Professor Roux is a pioneer in the field of interreligious, intercultural and human rights education. This article will focus on her contribution to understanding diversity in humankind and to enhancing inclusivity. An overview of her... more
Professor Roux is a pioneer in the field of interreligious, intercultural and human rights education. This article will focus on her contribution to understanding diversity in humankind and to enhancing inclusivity. An overview of her work demonstrates that she envisioned an understanding of diversity through education. She identified human rights values as common denominators within cultural and religious spaces of fear and resistance. She also focused on interreligious and intercultural dialogue in education as a means to enhance empathetic and caring interactions with others. In recent years, Roux has initiated three projects: The first was titled Understanding Human Rights through Different Belief Systems: Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue (2005 - 2008). A follow-up project, Human Rights Education in Diversity: Empowering Girls in Rural and Metropolitan School Environments (2010-2013), focused on gender equity and social justice as priorities to facilitate an understandi...
Research Interests: Religion, Sociology, Education, Teacher Education, Human Rights, and 14 moreDiversity, Human Rights Education, Cultural Diversity, Representation of Others, Interreligious Dialogue, Diversity and Inclusion, Intercultural dialogue, Religious Studies, Fundamental Rights, Religion in education, METHOD AND THEORY FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION, Zigmund Baumann, Cornelia Roux, and Human Rights Literacy
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In some African countries, for example, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho, the tradition of paying Lobola for a wife is common practice. According to this tradition,... more
In some African countries, for example, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho, the tradition of paying Lobola for a wife is common practice. According to this tradition, marriage is a contract between families and not just individuals, so the transfer of cattle from the relatives of the bridegroom to those of the bride serves to legitimize the marriage and to ensure certain rights. The most important of these rights is that the children of the marriage would legally belong to the father’s lineage group.
... 13 The authors believe the attraction to SGI is because its ethics find resonance with currents in contemporary British society and an ancient faith in modern form converges with the aspirations of people in contemporary society. The... more
... 13 The authors believe the attraction to SGI is because its ethics find resonance with currents in contemporary British society and an ancient faith in modern form converges with the aspirations of people in contemporary society. The next work on conversion is by Sangharakshita ...
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Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands... more
Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)-funded international research project (2010–2013), women teachers, mothers, and caregivers in selected schools were engaged in research which used an innovative approach which we defined as Communities in Conversation (CiC). In this article, we examine the potential of CiC to support women’s empowerment, and share our experiences of using CiC in two school communities. CiC involves women in conversations that focused on human rights and human rights education within the context of gender, culture, and religion. As such, it offered participating women opportunities for sharing and learning, and developing friendships and feelings of solidarity which are particularly important for empowerment processes.
Research Interests: Gender Studies, Education, Intercultural Communication, Research Methodology, Educational Research, and 7 moreQualitative Research, Grounded Theory, Gender and education, Intercultural dialogue, Intercultural Dialogue and Cross Cultural Encounters, Gender Development, and Communities in Conversation
Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa... more
Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of
prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted
in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands research Programme
on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)-funded international research project
(2010–2013), women teachers, mothers, and caregivers in selected schools were engaged
in research which used an innovative approach which we defined as Communities in
Conversation (CiC). In this article, we examine the potential of CiC to support women’s
empowerment, and share our experiences of using CiC in two school communities. CiC
involves women in conversations that focused on human rights and human rights
education within the context of gender, culture, and religion. As such, it offered
participating women opportunities for sharing and learning, and developing friendships
and feelings of solidarity which are particularly important for empowerment
processes.
prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted
in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands research Programme
on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)-funded international research project
(2010–2013), women teachers, mothers, and caregivers in selected schools were engaged
in research which used an innovative approach which we defined as Communities in
Conversation (CiC). In this article, we examine the potential of CiC to support women’s
empowerment, and share our experiences of using CiC in two school communities. CiC
involves women in conversations that focused on human rights and human rights
education within the context of gender, culture, and religion. As such, it offered
participating women opportunities for sharing and learning, and developing friendships
and feelings of solidarity which are particularly important for empowerment
processes.
