and beliefs for 56 participant states; contribute to EC policy on religion, education, dialogue, and conflict through a Framework 6 research project; contribute to a major project for the UK Government's Department for Children, Schools, and Families on materials used to teach about world religions in schools of all types in England; contribute to a major AHRC/ESRC research project in the 'Religion and Society' programme, on young people's attitudes in the UK to religious diversity; contribute to the introduction of the interpretive approach to teaching and learning in religious education in countries including Britain, many European countries, Turkey, Canada, the USA, Japan, and South Africa; contribute to religious education policy and practice in Europe and in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; contribute to knowledge and understanding of young people's values in the UK and Europe more widely; contribute to understanding of children's dialogue on religious, values and citizenship issues; contribute to understanding of various forms of faith-based education; contribute to understanding of religion in relation to health issues, including mental and psychological health; contribute to religious education in the locality of the University via the Coventry and Warwickshire Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education.

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding

Enable and facilitate the development of mechanisms for cooperation among civil society-based peacebuilding practitioners and organisations in West Africa by promoting cooperative responses to violent conflicts; provide the structure through which these practitioners and institutions will regularly exchange experience and information on issues of peacebuilding, conflict transformation, social, religious and political reconciliation; promote West Africa's social cultural values as resources for peacebuilding.

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Woolf Institute

As the first and only centre in Europe dedicated to fostering a better understanding of relations between Muslim and Jews, the Woolf Institute aims to connect the multidisciplinary study of relations with broader practical and theoretical questions, including the importance of trust in everyday life, the role of religion in international diplomacy, and improving end of life care in local hospices. We strive, in our research and outreach, to demonstrate how greater understanding of commonality and difference can inform and enhance the wider public good.

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World Council of Churches

Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen; Conseil œcuménique des Églises; Consejo Mundial de Iglesias; Conselho Mundial de Igrejas; Всемирный Совет Церквей

Pursue the goal of the visible unity of the Church. This involves a process of renewal and change in which member churches pray, worship, discuss and work together.

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World Faiths Development Dialogue

Bridge between the worlds of faith and secular development; support dialogue and conferences; foster communities of practice; collect case-studies on faith-based organisations; promote understanding in religion and development.

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World Scout Bureau – European Scout Region

Bureau Mondial du Scoutisme - Région Européenne du Scoutisme

Assist the World Organization in fostering the Scout Movement in Europe.

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Youth’s Christian Association

Asociaci�n Cristiana de J�venes

The YMCA aims to lead in the country the promotion of young volunteering and to be recognized nationally and internationally as a forging entity of leaders for the transformation and extension of the Kingdom.

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