Women’s Role in Peaceful Co-existence
Faith and Climate Change
Centre for the Modern Family
Dr Husna Ahmad was recently invited to be a panel member of the Centre for the Modern Family which has been formed by Scottish Widows. The Centre for the Modern Family looks at the changing dynamics of the modern British family life. The initial report has been published which demonstrates how dramatically family life has changed and Dr Husna amongst other expert panel members explore some of the issues and questions the research poses.
On the modern family - Dr Husna commented that: “if we do not have strong families and we do not nurture our children to have ambition and drive, that has a seriously damaging effect on the economic viability of this country.”
The Centre for the Modern Family has received significant interest, and Dr Husna was interviewed by the Asian radio channel-Sunrise radio to discuss her opinions on the changes within Asian family structures.
To find out more information about the Centre for the Modern Family- you can go to the following website: http://www.centreformodernfamily.com/
Modernity and Islam: Roundtable discussion with Malaysian Prime Minister
Faith Regen Foundation had the great pleasure to host a roundtable discussion on 'Modernity and Islam: The Role of British Muslims in the Global Framework' on the 15th of July 2011. We were honoured to have the Malaysian Prime Minister, the Honourable Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak join the discussion at the Dorchester along with British Muslim leaders in various sectors of British society.
The roundtable discussion was an opportunity for those in a leadership positions to air their views on the priorities for the Muslim community in the UK and ways in which global challenges can be tackled whilst promoting peace and harmony. The discussion also looked at the engagement of Muslims with the West.
Faith Regen Foundation also took this opportunity to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. We were delighted to have the Malaysian Prime Minister cut the cake to mark the celebration.
Global One 2015: Presentation on Nigeria maternal health
Global One 2015 presents our first international project, the Nigeria maternal health programme, and the completion of first phase. The event, hosted by Stephen Timms MP, was held at the Houses of Parliament on the 20th of July 2011.
Our team who recently returned from the field visit in Nigeria presented their findings. We also had the opportunity to recognise the work of our Community Ambassadors who were recruited to raise awareness in the UK on maternal health in Nigeria.
We also had a speaker from FORWARD Nigeria, Rahmat Mohammad, who presented her expertise on maternal health in Nigeria.
Muslims in EU Cities
The Open Society Institute’s (OSI) European Union Monitoring and Advocacy Program (EUMAP) was a project focusing on eleven cities in the European Union with significant Muslim populations. The research looked into the way municipal and national authorities address challenges relating to integration in European cities; how they counter growing social, political and economic tension and to what extent they consider the needs of Muslims and involve them in key decision making processes.
FRF was commissioned to act as a project coordinator for the research to be conducted in the Borough of Waltham Forest. This involved conducting 200 interviews with 50% of the interviewees from the Muslim community and a 50% ratio of males to females.
FRF also organised 6 focus groups, each comprised of 8 – 10 Muslim participants, who discussed the integration of Muslims in the community. The outcome of the research is to be published by OSI in 2008/2009.
Faith in London’s Economy
FiLE is a new network working to create coordinated faith-community responses to the issues facing London 's economy. They are a practitioner group of Mission in London's Economy and are supported by the Employer's Forum on Belief, European Baha'i Business Forum, Faith Regen Foundation and St Etheburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.
FiLE is organising a series of seminars on issues of faith and business. The first such seminar, which Faith Regen Foundation helped organise was on the topic of Ethics in a global economy and happened in October 2008. It was a successful and highly topical exploration of faith perspectives on business ethics, at the level both of the global economy and the individual workplace. Contributors included: Saif Ahmad (Muslim Aid); Jay Lakhani (Hindu Academy), Dr. Edmund Newell (St Paul's Institute). As a result of the seminar a 'Shared Faiths response on the credit crunch.’ was developed in as series of follow up meeting and fed into the 2009 G20 summit. To see a copy of the statement please click here:
FiLE is planning another seminar on Faith and Leadership – so watch this space for details!
Information about FiLE can be found at http://www.mile.org.uk/file.htm;
Inform
Inform was a 3 year project funded by the Department of Health. The project aimed to achieve better health provision and information for faith and BAME groups across London, Manchester and Birmingham. As part of the project, FRF has developed the Health Navigator - a touch screen information system which provides public health information for faith communities. The Kiosks have the capacity to provide information in the eight languages of English, Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish and Urdu.