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- 1. The Drum Beat
296 - MDG #3 - Promoting Gender Equality & Empowering Women
.... Please send your projects, articles, events, etc. to Deborah Heimann dheimann@comminit.com *** CONTEXT 1. In low-income countries, the ratio of girls' enrollments in primary and secondary education as a percent of boys' was 84%, compared to 101% in upper-middle income countries. The literacy rate for...
Last Modified: 05/01/2005 Document size: 65 Kb
- 2. The Drum Beat
344 - MDG #3 - Promoting Gender Equality & Empowering Women
...Africa, and some Latin American countries. 3. Hidden Gendercide According to UN estimates, the difference between the biological norm of 100 newborn girls to every 103 newborn boys and the number of women actually living leaves millions of women 'missing'. This demographic phenomenon may be due to:...
Last Modified: 04/27/2006 Document size: 67 Kb
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The Communication Initiative - Experiences - Girls Inc. Media Literacy -
United States
- Programme Experiences Girls Inc. Media Literacy - United States Summary The
goal of this programme is to help young women acquire the knowledge, skills,
and attitudes to think critically about media messages, especially with
respect to the portrayal of girls and women. Girls Incorporated
is a national
...
Last Modified: 06/06/2005 Document size: 44 Kb
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The Communication Initiative - Experiences - Girls' Net - South Africa
- Programme Experiences Girls' Net - South Africa Summary Girls' Net (GN) is
a youth-driven multimedia programme that is designed to get South African
girls
actively involved with technology for their development. Centred around an
interactive web space created for girls and by girls, the
initiative was
...
Last Modified: 03/29/2006 Document size: 43 Kb
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The Communication Initiative - Experiences - Fair Play for Girls - Pakistan
- Programme Experiences Fair Play for Girls - Pakistan
Summary Fair Play for Girls uses sport - the game of cricket - to promote
key development messages in Pakistan for girls' education,
equality, and access to play and recreation. The UNICEF initiative is an
effort to mobilise community support for
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Last Modified: 01/11/2006 Document size: 45 Kb
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The Communication Initiative - Experiences - Meeting the Development and
Participation Rights of Adolescent Girls - Malawi
- Programme Experiences Meeting the Development and Participation Rights of
Adolescent Girls - Malawi Summary Meeting the Development and
Participation Rights of Adolescent Girls is an effort to increase gender equity and
equality through skills development. The project focuses on "the life
situation
...
Last Modified: 06/09/2004 Document size: 44 Kb
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The Communication Initiative - Experiences - Rusape Girls Empowerment Village
- Zimbabwe
- Programme Experiences Rusape Girls Empowerment Village - Zimbabwe Summary The
Rusape Girls Empowerment village is a 'safe village' founded
in 2001 by its current director, Betty Makoni. Located in Zimbabwe, the
village was established in response to a felt need to empower rural girls. The centre
serves
...
Last Modified: 04/13/2005 Document size: 44 Kb
- 8. The
Communication Initiative - Millennium Development Goal 6
...Updated: Jun 27, 2006 Impact Data - Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Program (KARHP) - Kenya before the project started, 46% of both boys and girls in the area had ever heard of contraception, which increased to 61% during the evaluation survey. At the beginning of the project, 67% of boys and 88...
Last Modified: 02/08/2005 Document size: 164 Kb
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The Communication Initiative - Thinking - Suffering in Silence: The Links
between Human Rights Abuses and HIV Transmission to Girls in
Zambia
- Strategic Thinking Suffering in Silence: The Links between Human Rights
Abuses and HIV Transmission to Girls in Zambia Humans Right Watch Summary In Zambia,
as in other countries in the region, tens of thousands of girls—many orphaned
by AIDS or otherwise without parental care—suffer in silence as
...
Last Modified: 05/20/2003 Document size: 44 Kb
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The Communication Initiative - Thinking - Mid-Term Evaluation: Sara: A Role
Model for Girls as They Face HIV and AIDS in Africa
- Strategic Thinking Mid-Term Evaluation: Sara: A Role Model for Girls as They Face
HIV and AIDS in Africa A Review of the Sara Communication Initiative UNICEF
and Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs Abstract "The
protocol for SCI's [Sara Communication Initiative's] process and
...
Last Modified: 05/13/2004 Document size: 47 Kb
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