1st Edition

UN Sustainable Development Goals, Religion, and Humanitarian Action Media, Meaning, and Mediation

By Azza Karam Copyright 2027
108 Pages
by Routledge

This book is the first of its kind to make concise connections that tie faith-based engagement with the UN’s sustainable development goals, humanitarian governance, while also linking this to media studies and multilateralism. Focusing on the nexus between faith-based engagement, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and humanitarian action, this book examines the role of faith-based... Read more

 Prologue;  Chapter One - Religious Organizations, Humanitarian Action, Media, and the Changing Landscape of Global Governance;  Chapter 2 - Beyond the “Faith Sector”: Examining Religious Humanitarian Organizations in Practice World Vision International;  Chapter Three - Religious Organizations, Multilateralism, and the Politics of Partnership;  Chapter Four - Beyond Partnership;  Bibliography     

 

Biography

Azza Karam is President of Lead Integrity, and Director of the Kahane-United Nations Program at Occidental College, in New York, USA. A scholar and practitioner of religion, development, humanitarian action, gender, and multilateralism, she has worked for more than three decades across the United Nations system, academia, and international civil society. Her publications include Religion, Development and the United Nations (2012), Religion and Development Post-2015 (2015), Realizing the Faith Dividend (2016), and Why Working Multi-Religiously Matters (2022).