ABSTRACT
Over the past two decades, development organisations have joined arms with religious actors on issues like healthcare, humanitarian assistance, access to finance, peacebuilding, education, and gender equality. This introduction provides an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book aims to assist practitioners as well as policymakers and researchers to navigate the complex intersection of religion and gender in development. It introduces a change in theorising the religion–gender nexus by situating it within the gender domain of development and the wider power balances of the sector. The book situates the religion–gender discussion within the gender and development (GAD) debate. It argues that, that in order for development to appropriately address the religion–gender nexus, GAD has to be better implemented overall. The book uses ‘religion’ rather than ‘faith’ throughout, except in cases where it cites other work, refers to existing programmes, or uses the technical term faith-based organisations.
