A Conversation with Religions for Peace and Lopa Banerjee of UN Women

When religious actors work to implement change, Lopa Banerjee, Director of UN Women’s Civil Society Division and Executive Coordinator of the Generation Equality Forum for UN Women, knows from her experience that this change is a fundamental and sustainable reshaping of society. In this episode, Banerjee explains how faith actors can drive progress because they are both “culture creators and culture keepers.”

As religious communities stand at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby shaping the future of our world, they must work to address the deep and systemic inequalities already experienced by women and girls and magnified by COVID-19.

This episode sheds light on how religious actors can harness their credibility and resources to shape resilient societies where women and girls are leaders, contribute to peace, live lives free from violence, have income security and economic autonomy, and participate and benefit equally in governance systems.

Further Resources:

• Religions for Peace’s Multi-religious COVID-19 Hub
• Generation Equality Forum
• UN Women
• What we do – UN Women
• UN Women COVID-19 Resources