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Can religion be a positive force for social change?

Faith is neither a poison pill nor a silver bullet, but understanding its significance is crucial.

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In February 2014 the Guardian joined forces with MamaCash and the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) to focus on exploring the issues that are most important to women, girls and transgendered people across the world. While the resulting series brought into focus important work to advance women’s rights and gender equality, it failed to consider one fundamental aspect of women’s lives—religion. In fact the lack of coverage of religion as a positive force for social change is pervasive among most news outlets.