Resources

Films on FORB
Available in 20 languages, this set of 8 short films explains what freedom of religion or belief involves and when the state is allowed to limit the right. Ideal for personal learning and useful for training.  

Link: https://www.forb-learning.org/films/films-on-forb/

Quote: “It’s amazing to find the FORB Learning Platform’s films in Bengali! This will help us create a group of FORB trainers and defenders in Bangladesh.”
Farzana Mahmood, Citizens Movement for Human Rights, Bangladesh

FORB Training of the trainers course
A facilitated 11-week online, distance-learning course for people wanting to lead interactive trainings and awareness raising on freedom of religion or belief. Requires 5 hours work per week including digital self-study modules, practical assignments and weekly conference calls. Free of charge – places are limited.

Link: https://www.forb-learning.org/courses/tot/

Quote:
“The FORB ‘Training of the trainers course’ has given me the right tools and a sense of confidence and competence to respond to the issues in my work.” Fred Nyabera, Arigatou International, Kenya

Local Changemakers Course
Make change in your community using this complete, ready-made curriculum of course materials for grassroots level awareness raising and mobilization! The Local Changemakers Course helps communities to understand and value freedom of religion or belief for all and to discover tactics they can use to make a difference. The course materials enable any competent facilitator to run up to nine two-hour workshops – no specialist knowledge required. Free to download and available in several languages.

Link: https://www.forb-learning.org/raise-awareness/changemakers/

Quote: “The ‘FORB training of the trainers’ course and the ‘Local Changemakers Course’ materials were fundamental to enabling us to develop a programme for human rights education in Brazil. We couldn’t have done it without the learning and resources we gained.”
Graham McGeoch, UNIDA, Brazil

FORB facilitators toolkit
A collection of over 70 exercises and accompanying case studies along with guidance to help facilitators and trainers plan and implement FORB trainings. The toolkit is a treasure trove for you to pick and choose from and tailor to your target audience. Whether you are looking for one or two exercises to introduce the topic in your faith community, planning a thematic workshop for diplomats, or developing a week-long training for a civil society organisation, you will find tools to help!

Link: https://www.forb-learning.org/raise-awareness/facilitators-toolkit/
Quote: ”The FORB facilitator’s toolkit makes planning FORB trainings much easier! The exercises are easy to contextualize and the tools are practical – the ‘Responding to tricky questions’ tool helped me find the confidence to tackle sensitive issues with participants.”
Hidaya Dude, NCA, Tanzania

Self-study course: FORB for all
Online, self-study course that you can take at your own pace, at any time. In this mid-level introduction to the issues videos, interactive exercises and case studies from across the globe to help you learn and reflect. Ideal for anyone wanting to learn about the right and perfect for introducing new staff members to the issues. 4-5 hours work. 

Link: https://www.forb-learning.org/courses/forb-for-all/

Quote: “The course has given us a simple tool to help our Danish member organisations and their development partners across the world to learn about FORB.”
Filip Buff Pedersen, Centre for Church Based Development, Denmark

Self-study course: FORB and gender equality: enemies or allies?
A self-study course on the relationship between women’s rights and FORB, including a module on family law. Ideal for anyone working with women’s rights or seeking to integrate gender dimensions in FORB work, e.g., development workers, decisionmakers, donors or faith groups.

Link: https://www.forb-learning.org/courses/forb-and-gender/

Quote: ”We used ‘FORB and gender – enemies or allies?’ as part of an in-house training process for staff members working on gender issues. It was really valuable.”
Virginia Manzitti, EU Directorate General for International Partnerships.

Tools for FORB context analysis
Context analysis is an essential basis for the development of any strategy to promote change – whether at the community level or for multi-stakeholder national level programmes. Find a range of tools to help you and your organisation develop a FORB context analysis.

Link: https://www.forb-learning.org/work-for-change/context-analysis/

Storytelling resources: The Songs of the Flute and the Drum

A storytale that helps people think about whether they value the rights Freedom of Religion or Belief (FORB) protects – rights to think, to believe, to belong, to practice beliefs, to question, to change and to refuse to go against their convictions. Ideal for children, youth and adults in formal educational and informal settings, the story introduces the topic of freedom of religion or belief in a non-threatening way, creating space for a constructive discussion of sensitive issues.

Link: https://www.forb-learning.org/raise-awareness/flute-and-drum/

Quote: The story led to lots of deep discussions. It opened many windows in people’s minds. They started to reflect on their own communities – on everything from gender norms to if it’s OK to break with the status quo.”

Hammam Haddad, Jordan