Join the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID), based at the Institute of Development Studies, Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, and Fiona Bruce MP, UK Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief to launch new research on how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted religiously marginalised groups, already experiencing intersecting vulnerabilities, in India and Nigeria.

We are launching a new report and two policy briefings which share research which explored how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted religiously marginalised groups, already experiencing intersecting vulnerabilities, in India and Nigeria. Speakers will present findings on both the direct and indirect impacts of Covid-19 and discuss how religious inequalities intersect with other inequalities to shape how people have experienced the pandemic.

Speakers

- Fiona Bruce MP, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Deputy Director of the Essex Human Rights Centre
- Joanna Howard, Research Fellow and Cluster Leader, Participation, Inclusion and Social Change, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
- Oluwafunmilayo Para-Mallam, Professor of Gender and Development Studies, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Nigeria (tbc)
- Mariz Tadros, Director of the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) and Professor of Politics and Development, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Link to RSVP / more information: http://www.creid.ac/the-evidence-we-cant-ignore-religious-inequality-and-covid-19-in-india-nigeria-and-beyond/