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Annual Report (
19 November 2007 )
 In 2006, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) worked hand-in-hand with over 130 community organizations and other partners who shared our belief that women and girls are critical for advancing global development, democracy and progress. Together, we reached more than one million women and girls—and supportive men and boys—to give them the knowledge and tools to improve their lives and strengthen their communities. Read more about our work and financial information in our 2006 Annual Report.
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Annual Report (
15 August 2010 )
 In 2009, CEDPA headquarters and its four field offices—India, Nepal, Nigeria and South Africa—worked with 87 local partner organizations to implement projects in five priority areas: reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, girls’ education and youth development, gender and governance, policy and advocacy, and leadership and capacity building. In total, 684,905 individuals received direct services in these priority areas, with an additional 486,181 individuals participating in trainings and community mobilization events. Read more about our work in 2009.
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Annual Report (
14 November 2011 )
 For over three decades now, CEDPA has transformed lives and empowered women, and men, to take ownership of their lives and determine the outcome of the future for their families, organizations, communities and nations. In 2010, CEDPA's programs directly touched more than 314,000 individuals with services; built the capacity of and mobilized in excess of 300,000 people; and strengthened and partnered with over 30 organizations. Read more about our successful programs in 2010 and about some of the women and girls who participated in them.Note: Save file onto your computer to download publication. Opening directly in your internet browser will result in an unreadable file.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 May 2005 )
In order to create broader community change and supportive policies, CEDPA’s programs typically engage individual participants and local nongovernmental organizations in advocacy work. In Egypt, CEDPA developed teams of trained advocates in 17 governorates during 2001–2004. Advocates convinced local authorities to increase access to health services andeducation and to provide income generation opportunities for women and girls.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
30 March 2006 )
 CEDPA's integrated and holistic approach to improving the lives of young people has been implemented successfully in a range of countries and contexts, using a diverse set of methodologies. Called the Better Life Options and Opportunities Model (or BLOOM), this approach has developed hundreds of thousands of empowered adolescents educated, healthy, gender-sensitive, and capable of making good decisions in life by exposing them to better life options to make choices and creating an enabling environment to help them translate their choices into action.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 May 2005 )
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) were CEDPA/Egypt’s primary implementing partners in the Towards New Horizons Project. To effectively carry out this critical role, CEDPA/Egypt committed significant project resources to enhance their capacity to plan,
design, implement, monitor and evaluate sustainable development programs that benefit girls and young women. These activities, primarily technical assistance and training, benefitted more than 300 NGO partners associated with the project.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 January 2002 )
 As part of the Democracy and Governance component of programming, CEDPA/Nigeria partnered with the Rivers and Edo State branches of the International Federation of Women Lawyers to implement the project, Engendering Legislative Issues, which aimed to bring women’s issues into the states’ legislative agendas through advocacy and policy change. The federation accomplished policy change by building networks and drawing upon the strengths of already established women’s organizations. The work of these networks eventually led to the passing of the Female Circumcision (Abolition) Law, which was signed by Rivers State Governor in August 2001, and in Edo State, two laws were passed banning FGC and harmful traditional practices in October 1999 and November 2001, respectively.
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Project Report (
1 January 2000 )
 Despite decades of efforts to end female genital cutting (FGC), an estimated two million girls are at risk of undergoing some form of the traditional practice each year, and of suffering the physical and psychological consequences that can ensue. Female Genital Cutting: Breaking the Silence, Enabling Change briefly examines the occurrence of FGC and common rationales for its practice. Historical efforts to eliminate the practice are then explored within the context of an emerging human rights framework, and a synopsis of three concrete strategies and their results - implemented by nongovernmental organizations in Egypt, The Gambia, and Senegal - is provided. The final section of the document distills lessons learned from the three experiences and makes recommendations to development practitioners, donors and policymakers as to what stakeholders in the three countries believe to be critical elements for strategies that enable communities to abandon female genital cutting.
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Project Report (
1 January 2003 )
 Under the ENABLE project, CEDPA/Nigeria provided technical assistance and modest funding to support local, state, inter-state and national coalitions to advocate for women's issues. These coalitions, known as 100 Women Groups, consist of up to 100 women who represent 10 to 15 community-based organizations. By 2000, 686 groups with more than 150,000 members were active. A 2001 evaluation found that group members reported enhanced self-esteem and self-confidence after joining the group as well as greater knowledge and skills in reproductive health, income generation and political participation. The groups have initiated income-generation and literacy programs, provided civic education to women, trained women candidates, resolved local conflicts, advocated for girls' education and educated communities about safe motherhood, family planning and HIV/AIDS. The 100 Women Group strategy is now a recognized and respected approach to promote women's empowerment and their participation in civil society.
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Project Report (
1 August 2004 )
This report provides an overview of CEDPA’s work in Egypt from 1994–2004, detailing the evolution and impact of program activities funded by USAID/Egypt. The report describes the work of CEDPA and its partner organizations to improve the lives of girls and young women throughout Egypt. Over the past decade, CEDPA/Egypt has expanded its program from five to 21 governorates and has worked with some 400 Egyptian nongovernmental organizations and community development associations. Nearly 77,000 girls and young women completed the New Horizons program, a nonformal life skills education program, and more than 17,000 boys and young men participated in the New Visions Program. Other program elements included advocacy for gender equity, community education to broaden the life options for girls, initiatives to eradicate female genital mutilation and leadership development for youth.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 May 2005 )
Overview of the New Horizons project in Egypt. Through ten years of project activity, CEDPA/Egypt supported 365 Egyptian nongovernmental organizations and youth centers in developing and implementing innovative life skills and reproductive health non-formal education courses for youth. Program impact was enhanced by integrating these courses with a broad array of supporting interventions, including community mobilization and advocacy with local civic and religious leaders. Implemented in 21 governorates, the project provided education and training to 125,000 people. Key outcomes include: breaking the silence on sensitive issues affecting women, energizing local nongovernmental organizations and activating youth as community assets.
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Project Report (
1 January 2000 )
 Violence against women in the form of physical assault, emotional abuse, sexual assault, deprivation of resources, destruction of property, or torture clearly violates women's rights to be free from violence. In addition, it prevents women from realizing other human rights. This paper uses both human rights and development frameworks and identifies the limitations and strengths of each approach for understanding and responding to the problem, as well as clarifying the links that must now be made between the frameworks. Results and analysis are presented of research studies in India that documented the prevalence, trends, and responses; and studies in Mexico, Bulgaria, and Russia that were designed to address social norms, raise public awareness, and increase the capacity of different professionals to address the problem of violence. The paper ends with a summary of lessons and recommendations for future research on intimate violence that links development to human rights.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
17 March 2006 )
This two-page fact sheet describes CEDPA’s Towards New Horizons and New Visions programs in Egypt. New Horizons, an innovative, non-formal education programs for girls, was developed to reach the underserved population of girls and young women who had limited access to education, little knowledge of reproductive health, few life skills to make healthy choices for themselves and their families, and limited options to fully develop their own abilities and shape their futures. The New Visions program for boys was added to increase gender sensitivity and reproductive health knowledge of young men and to encourage the development of important life skills. The project’s initial focus on individual change evolved over time to a broader emphasis on organizational and, ultimately, community change. The program was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development from 1994-2004, and during this time it was implemented in 21 governorates and provided education and training to 125,000. Work continues through CEDPA’s local partners and with support from foundations and other organizations.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 May 2005 )
CEDPA/Egypt’s New Horizons program seeks to empower disadvantaged young women to make informed life choices. Nearly 77,000 girls and young women completed the program during 1999–2004. Implemented by 365 nongovernmental organizations and youth centers in 21 of Egypt’s 26 governorates, the program has changed the perspective of beneficiaries and their parents toward gender roles, education and health.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 May 2005 )
CEDPA/Egypt’s New Visions program, which has been implemented by 216 nongovernmental organizations in 11 governorates, teaches boys important life skills and seeks to increase their gender sensitivity. Course participants reported improved coping skills, greater self-confidence, greater knowledge of reproductive health issues and more equitable views regarding gender norms.
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Project Report (
1 January 2003 )
 CEDPA has been working to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Egypt since 1998, primarily through the positive deviance approach. In this context, “positive deviants” refer to those individuals who have decided that the practice of FGM is wrong and harmful, despite the fact that the majority of people around them perform the ritual on their girls.
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Annual Report (
30 October 2006 )
 This publication details 30 years of CEDPA's experience in advancing girls' education and youth development, increasing access to lifesaving reproductive health and HIV/AIDS services, and building women's leadership worldwide. It includes detailed descriptions of successful strategies and approaches to improve the lives of women and girls.
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Training Manual (
1 January 2003 )
 Reproductive Health Awareness is a holistic approach to reproductive health incorporating many important aspects such as body awareness, self-care, gender, sexuality, and interpersonal communication. The two-volume RHA manual consists of 14 modules, which cover these topics in depth and explain how these issues affect people throughout the lifecycle. The modules are adaptable to a variety of settings and audiences and are designed to allow trainers flexibility. Each module can be used independently, allowing for one specific topic to be integrated into an existing training program, or the manual can be used in its entirety to create an RHA workshop. The activities highlighted will help providers increase knowledge, examine attitudes, and practice skills to address the broad range of clients and community members they serve.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 May 2005 )
CEDPA/Egypt has developed an effective model for community-level female genital mutilation (FGM) abandonment programs, based on community education, advocacy with local leaders, formation of teams of anti-FGM activists and home visits to parents of at-risk girls. These interventions have led to more open community discussion about FGM and greater opposition to the practice.
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Special Booklet (
1 January 2002 )
 CEDPA/Nepal and Aamaa Milan Kendra, a Nepali non-governmental organization, started the Adolescent Girls Groups Anti-Trafficking Project to increase the ability of girls to resist trafficking attempts. The project focuses on training girls to increase their awareness of trafficking and protect themselves. The endline survey found an increase in the level of awareness of trafficking and characteristics of possible traffickers.
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Project Report (
1 January 2003 )
 During the fall of 2002, CEDPA collaborated with two local organizations in Ghana, Muslim Family Counseling Services (MFCS) and Ghanaian Association of Women's Welfare (GAWW), to work on raising awareness and eliminating female genital cutting (FGC) in three selected communities. MFCS and GAWW worked with schools, nurses, community leaders, and parent groups to sensitize each on the harmful effects of FGC. The project period of four months was relatively short, yet significant results were achieved. In just the Mamprusi West District, 4,906 pupils were sensitized on FGC, over 100 parents were sensitized at PTA meetings, three watchdog committees have been formed in the participating districts and, nurses are collecting hospital data on women who have undergone FGC, or other types of harmful traditional practices and are making FGC part of their home visit discussions.
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Special Booklet (
30 November 2007 )
 Read stories from an extraordinary group of women who are mediating conflict, caring for refugees, restoring communities and building more responsive governments. These 15 leaders came together for CEDPA’s WomenLead in Promoting Peace and Stability workshop, held Oct. 23–Nov. 17, 2006 in Washington, D.C. Each has a powerful story to tell about the conflict in her country, and how women are building lasting peace by rewriting constitutions, negotiating human rights protections, securing access to land and water, and changing mindsets that limit women’s roles in their communities.
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