The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict

Brittany Morris, a junior in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been awarded a research scholarship from the Center for Religion and Conflict to travel to Kuwait to study the participation of Muslim women in civil society.

The Arizona native grew up with the lush landscape of Pinetop at her door before moving to Mesa. As a child, Morris enjoyed immersing herself in writing and reading books. Her mother, a die-hard Sun Devil fan, would frequently share stories about attending Arizona State University.

It’s only fitting that when it came time...

Are human rights universal and always good for women? Is the concept of human rights the only way to gain purchase on contemporary women’s struggles for dignity, justice, recognition, and equality? What other traditions and discourses are drawn upon to support women’s concerns? How do assumptions about religion, secularism, the individual, family, and the state support or challenge human rights?

These are some of the key questions that guided the faculty members who participated in the research project "Religion and International Affairs: Through the Prism of Rights and Gender."...