How can we address religious inequalities in a post-Covid-19 transition?
Channel: Institute of Development Studies
Date: 03/07/2020

This is a recording of virtual event organised by the IDS-led Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) which took place on 26 June 2020. Speakers include (in order of appearance): Professor Mariz Tadros, CREID Director and IDS Research Fellow, Mr Rehman Chishti, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Ali Abbas Zaidi, Founder, HIVE (Pakistan), Fatima Abdullahi Suleiman, Executive Director, Islamic Counselling Initiative of Nigeria, Salam Omer, Editor-in-Chief, KirkukNow (Iraq) and Mike Battcock (DFID) . 

PLEASE NOTE that there are moments in this video when the connection drops out for some of our speakers - please do keep listening on as we do end up connecting with everybody. Additionally, speakers and questions run right up until the end of the video (even if it at times there is just a logo shown on the screen - this is because sometimes speakers switched off their videos). 

About the event:
Covid-19 has not been a great equaliser. Pre-existing vulnerabilities have been exposed and social, economic, gender and religious inequalities have been exacerbated. If we do not address these inequalities now, the situation could be dramatically worse for religious minorities around the world, in the wake of Covid-19 and its manifold consequences. So, what can be done?

Find out more about CREID: www.ids.ac.uk/creid