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Abstract

To kick off the 16 Days of Action against GBV, the British Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia organised a learning event dedicated to the topic of sensitising gender programming to faith in conflict contexts. Dr Romina Istratii was invited as a leading specialist in faith sensitive GBV responses to present to British Embassy staff and partners working in the area of gender equality, such as GIZ. The presentation explored, inter alia, the importance of applying a religio-culturally sensitive lens to GBV in conflict settings, how we can start to sensitise gender programming to religious beliefs and faith, and how we might effectively engage with religious communities and stakeholders, drawing also from the experience of project dldl/ድልድል in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions. The presentation was recorded to serve as future resource available to all British Embassy staff and implementing partners.