# GENDER AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1203211
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 23, 2023
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1203211


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 BENTLEY DRIVE, OSWESTRY
- **Postcode:** SY11 1TQ
- **Phone:** 07825 373657
- **Email:** CHAIR@GENDERANDRELIGIOUSFREEDOM.ORG
- **Website:** www.genderandreligiousfreedom.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS(AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, IN PARTICULAR, ARTICLE 1 WHICH COVERS THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND ARTICLE 18 WHICH COVERS THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF; AND THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (CEDAW)) OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES, PRIMARILY THE CHRISTIAN FAITH COMMUNITY, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:* MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;* CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;* EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;* PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENTS AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;* COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND POLICY;* RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY;* PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BY INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;* INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE PURPOSES, THE CHARITY WILL UNDERTAKE THE ANALYSIS, UNDERSTANDING, AND THE RAISING OF AWARENESS OF GENDER SPECIFIC RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.

**Activities:** Gender and Religious Freedom: Networking for Change.    We network so that Gender-Specific Religious Persecution becomes visible and is better understood globally. Through our tiered and interlinked activities -research, training, advocacy, we effectively challenge the crushing implications when basic human rights of religion and belief are lacking for men and women around the globe




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services
- **What:** Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- France
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Jane Meryl Showell-Rogers** | Chair | May 23, 2023 |
| Aashima Samuel |  | Jan. 23, 2024 |
| Amanda Louise Marshall |  | Sept. 23, 2025 |
| BRENT MORRIS MCBURNEY ESQ |  | May 23, 2023 |
| Brian James Wickens |  | May 23, 2023 |
| Kathryn Helen Wright |  | Dec. 9, 2025 |
| Rebecca Symes |  | May 23, 2023 |




