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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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Research Report (
1 January 2002 )
.gif) Under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Their Reproductive Health (A GIFT for RH Project), girls aged 10–19 living in remote regions of Nepal attended a nine-month course that covered literacy as well as family life. The girls then participated in monthly discussion groups during the following year. An evaluation survey of 891 girls found that their knowledge of reproductive health had increased markedly during their time in the program. Program participants tripled their use of formal health services. Most of the girls aged 10–14 went on to school. After the course, girls favored later marriage and wanted to learn income-generating skills.
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Research Report (
1 January 2001 )
.gif) In 2000, CEDPA/India completed a cross-sectional comparative study to measure the impact of the Better Life Options Program on the lives of its beneficiaries as compared to those who did not participate in the program. The study showed that the program had resulted in significant impact on participants’ economic empowerment, self-esteem and confidence, decision-making, reproductive health, child survival practices and fertility.
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Research Report (
1 January 2004 )
This report summarizes the findings of a June 2004 survey to evaluate a non-formal education course on literacy and reproductive health. After completing the course, 96 percent of the girls could read and write. Many girls began attending school—93 percent of those aged 10–14 and 26 percent of those aged 15–19. Program participants increased their visits to health posts to resolve health problems, expressed a preference for later marriage, communicated more easily with their parents and were more knowledgeable about reproductive health, compared with the March 2003 baseline study. Conducted in Nepal’s Lalitpur and Baglung districts, the endline survey was designed to assess the impact of Phase II of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Their Reproductive Health Project (A GIFT for RH II), which was implemented by Aamaa Milan Kendra, managed by CEDPA/Nepal and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Overall, the project increased girls’ self-confidence and ability to access health services and information.
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Research Report (
1 January 2003 )
.gif) The 891 girls aged 10–19 who participated in the Adolescent Girls Initiate for Their Reproductive Health (A GIFT for RH Project) in Nepal were interviewed at three intervals: (1) before they started a nine-month literacy and family life course; (2) soon after course completion; and (3) one year later after they had participated in discussion groups. Knowledge of pregnancy risk, family planning, safe pregnancy and HIV/AIDS increased after the course and continued to grow during the discussion group period. Knowledge of sources of health care rose from less than 60 percent in the initial survey to 98 percent in the third survey.
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Research Report (
1 January 2003 )
 This report presents findings from a baseline study conducted by CEDPA and the Ghana National Association of Teachers in support of a local sub-project, the GNAT Initiative under CEDPA's global ENABLE Project. Baseline data and information were gathered on the current sexual and reproductive health status of in-school and-out-of school adolescents and young teachers in Dodowa, Ghana. Some key findings include: 1) high-risk sexual activity among adolescents was common and reflected in casual, multiple partners, unprotected and forced sex within a wide sexual network; 2) teacher-student sexual relations were observed; 3) adolescent pregnancy, unsafe abortion and young unwed mothers are not uncommon in Dodowa; 4) although awareness about HIV/AIDS was high among adolescents, this knowledge seemed not to have been reflected in their sexual lifestyles.
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Training Manual (
1 January 2003 )
.gif) As part of the CATALYST Consortium south-to-south program, PROFAMILIA/Colombia and CEDPA collaborated to produce a manual for managers of adolescent sexual and reproductive health programs. The manual builds the capacity of youth-serving program managers and coordinators from the public and private sectors, with limited experience managing youth programs, to design programs that respond to the sexual and reproductive health needs and rights of young people (10–24 years of age), and helps youth develop life skills and adopt healthy behaviors. Also available in Spanish.
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Research Report (
1 January 2002 )
 Benue State in central Nigeria has the highest HIV/AIDS sero-prevalence rate in the country. In response to this need, CEDPA/Nigeria supported the Vulnerable Children's Project. The project focused on providing emergency support services, building caregivers' capacity, and mobilizing the community. The baseline study shows that there is an urgent need for more aggressive adolescent sexual reproductive health interventions.
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Special Booklet (
28 May 2010 )
 This publication describes the Women’s Leadership for Greater Economic Participation program, implemented by CEDPA in partnership with Seeds of Peace, which brought together 15 young women from Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Palestine in a pilot program to advance women’s economic participation in their communities. With training and technical assistance, these young women implemented seven economic empowerment projects targeting a diverse range of women within their communities including immigrants, students, refugees, and other populations. Several of the projects are now self-sustaining, including one that has successfully marketed embroidery projects from Palestinian women to the Starbucks coffee chain.
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Training Manual (
28 January 2011 )
 Advancing Women’s Leadership and Advocacy for AIDS Action is a four-year, Ford Foundation-funded initiative designed to equip and empower a cadre of women from around the world with the knowledge and skills to strengthen and lead the global response to AIDS. The initiative has aimed to build the leadership, advocacy and technical expertise of women working on the frontlines in the fight against HIV and AIDS, and to strengthen the capacity of their organizations to advocate for stronger HIV and AIDS policies, programs and resources that meet the distinct needs of women. This manual presents a scaled-down adaptation of the training curriculum used in the project’s workshops. CEDPA has prepared this training manual as a resource for its alumni and other trainers to build the leadership, advocacy and management skills of grassroots women leaders and others working in HIV. The curriculum is intensive and highly participatory, reflective of CEDPA’s training philosophy of creating a supportive learning environment that promotes the exchange of expertise and experience. 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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Training Manual (
1 November 1999 )
 A three-day, six-session curriculum designed as a companion piece to Cairo, Beijing, and Beyond: A Handbook on Advocacy for Women Leaders. This manual uses participatory methodologies and is based on CEDPA's experience in building the skills of non-governmental organization leaders to advocate for change in the reproductive health arena. While the background information and role play scenarios deal directly with reproductive health issues, a trainer can adapt the sessions for other contexts. Also available in French and Spanish.
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Project Report (
14 October 2008 )
 In 2006, CEDPA introduced a complementary initiative to its training programs: a year-long professional coaching program designed to extend participants’ learning beyond the workshop setting to sustain their personal and professional growth and performance. This groundbreaking program now includes 58 seasoned coaches from around the world, who are working with over 100 clients to help them overcome performance barriers and advance to leadership positions. A new report details an evaluation of the first year of the program, including an extensive survey and interview process to document results, best practices, and areas for future expansion. Most clients reported that they gained specific skills and achieved a particular goal as a result of their participation. Eighty-one percent surveyed recommended that CEDPA continue the coaching program.
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Project Report (
24 April 2012 )
 Nigeria is one of the most populous countries in Africa with a population of over 154 million inhabitants. While 73 percent of Nigerian males are literate, less than half (48 percent) of their female counterparts can read and write. In the Southern region of Nigeria, 21 percent of females and 19 percent of males have never attended primary school. Nigeria has the second-highest number of HIV/AIDS infections in the world, surpassed only by South Africa. Although Akwa Ibom state in the southern region of Nigeria has the second highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the country, 92 percent of those living in the region believed they had no risk of contracting HIV and many were unaware of appropriate methods to prevent the infection.
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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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Handbook (
15 November 2006 )
 This handbook focuses on efforts to bring women into governance, illustrating ways that organizations and activists around the world can foster greater gender equity in civic engagement, advocacy, voting and governance efforts to improve the quality of life for everyone. Six chapters highlight key approaches to supporting women's leadership to make governments worldwide more responsive to the needs of women.
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Project Report (
1 January 2003 )
.gif) This publication describes the formation of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, its development from a small group of committed citizens to a global movement encompassing 24 countries and over 200 members, and the strategic planning process towards strengthening the Global Secretariat's organizational structure. The important lessons learned by the global alliance, its members and other alliances are highlighted within the text. This publication is a useful tool for understanding how such an alliance is formed and can grow from just a few people to a large, vocal mass movement demanding change and action around an issue. To request a free hard copy of this publication, please contact the White Ribbon Alliance.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
15 September 2008 )
 India has among the highest number of maternal deaths of any country in the world today. Every seven minutes one woman in India dies from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. This results in over 100,000 mothers dying every year. The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is a coalition of organizations working together to increase awareness, build alliances and act as a catalyst for action in order to reduce maternal mortality. The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) helped form the White Ribbon Alliance India (WRAI) in 1999 to bring critical attention and action to the need of making motherhood safer in India. Currently, CEDPA acts as the secretariat for the WRAI providing technical assistance and leading advocacy and communications strategies.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 September 2005 )
This fact sheet details work by CEDPA/India to improve maternal and child health.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 September 2005 )
This fact sheet details CEDPA/India's work in Jharkhand State.
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Project Report (
2 June 2006 )
From 2004 to 2006, CEDPA joined with local partners in the Baglung, Mohottari and Udayapur districts of Nepal to improve adolescent girls’ lives through a non-formal education program. The program reached 3,200 adolescents between the ages of 10–19 through literacy and critical life skills training that improved reproductive health knowledge and strengthened participant self-confidence. Recognizing the need to work with boys as well as girls to change community norms, boys were included in year two of the program. CEDPA and its partners—Aamaa Milan Kendra, Nepal Technical Assistance Group and the Nepal Red Cross Society—also addressed family and community factors to provide support for changes in attitudes and behaviors. An impressive 45 percent of the out-of-school girls who completed the literacy training component enrolled in primary schools as a result of the project.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
26 September 2007 )
From 2004 to 2006, Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) joined with local partners in the Baglung, Mohottari and Udayapur districts of Nepal to improve adolescents’ lives through a nonformal
education program. The program reached 3,200 adolescents between the ages of 10–19 through literacy and critical life skills training that improved reproductive health knowledge and strengthened participant self-confidence. Recognizing the need to work with boys as well as girls to change community norms, boys were included in year two of the program. CEDPA and its partners—Aamaa Milan Kendra, Nepal Technical Assistance Group and the Nepal Red Cross Society—also addressed family and community factors to provide support for changes in attitudes and behaviors. An impressive 45 percent of the out-of-school girls who completed the literacy training component enrolled in primary schools as a result of the project.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
7 February 2011 )
 Nigeria is the tenth largest country in the world and the most populous country in Africa. However, according to the 2007/2008 Human Development Report, only 68 percent of children who are primary-school age attend school. In secondary school, enrollment drops even further, to 27 percent. Although the percentage of literate female youth has greatly increased in the last decade, there is still a significant disparity between literacy rates for men and women (60 percent of women vs. 78 percent of men). This is largely due to the fact that over four million Nigerian girls of primary school age do not attend school. Of the girls who do attend primary school, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics has estimated that 32 percent drop out before they finish the fifth grade. The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) is improving the lives of Nigerian girls and boys ages 10–19 in Akwa Ibom State through the Better Life Options (BLO) project. This program provides girls and boys who are out of school with participatory life skills training and encourages participants to enroll or re-enroll in the formal school system. 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 (
13 July 2008 )
 An essential target of development investments is a strong and viable civil society that can work hand-in-hand with government and international bodies to deliver quality services to the people in greatest need. Throughout the developing world, indigenous organizations are critical actors in development at all levels. They work selflessly to serve their communities and provide an appropriate response to local needs. Recognizing that the key to successful community development is local capacity both individual and institutional—the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) has invested in institutional capacity building in developing countries for more than 30 years. CEDPA engages organizations in a process of self-examination, strategic thinking, and operational planning in order to move towards the goal of becoming self-sustaining.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
14 August 2008 )
 Study after study has shown that investing in women advances community development. Institutions including the World Bank have documented how increasing women’s educational attainment and promoting their equal opportunity in the labor force and public life can reduce poverty and promote national growth. Investing in women also greatly enhances the well-being of families and their children, who are more likely to survive and thrive if their mothers are healthy and educated. For more than 30 years, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) has trained developing-country women—and committed men and young people—to advance international development and change the social and political context that impedes opportunity for women and girls. The Global Women in Management program is CEDPA’s longest running training program, with thousands of graduate worldwide. The program responds to today’s development context that demands greater levels of management accountability and programmatic results by providing rigorous leadership and management training that builds women’s skills to run successful organizations.
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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 (
21 July 2008 )
 There is a wealth of evidence that documents the benefits of investing in women. Research shows that increased investment in women yields immense economic and social benefits, especially in developing countries. When women earn income, it is more likely to be reinvested in families and communities. Where the influence of women in public life is greater, the level of corruption has been found to be lower, according to institutions including the World Bank. Yet, there remains a large gap between this knowledge and allocation of resources. For more than 30 years, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) has invested in the leadership and development over 5,200 emerging women leaders—and also youth and committed men—to build their confidence to lead, direct successful organizations, and change the social and cultural context that impedes women’s opportunity. CEDPA’s approach to advancing women’s leadership is based on the premise that development leaders share certain traits with leaders in business and industry, but also are called upon to model and act in ways that set them apart from counterparts in order to be effective as agents of social change.
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Annual Report (
1 May 2005 )
CEDPA knows that women are key to improving lives and affecting change. In 2004, we adopted a new mission: CEDPA equips and mobilizes women to achieve equality. We envision a world in which women and girls are able to fulfill their dreams free from the constraints of poverty and inequality, and their full worth is realized and valued.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 August 2005 )
CEDPA/Nigeria mobilizes faith-based and community organizations to strengthen and expand the delivery of HIV/AIDS services as a partner in the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative Nigeria (GHAIN) project. GHAIN is funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the U.S. Agency for International Development. By 2009, GHAIN’s partners plan to treat 350,000 people living with HIV/AIDS with anti-retroviral drugs, prevent over a million new infections, and provide care and support to almost two million HIV-affected individuals. As a recognized expert in social mobilization, CEDPA/Nigeria works with local organizations to increase testing, treatment and care of people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 September 2005 )
Overview of CEDPA/India's projects.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
26 February 2010 )
 CEDPA has developed a new strategy that links family planning, reproductive health, maternal and child health, and HIV/AIDS to provide comprehensive, integrated education and services to women and girls. Over our 35 years of work in developing countries, many gains have been made in improving access to family planning but the reproductive health of too many women and men remains poor, especially in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and the enormous investment in the AIDS response has not adequately been leveraged to improve other reproductive health outcomes. HIV/AIDS continues to devastate Africa. Maternal mortality and morbidity rates have not improved in these regions, though the strategies to make motherhood safer are well known. The CEDPA Reproductive Health and HIV Integration Strategy addresses these ongoing issues affecting women’s lives and wellbeing, and lays out recommendations for future action.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
15 February 2012 )
 CEDPA is transforming lives by awakening the leadership potential of women to become successful partners in the development of their countries. Internationally recognized for improving the lives of women and girls in over 150 developing countries for over 35 years, CEDPA works through local partnerships to give women tools to improve their lives, families and communities. CEDPA's programs increase educational opportunities for girls, ensure access to lifesaving reproductive health and HIV/AIDS services, and strengthen women's leadership in their nations. With a growing network of more than 5,400 alumni and partners, CEDPA connects with even the most remote communities, working with women that others do not reach.
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Research Report (
1 January 2003 )
 The Nepal Red Cross Society organized women's discussion groups, called Communication Action Groups (CAGs), in three rural districts. In a 2002 evaluation study, 949 CAG leaders, members, husbands of CAG members, and community leaders were interviewed. The study concluded that CAG members had greater self-confidence in expressing their opinions. About three in five CAG members had discussed condom use with their spouses and were using contraception. CAG members had also influenced their neighbors to adopt health behaviors, including better care of pregnant women and improved sanitation. The positive changes in CAG members led to greater support for the groups from husbands as well as community members.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
13 January 2007 )
 Since the late 1990s, the Maoist insurgency in Nepal has wreaked havoc on the nation’s economy, infrastructure and community life, resulting in more than 13,000 deaths and widespread violence and insecurity. The rebellion has destroyed property and economic resources and led to widespread social dislocation. On April 27, 2006, after a series of mass demonstrations across Nepal forced the King to relinquish his autocratic hold on the government, the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist declared a ceasefire. Though significant, the prospect for a lasting peace remained fragile, highlighting the importance of continuing and expanding peace and conflict resolution work in Nepal at all levels. To address the social problems resulting from years of conflict, CEDPA and local partner Nagarik Aawaz began working together on the Communities for Peace project in July 2005.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
3 August 2011 )
 Meet Members of the Bangladeshi Parliament Mahbub Ara Begum Gini and Rasheda Begum Hira. They, along with seven other Members of Parliament and a staff member, participated in a 10-day workshop and study tour organized by CEDPA, a partner of SUNY/CID in the PRODIP initiative. The program focused on strengthening the leadership skills of the participants, building competencies in advocacy and communications, and exploring new models for engaging constructively with civil society organizations and across parties to promote women’s issues. The participants learned about the struggles women in different U.S. political institutions faced in order to gain the support and respect of their male counterparts. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bangladesh’s Promoting Democratic Institutions and Practices (PRODIP) is a five year program implemented by The Asia Foundation and SUNY/Center for International Development to support democratic governance in Bangladesh. Note: Save file onto your computer to download publication. Opening directly in your internet browser can result in an unreadable file.
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Research Report (
1 September 2004 )
This operations research study sought to determine an effective and replicable communication-based model for increasing the involvement of community-based groups in improving access to and use of reproductive health services and information by young married couples, ages 24 and under. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with two experimental and two non-equivalent control groups in the Udaypur district of Nepal where the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) had been implementing its Reaching and Enabling Women to Act on Reproductive Health Decision (REWARD) project with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and CEDPA. The two experimental models were the Youth Communication Action Group and the Mother’s Group. Researchers from the Center for Research on Environment, Health, and Population Activities (CREHPA) administered pre- and post-test surveys of young married women, ages 24 and under. The baseline survey, conducted in October 2000, covered a total sample of 1,000 respondents from the two experimental sites and 800 from the two control sites. The endline survey, conducted in October–November 2002, covered 744 respondents in the two experimental sites and 268 from one control site. A separate survey of 237 YCAG members was also conducted as a part of the endline study to assess the effectiveness of this model in enhancing the reproductive health knowledge and behavior of group members.
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Research Report (
30 July 2008 )
 Adolescent girls in Nepal face enormous social barriers accessing education, and health due to exclusionary socio-religious traditions and years of conflict. The program and study reported here address two issues that girls identified as critical to their well-being—HIV risk awareness and menstrual restrictions. Local NGOs developed a peer education program in three districts of Nepal that paired girls from different castes and different educational levels. The program sought to increase peer educators’ leadership and collective efficacy to inform peers and adults in the community about the effects these issues have on women and girls.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
17 March 2006 )
This two-page fact sheet gives an overview of CEDPA's Better Life Options Program in India. In 1987, CEDPA established the program to address the numerous concerns and needs in an adolescent’s life. The program seeks to break gender stereotypes and change the gender balance between boys and girls; develop life skills; and build self-esteem, confidence and feelings of self worth in young people.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
29 March 2007 )
CEDPA has been implementing the Empowering Grassroots Egyptian Women through Advocacy Networks project in Egypt since 2004. Designed to identify and address the specific needs of women and girls by enabling women and their supporters to advocate for and influence policy changes at the governorate level, the project delivers training and technical assistance to governorate level non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local branches of the National Council for Women (NCW) to form advocacy networks.
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Project Report (
1 January 2003 )
 In July 2000, CEDPA/Ghana, in partnership with the YWCA, embarked on a program with traditional community leaders, known as Queen Mothers and Magajias, to address the impact of HIV/AIDS in their communities. The main purpose of the initiative was to sensitize Queen Mothers and Magajias on the issue of HIV/AIDS, empower them to work with their communities to reduce stigmas surrounding people living with HIV/AIDS, and provide HIV/AIDS prevention messages. This paper describes the activities of the Queen Mothers and Magajias following the Women's Leadership Training and the ways that they implemented the action plan they had developed during the training.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 May 2005 )
In collaboration with the Ministry of Youth, CEDPA/Egypt conducted a series of Leadership Camps for young volunteers from its local partner organizations. Working in teams and drawing the participation of local youth and community members, the camp participants implemented 17 community service projects that provided education for women and youth and improved community life.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 January 2003 )
The following “Highlights” are a series of two-page summaries that give a clear and concise outline of CEDPA’s Enabling Change for Women’s Reproductive Health (ENABLE) Project.
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Project Report (
1 August 2003 )
 The Enabling Change for Women’s Reproductive Health (ENABLE) Project, implemented during 1998-2003 in Ghana, India, Nepal, Nigeria and Senegal, aimed to strengthen women’s capabilities for informed and autonomous decision making to prevent unintended pregnancy and improve reproductive health. ENABLE worked to bring reproductive health services closer to isolated rural communities and urban slums by collaborating with community organizations to offer local services plus referrals to health facilities. In addition to assisting individuals, ENABLE worked to change the overall social and cultural climate that influences reproductive health decision making and limits access to health services. This final report summarizes the ENABLE Project’s key accomplishments and describes strategies that are suitable for replication.
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Research Report (
1 January 2003 )
 CEDPA supported Krishi Gramin Vikas Kendra, a non-governmental organization, to implement sustainable reproductive and child health services in Ranchi, Jharkand, India. The project focused on improving providers' skills, women's empowerment and initiating HIV/AIDS activities. Activities included social marketing of contraceptives, child immunizations, and cost recovery in the clinics. The project expanded the coverage of reproductive health services and trained local health workers. The evaluation indicates that project sustainability is possible, as people are willing to pay for quality services.
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Research Report (
1 January 2002 )
 The Nepal Red Cross Society implemented the Reaching and Enabling Women to Act on Reproductive Health Decisions (REWARD) project, the goal of which was to strengthen women's capabilities for informed decision-making to prevent unintended pregnancy and improve reproductive health. CEDPA conducted an end-of-project evaluation to determine the outcomes and assess the impact in terms of project goals and objectives. The REWARD project resulted in the gradual increase in contraceptive prevalence rates, increase in couple-years of protection, popularity of non-permanent contraceptives such as condoms and pills, and an increase in maternal and child care.
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Project Report (
4 June 2008 )
 The Enabling Young People’s Civic Participation in Egypt project mobilized young people from ten governorates to play an active role in the civic life of their communities. Over its two-year lifespan, the project equipped participants with skills in democratic participation through its youth leadership camps, and provided them with guidance and support as they returned to their villages to undertake community improvement projects. In addition, the project established governorate-level networks of young leaders, who, together with the larger community, sought to create a platform for youth on the local level. Such networks were successful in all ten governorates and continue to function today.
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Project Report (
5 April 2012 )
 Ethnographic research and situational analysis conducted in Mali as part of the Terikunda Jekulu project, indicates that any attempt at addressing unmet need for family planning in Mali is likely to encounter significant resistance. Religious opposition to contraception and the premium placed on high fertility are entrenched social norms in the rural communities of the country. Broaching topics that could be perceived as birth limiting are strictly taboo. Furthermore, challenging gender dynamics that may reduce the power that men have over their families' procreation and lineage may be perceived as threatening.
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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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1 February 2006 )
En collaboration avec le Centre pour le développement des activités de population (CEDPA) et le Ministère de la Santé et le Ministère de la Jeunesse, le Population Council mène dans le cadre de son programme « Frontière en santé de la reproduction», une recherche opérationnelle destinée à avoir une meilleure compréhension des interventions conçues spécifiquement pour améliorer la communication entre les parents/tuteurs et les adolescents en matière de santé de la reproduction/VIH/SIDA. Plus spécifiquement l’objectif de cette recherche est d’évaluer la fonctionnalité d’un modèle d’intervention destiné à prendre en charge la communication adulte/adolescents. L’étude à lieu est essentiellement circonscrite au département de Kaolack et à l’intérieur de celui-ci département quatre communautés rurales en Sénégal (Ndiedieng, Ndiaffate, Koumbal, Dya) et un quartier de la ville ont été choisies pour abriter les interventions.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
30 September 2008 )
 For more than 30 years, the Centre for Development and Population Activities’ (CEDPA) governance programs have registered new women voters; raised women’s voices within peace efforts; mobilized advocates for better laws and public policy; and increased women’s political participation. Part of CEDPA’s work in Nepal is grounded in the organization’s dedication to assuring women’s greater participation in governance.
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Training Manual (
27 September 2007 )
 This French curriculum educates trainers and peer educators to address the contrast between the high level of young people's knowledge of HIV/AIDS and the persistence of high risk behaviors in Senegal. The non-formal education tool provides a model to educate young people in life skills based on religious and traditional values of Senegal and equips them with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS. The goal is to empower boys and girls to make better decisions with regards to risky behaviors and to relay the information throughout their communities. The manual includes six modules, covering three-to-six two-hour sessions each.
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Handbook (
1 January 2003 )
 This special booklet, published by CEDPA/India under the ENABLE project, was created to enable organizations to expand their list of contraceptive methods and introduce injectables as an additional contraceptive option. Since 1986, the injectable contraceptive DMPA has been legal in India and has been commercially available to women. The safety and effectiveness of DMPA has been repeatedly documented over the past forty years in Western and developing countries. This publication serves as a guide for other organizations interested in incorporating DMPA into their program activities.
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Handbook (
1 January 2005 )
Expanding Contraceptive Choice: Integrating Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) into NGO Family Planning Programs in India contains updated information on IUDs enabling NGOs to provide quality services, including counseling. The handbook also addresses IUD myths and misconceptions among both providers and clients and improving skills of the providers for IUD insertion and removal.
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1 September 2005 )
This fact sheet details CEDPA/India's work with the Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) at Georgetown University on the Standard Days
Method (SDM), a fertility awareness-based method to increase choice and address the large unmet need for family planning that exists around the world. It is appropriate for women with menstrual cycles between 26 and 32
days, who use CycleBeads, a color-coded string of beads representing the menstrual cycle, to help her to identify her fertile days (days 8- 19), during which she is advised to avoid unprotected intercourse.
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1 September 2005 )
Under the ENABLE Safe Motherhood Core Initiative, CEDPA/India collaborated with the Community Aid and Sponsorship Program on the Safe Motherhood Initiative to reduce maternal death by showing women, their families and their communities how to prepare for a safe delivery, to identify pregnancy-related complications at their onset, and to seek medical help immediately.
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27 October 2009 )
 In April 2007, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) signed an agreement with World Learning and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Expanding Voluntary Use of Contraception in the Central Terai Region of Nepal project. Central Terai is home to some of the nation’s most marginalized populations. The project’s goal was to maximize the number of well-planned families resulting from improved family planning and reproductive health practices by utilizing a cadre of trained volunteers to disseminate information, counsel families and provide commodities. Overall, the project successfully achieved its objectives and in several cases surpassed the expected results in family planning knowledge, attitude and behaviors.
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19 October 2009 )
 Expanding the Voluntary Use of Contraception in the Central Terai Family Future Project was designed to increase the use of voluntary family planning for married women of reproductive age from poor and marginalized communities in the Central Terai. Funded by USAID in partnership with World Learning, the program was implemented in three districts, Bara, Rautahat and Sarlahi, where more than 90 percent of the project population was from marginalized communities. The project selected and trained young educated men and women as peer health educators to lead discussions with their peers on family planning, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. Using CEDPA’s Choose a Future! manual, peer health educators led discussion sessions related to puberty, sexual and reproductive health, family planning and goal setting. CEDPA staff also trained adult volunteers, family future supporters, to provide commodities at the doorstep, counsel men and women on contraceptive methods, and explain how to access family planning for couples interested in contraception. This report provides a detailed explanation of the project and its results.
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Training Manual (
1 June 2003 )
 This manual is Volume II of the Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS for NGOs, FBOs & CBOs series. It provides an overview to religious leaders and church groups about the HIV/AIDS pandemic, as well as issues and challenges faced by people living with HIV/AIDS. The curriculum offers relevant education on public health and reproductive health, helps identify cultural and social factors that contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS, and offers faith-based institutions and organizations options for action.
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Training Manual (
1 June 2003 )
 This manual is Volume I of the Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS for NGOs, FBOs & CBOs series. It provides both non-governmental organizational staff and communities at large with a deeper understanding of the dynamics and impact of HIV/AIDS. It also sensitizes participants to the issues and challenges faced by people living with HIV/AIDS. Topics include modes of transmission and prevention, cultural and social factors contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS, health issues of the immune system and disease progression, and strategies for coping and living with HIV/AIDS.
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Research Report (
1 January 2003 )
 Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra (KGVK) provides health care services to rural poor in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. KGVK aims to improve its capacity to provide integrated reproductive and child health (RCH) services. This feasibility study assesses the community's knowledge of KGVK and other RCH services. The study recommends increasing the range of services at KGVK hospitals and strengthening collaboration between KGVK and other health providers.
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Training Manual (
1 August 2003 )
 This manual provides a two-day curriculum demonstrating how to incorporate the female condom and dual protection into existing community health worker programs. Using two family planning methods simultaneously enhances the degree of protection against both unintended pregnancy and STIs. With this two-pronged approach, this manual contains activities designed to introduce the female condom, provide strategies to bring about behavior change to ensure dual protection, and reintroduce the use of the male condom.
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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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1 January 2004 )
 This report details the franchising and scaling up of the Better Life Options Program, CEDPA’s adolescent program in India. The program seeks to empower girls and boys aged 10–19 to make decisions in their own self-interest and to envision and achieve more equitable relationships. The franchising of BLP was implemented through nine state-level technical assistance partner agencies and 247 local organizations. The franchising approach was based on the Better Life Options and Opportunities Model (BLOOM), an integrated and holistic approach to youth development, with strong emphasis on capacity building of local organizations, developing partnerships and networks, and building advocacy activities. The program reached more than 146,000 youth in ten states. The report describes how the program was implemented with several BLOOM Adolescent Network partner agencies, highlights the program’s major results and impacts, and shares challenges and lessons learned in its implementation.
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10 November 2010 )
 From the Ground Up highlights the stories of 13 Global Women in Management (GWIM) workshop alumni hailing from around the globe. CEDPA’s proven GWIM workshop, first offered in 1978, is a month-long training for mid-level women managers from nongovernmental organizations. The stories included in this publication are borrowed from formal case studies conducted as part of the GWIM program evaluation. Some of the alumni teach vocational skills that help fellow women earn a living. Some mobilize women to participate more actively in policy making. One even ran for public office after her workshop experience. These profiles illustrate how strengthening the capacity of women leaders at the grassroots level can change lives and advance economies through bolstering the reach of community and national level organizations. Note: Save file onto your computer to download publication. Opening directly in your internet browser will result in an unreadable file.
View the interactive version of this publication with videos, photos and maps here.
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13 May 2010 )
 CEDPA is an international leader in designing and implementing programs to improve the lives of women and girls. For over thirty years CEDPA has been recognized as a global expert in participatory approaches to stakeholder and community engagement; capacity assessment and capacity building of NGOs, community-based organizations and faith-based organizations; working with men and boys to challenge traditional gender norms that lead to negative social and health outcomes; women’s empowerment and leadership training; and community mobilization in support of advances for women. CEDPA’s long history of inciting change for women has given it unique skills and insights into how to design programs that mobilize communities in support of advances for women and minimize the potential for backlash. Read more about CEDPA’s corporate social responsibility and partnership programs.
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Training Manual (
1 May 1996 )
.gif) A comprehensive five-day, nine-session curriculum for use by trainers of program managers and development workers in the private and public sectors. Field tested in Africa, the curriculum is designed to enable development workers to create gender-responsive institutions, policies, programs and projects. It examines gender influences in the participants' own lives, cultural reinforcement of gender roles and relationships and how these affect the development process. Also available in French and Spanish.
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Research Report (
1 January 2003 )
 Gender power differentials play an important role in male-female sexual relationships when it comes to adopting dual protection strategies, particularly dual methods. To be able to discuss the possibilities of multiple partners and prevention of pregnancy and disease, both partners need to be able to communicate with equal power and respect for each other's health. Based on focus group discussions with adolescents and young women and men in Dodowa, Ghana, this report presents both male and female perspectives regarding dual method use. The findings demonstrate the need to integrate gender concerns into program design.
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Training Manual (
1 June 2000 )
.gif) A two-week, 15-session curriculum that uses participatory methodologies to equip NGOs to implement reproductive health programs and strategies. The workshop familiarizes participants with the ICPD Programme of Action and framework for reproductive health, helps participants identify how their organizations' programs fit within this broadened reproductive health framework, and assists participants to develop strategies and action plans for expanding and integrating organizational activities in the areas of gender, reproductive health, and/or advocacy. Also available in Spanish.
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1 May 2005 )
In Egypt, the Girls’ Scholarship Program provided 20,879 scholarships during 1994–2004 to enable 4,626 youth from low-income families to attend school. School enrollment for girls has increased in participating communities. The program generated stronger community support
for girls’ education and encouraged parents to become more involved in local schools.
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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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Special Booklet (
31 July 2006 )
 This two-page publication catalog lists all of CEDPA’s relevant HIV/AIDS resources. Many of these publications are available for download in PDF format free of charge.
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Training Manual (
1 June 2003 )
 This manual is Volume III of the Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS for NGOs, FBOs & CBOs series. The curriculum provided in this manual seeks to empower family and community members with knowledge about living healthy with HIV/AIDS, providing care and support, and dealing with death and dying. Community members are urged to work together to find solutions to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS.
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1 August 2003 )
 This report documents the experience of two global USAID-funded initiatives and describes how social mobilization has effectively been applied to the field of reproductive health and safe motherhood. The report describes how mulitsectoral coalitions or alliances use a social mobilization approach to foster local capacity and ownership, shared commitment and mutual accountability for health.
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1 January 2003 )
.gif) New Horizons is a non-formal education program designed to explain essential information on basic life skills and reproductive health to disadvantaged young women, ages nine to 20. This study assesses the changes that have resulted from New Horizons interventions in program participants, their families, and the community. The study concluded that: 1) the beneficiaries and their parents have more positive attitudes and behaviors toward education, health, and the status of women, as well as greater self-confidence; 2) learning enhanced the school performance and social skills of participants; 3) participants had improved and more open communication with family members, especially with male members; and 4) the reproductive health education provided by the program has contributed to a better understanding and practices.
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1 January 2003 )
 In September 2001, CEDPA initiated a 16-month pilot project on "Adolescent-Friendly Reproductive Health Services" with four non-governmental organizations in India. This study assessed the project's impact in increasing adolescents' knowledge of puberty, family planning and HIV/AIDS. Significant changes were found among all age groups and educational levels."
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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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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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Research Report (
4 December 2006 )
 In Africa, research has shown that adolescents learn about sex and reproductive health through their friends and the media, but they would prefer to receive the information from their parents. In 2005, the Population Council’s FRONTIERS in Reproductive Health Program, in collaboration with the Centre for Development and Population Activities, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Youth in Senegal, conducted a research project aimed at improving parent-child communication about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. The study was designed to focus on parents/guardians and adolescent youth living in urban and rural Senegal and gain better understanding of interventions designed specifically to reduce risks to adolescent reproductive health. (This final report is written in both English and French.)
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Training Manual (
1 June 1995 )
.gif) A five-day, 13-session training workshop to broaden family planning programs to meet additional reproductive health needs, field-tested in Kenya by more than 60 health care managers and community-based distributors. Topics include attitudes about STDs and HIV/AIDS, approaches to motivating behavior change, cultural and gender issues in counseling, communication and counseling skills and content and confidentiality issues.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
13 November 2007 )
 Nearly three billion people under the age of 25—the largest generation of youth ever—live in developing countries and face tremendous barriers in realizing their full worth and value. Over the past two decades, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) has reached hundreds of thousands of youth to equip them with specific skills, knowledge, and attitudes to be able to exercise informed decision-making regarding their futures. Formal assessments have found that young people who have completed CEDPA’s youth development programs go on to achieve a higher level of education; demonstrate greater HIV/AIDS awareness; show greater ability to make decisions about marriage, spending income, and education; earn and save more; and travel more outside of their villages . Youth have expressed new-found confidence and skills by starting their own businesses, running local youth centers in their villages, and becoming advocates of women’s rights within their governments.
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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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1 January 2003 )
 This study examines awareness and behaviors related to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS among truckers in Jharkhand, India. The study found that more than four in five respondents had heard of HIV/AIDS, but only one in five knew that HIV/AIDS is incurable. Most respondents stated that they would use the services of a male clinic if such a facility were opened. They listed treatment for minor illnesses, screening for HIV and sexually transmitted infections, and family planning as the most desired services.
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1 January 2000 )
 Using a rights and freedom-based approach as a conceptual framework, this report analyzes a sample of projects conducted under the Promoting Women In Development program conducted by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and CEDPA. The discussion covers four key areas: mobilizing community participation and influencing institutional policies; leveling the field for women's increased economic participation, including the right to productive resources and employment; equity in financial resources and enterprise development; and expanded opportunities for participation and advocacy in sustainable resource management.
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Research Report (
1 August 2003 )
 This case study evaluates the democracy and governance and reproductive health activities that CEDPA implemented with the Church of Christ in Nigeria in Plateau State. The project aims to expand access to reproductive health services, empower women, and increase community participation in building coalitions for reproductive health and rights. This study indicates that participation in democratic activities leads to a greater sense of independent thinking.
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Training Manual (
1 January 2003 )
 Based on advocacy training work in Latin America, this manual offers tools to increase the effectiveness of training, planning and evaluation efforts to strengthen advocacy. The manual offers tools for training civil society groups involved in changing public policies and programs so that they benefit those in society who are traditionally marginalized. Only available in Spanish.
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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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Training Manual (
1 July 2003 )
 This collection of stories developed by the POLICY Project highlights some of the key advocacy moments of our time as told from the unique perspective of those who are engaged in advocacy work in communities around the world. Despite the availability of several excellent guides to advocacy, no group or individual has developed a manual that offers a tapestry of stories as a practical resource for advocacy training, reflective learning, and strategic planning. This manual begins a process of documenting HIV/AIDS policy advocacy stories as a means of preserving them and making them available to others as more and more people become involved in HIV/AIDS advocacy issues. Also available in French and Spanish. To request a free hard copy of this publication, please visit the Policy Project.
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1 January 2003 )
.gif) This training manual developed by the POLICY Project was prepared to help representatives of non-governmental organizations and other formal groups of civil society form and maintain advocacy networks and develop effective family planning/reproductive health advocacy skills. The manual's tools and approaches can be used to affect family planning and reproductive health policy decisions at the international, national, regional, and local levels. The manual is based on the principle that advocacy strategies and methods can be learned. The building blocks of advocacy are the formation of networks, the identification of political opportunities, and the organization of campaigns. To request a free hard copy of this publication, please visit the POLICY Project. Also availble in French and Spanish.
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1 January 2003 )
.gif) This document serves as a supplement to Networking for Policy Change: An Advocacy Training Manual, a resource for trainers of family planning and reproductive health advocacy issues worldwide. The POLICY Project recognizes that certain reproductive health topics, such as maternal health, require specific information that goes beyond the examples and materials included in the original manual. This supplement aims to serve that need. To request a free hard copy of this publication, please visit the Policy Project.
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31 October 2006 )
 With funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the POLICY I and II projects strengthened advocacy of civil society organizations and networks to promote and sustain access to high-quality family planning/reproductive health, HIV and maternal health services. This poster highlights approaches and successes of advocacy campaigns in eleven differenct countries (Ghana, Guatemala, India, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Uganda, Ukraine, and Turkey).
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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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Special Booklet (
1 September 2003 )
 Nos crecen las alas es un esfuerzo de mujeres guatemaltecas de diferentes edades, grupos étnicos, nivel educativo, organizaciones y zonas geográficas del país, que acompañadas por el CEDPA dan vida al proyecto Alfabetización en Pro del Liderazgo de la Mujer.
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1 January 2002 )
This two-page fact sheet provides an overview of the Partnerships for Advocacy and Civil Empowerment (PACE). PACE was a consortium of three well-established international development organizations formed to implement USAID-Nigeria’s Civil Society Assistance Program. PACE partnered with Nigerian groups to increase civil society participation in public deliberations, oversight of government and conflict management.
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Training Manual (
1 June 2003 )
 This is Volume IV of the Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS for NGOs, FBOs & CBOsseries. Based on CEDPA's experience in Nepal, this manual promotes social mobilization as a means for communities to increase local participation and women's empowerment in addressing HIV/AIDS. The five-day curriculum imparts skills in advocacy, behavior change communication and social marketing at national and grassroots levels. Although it was developed specifically for Nepal, the lessons are applicable to a variety of contexts.
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10 September 2004 )
 Funded by USAID, the PACE Project was implemented by CEDPA, Global Rights (formerly the International Human Rights Law Group) and the Institute for Democracy in South Africa. The project goals were to assist civil society in elections and election reform, constitutional reform, transparency and accountability, and conflict management. During the local, state and national elections in 2003, PACE worked closely with citizen groups to promote participation in the electoral process. PACE also laid the foundation for greater transparency and accountability in government. One major achievement of PACE-supported civil society groups and networks is the passage of the Freedom of Information Bill by the House of Representatives, which has been hailed by Nigerians as a critically needed reform. This report provides a complete dissemination of the activities, success stories, challenges and lessons learned from the PACE Project.
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1 January 2003 )
 In the newly established state of Jharkhand, India, CEDPA partnered with Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra (KGVK), a local organization, to provide integrated services for reproductive and child health and infectious diseases. Through the USAID-supported ENABLE project, the project assisted KGVK’s hospital and 13 health centers to provide a package of health services. Health workers and Village Health Committees educated community members about reproductive and child health, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases through health talks, home visits, street plays and special sessions for youth. In just one year KGVK expanded health care coverage from 19 villages to 40 villages. The proportion of women using modern contraceptives increased from 35 percent to 41 percent. Prenatal care visits, deliveries in health facilities, and child immunization rates also rose. This report presents an example of how organizations can expand their services in a cost-effective manner that will complement public-sector services and result in partnerships that create enabling environments for decision making and use of health facilities.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 January 2004 )
 The profiles introduce ten alumni from CEDPA's leadership training program working on four continents for women's equality and empowerment. From Afghanistan to Guatemala to Ghana to Russia, these inspiring women leaders are making a difference in the lives of women and their families by playing leadership roles in local organizations committed to reproductive health, women's rights, HIV/AIDS prevention, youth activism and refugee assistance. CEDPA alumnae are true catalysts for change at all levels of society. Also available in French and Spanish.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
13 August 2008 )
 Por más de treinta años, el Centro para el Desarrollo y Actividades de Población (CEDPA) ha capacitado a mujeres provenientes de países emergentes, para contribuir al desarrollo internacional y cambiar el contexto social y político que impide que las mujeres y niñas tengan mayores oportunidades. El Programa Global de Gestión: Promoviendo Mujeres Líderes para el Desarrollo es la iniciativa de capacitación que CEDPA ha llevado a cabo por varias décadas, contando con miles de ex-alumnas alrededor del mundo. El programa responde al contexto actual de desarrollo, el cual demanda mayores niveles de transparencia en gestión y resultados programáticos. Por esta razón, CEDPA ha creado una capacitación rigurosa de liderazgo y gerencia que fortalece las habilidades de las mujeres para dirigir organizaciones exitosas.
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Training Manual (
1 January 1994 )
 A six-day, 11-session curriculum to train project managers to design community-based projects. Project design is approached as an on-going process within an organization, encompassing needs assessment, problem identification, development and implementation of solutions, monitoring and outcome assessment. This training is applicable to all sectors. Also available in French and Spanish.
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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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1 January 2000 )
 This synthesis paper examines some of the strategies undertaken by PROWID partners in relation to factors that contribute to good governance and women's empowerment and includes an analysis of the dynamics of power that affect women's participation. The paper highlights women's initiatives—across programs and regions—to foster an inclusive political culture, strengthen the capacities of civil society actors, and transform state institutions and policies. This document serves to expand the dialogue on the relationship between good governance, political engagement, and women's empowerment, and provides insight to program planners and policymakers concerned with incorporating gender into democracy-building efforts.
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Research Report (
30 March 2006 )
 Through the New Visions program, CEDPA/Egypt has reached more than 17,000 boys over the past decade to increase literacy, build basic life skills, improve knowledge of reproductive health, and promote gender sensitivity so that boys gain communications skills and become more equal partners in family life. “Promoting Gender Sensitivity among Boys in Egypt” shows how the education program significantly improved boys’ knowledge about family planning and HIV/AIDS and demonstrates how boys developed better stress coping mechanisms and improved environmental-friendly behaviors.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 September 2005 )
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
26 September 2007 )
Adolescent girls in Nepal face enormous barriers to achieving their social, economic and health needs and rights. Twenty-one percent of those ages 15-19 are already mothers or pregnant with their first child, according to the 2001 Demographic and Health Survey. One out of every two women believes that her husband has the final say in her health care. And, almost two-thirds of Nepali women are illiterate. Further, menstrual taboos that are deeply rooted in the culture of some castes prohibit women and girls from fully participating in daily life and inhibit their education. Putting Learning into Action, implemented from April 2006 to February 2007 by the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) and its partners, enabled adolescent girls and young women in Nepal to become agents of change to improve their reproductive health and the lives of other girls in their communities.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
14 October 2008 )
 According to an integrated report by UNICEF/UNESCO, worldwide some 115 million primary school-aged children are estimated to be out of school. Of the total, 53 percent (61.6 million) are girls. Primary school enrolment rates for girls in eastern and southern Africa are reported at 62 percent. Through its pilot project, Towards a Better Future, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) is working to improve the educational and health outcomes of young girls in southern Africa by providing them with the knowledge and skills they need to stay in school. The pilot program is designed around CEDPA’s successful youth development framework, the Better Life Options and Opportunities Model (BLOOM).
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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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Special Booklet (
22 February 2011 )
 While the number of women infected and affected by HIV grows, the response to the epidemic has not responded accordingly. In 2006, the Advancing Women’s Leadership and Advocacy for AIDS Action initiative was launched to equip and empower a cadre of women from around the world with the knowledge and skills to strengthen and lead the global response to AIDS. The Ford Foundation-funded initiative was implemented by a consortium led by the Centre for Development and Population Activities and including the International Center for Research on Women, the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS and the National Minority AIDS Council. The initiative consisted of six global, regional and national workshops designed to enhance participants’ confidence and self-efficacy, strengthen their program management skills and expand their professional networks. Redistributing Power: Stories from Women Leading the Fight Against AIDS profiles seven extraordinary women who passed through the program. From civil war-torn northern Uganda to the edge of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, these women leaders share their struggles, their evolution and the passion they have for empowering those around 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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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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Project Report (
1 January 2003 )
 The USAID-funded Reproductive Health for Youth in Mali Project (RHYM), conducted from 1997 to 2003 in five regions, reached approximately 633,000 young persons aged 10–24. RHYM trained 2,000 volunteer peer educators in reproductive health information, education and communication skills specific to youth, as well as maternal and child health and survival. According to evaluation survey findings, use of modern contraceptives among targeted youth in the project area increased from a baseline of 29 percent in 1999 to 52 percent by the final evaluation, and the percentage of assisted births for women under 19 years of age increased from 66 percent in 1999 to 93 percent at final evaluation. The RHYM Project demonstrated that volunteer-based peer education is an effective strategy for behavior change among youth in Mali.
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Project Report (
5 September 2007 )
 CEDPA's Safe Motherhood Project contributed to improving the lives of women in the project sites and throughout Nigeria. The project’s goal was reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in Nigeria, with a particular focus on three Nigerian communities—Agbowa, Lagos State; Minjibir, Kano State; and Gwoza, Borno State. Over a period of three years (May 2004-June 2007), CEDPA implemented a targeted advocacy program to promote safe motherhood at the national and state levels and within communities; trained 25 men and women to be safe motherhood advocates (SMAs) and safe motherhood volunteers (SMVs) to counsel women and their families about danger signs during pregnancy and labor; and successfully engendered an enabling environment in the project areas and strong community acceptance and ownership regarding access to care. The results in this final report indicate that that the Safe Motherhood Project made an impressive contribution to increasing women’s access to health facilities at the community level and therefore to improving health outcomes during pregnancy and delivery.
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Handbook (
1 January 2002 )
.gif) Produced by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, India, in collaboration with the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Global Secretariat, this guide aims to share the most recent evidence-based knowledge and practices from India, the region, and around the world on what works (and what does not) to reduce maternal mortality. This Field Guide is intended for program managers and implementers working at the community level to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths. To request a free hardcopy of this publication, please contact the White Ribbon Alliance.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
21 September 2008 )
 More women in India die during pregnancy and childbirth than in any other country in the world, a number that accounts for 20 percent of the world’s maternal deaths. Sadly, the majority of these deaths can be prevented though access to skilled attendants and emergency obstetric care facilities and supplies. With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a new consortium of global organizations is working to save the lives of women and children in India by building capacity within the country to improve policies, programs and resources in the areas of maternal, neonatal and child health, and nutrition.
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Research Report (
1 January 2002 )
 This study outlines the strategies currently in use in Senegal for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. CEDPA aims to build on the success of past programs by using similar strategies. In addition to reviewing adolescent reproductive health materials, the evaluation team selected 46 organizations in seven of Senegal's ten regions to participate in discussion groups. The study identifies three strategies to improve ARH: increasing knowledge to produce positive behavior; increasing access to services and programs; and empowering youths to make informed decisions concerning their health. Hard copy available in English.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 September 2005 )
Overview of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in India
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Training Manual (
1 June 2000 )
 A five-day, 12-session participatory curriculum based on CEDPA's experience working with the non-governmental sector. This manual promotes social mobilization as a means for communities to declare publicly their rights to control their reproductive health and to create widespread support for those rights. Social mobilization is a dynamic, long-term process in which stakeholders use a number of techniques, including advocacy, behavior change communication, and social marketing, each one building on the next to make sustainable changes in society. Social mobilization creates the enabling environment, as well as the vehicle for broad-based change to occur. The workshop presents practical means and models for maximizing community participation and involving all stakeholders in the design and implementation of family planning and reproductive health programs. The manual is designed to strengthen the efforts of development leader and managers from both the organizations and public sectors at national and grassroots levels to increase local participation and, simultaneously, women's empowerment.
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Project Report (
1 January 2003 )
 This publication describes the formation of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, its development from a small group of committed citizens to a global movement encompassing 24 countries and over 200 members, and the strategic planning process towards strengthening the Global Secretariat's organizational structure. The important lessons learned by the global alliance, its members and other alliances are highlighted within the text. This publication is a useful tool for understanding how such an alliance is formed and can grow from just a few people to a large, vocal mass movement demanding change and action around an issue. To request a free hard copy of this publication, please contact: wra2@whiteribbonalliance.org.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
30 November 2009 )
 In April 2007, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) signed an agreement with World Learning and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Expanding Voluntary Use of Contraception in the Central Terai Region of Nepal project. Central Terai is home to some of the nation’s most marginalized populations. The project’s goal was to maximize the number of well-planned families resulting from improved family planning and reproductive health practices by utilizing a cadre of trained volunteers to disseminate information, counsel families and provide commodities. The evaluation of the program showed success in improving spousal communication and family planning knowledge in this region of Nepal. This poster presentation was displayed at the 2009 International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices in Kampala.
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Training Manual (
1 August 1999 )
 This user-friendly workbook is a step-by-step guide for administrators and managers of non-governmental organizations conducting programs in developing countries to define and develop their organizational mission statements, identify programmatic priorities and areas of focus, make effective use of resources, maximize opportunities and minimize obstacles, and market themselves to potential funders. The goal of this workbook is to make strategic planning a more accessible and enjoyable undertaking for organizations. The English version of this workbook is currently out of stock, but you can download a copy below. Printed versions are available for purchase in French and Spanish.
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Training Manual (
1 January 1996 )
 A five-day, nine-session workshop for managers of health and development organizations. The manual develops the knowledge, skills and awareness of supervisors for more efficient supervision systems and for more effective approaches to supervision. Topics of discussion include styles of supervision, organizational design, team building, motivation and monitoring and evaluation. Also available in French and Spanish.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
14 September 2008 )
 Nigeria has the third largest number of HIV infections in the world, with roughly four million men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Infection rates have spiraled over the past decade, particularly among young women. And because of Nigeria’s poor health infrastructure, there is an enormous unmet need for HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services. With funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) implements the four-year, $12.8 million Positive Living project to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and communities in Nigeria. The project will run from 2006-2010, working hand-in-hand with a consortium of local faith-based organizations, community groups and networks of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in 20 states across Nigeria.
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Special Booklet (
17 March 2011 )
 While more children in Nigeria have enrolled in primary school recently, many are dropping out before completing their education. According to UNICEF, just 54 percent of students in primary school continue on to secondary school. This holds true for Akwa Ibom State in the delta region, where CEDPA and four local partners teamed up to empower more than 1,400 adolescent girls and boys to make better life choices. The Better Life Options Program, funded by the ExxonMobil Foundation, engaged community members, parents, school officials and village leaders to support these adolescents, who improved their knowledge about reproductive health, gender, civic participation and goal-setting through the program’s life skills classes. Of those who completed the program, 50 percent enrolled or re-enrolled in formal school and others went on to obtain vocational training. Meet some of the program beneficiaries, supporters, facilitators and implementing partners.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
22 March 2008 )
 In 2006, CEDPA introduced a complementary initiative to our already successful training programs: a year-long professional coaching program designed to extend participants’ learning beyond the workshop setting to sustain their personal and professional growth and performance. The coaching model is unique for development organizations in that it recognizes the potential impact of a neutral resource outside of one’s organization during periods of growth and prosperity, as well as during challenging times.
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Handbook (
1 January 2003 )
 This guide is a reference for organizations and program managers who wish to build enduring community-based programs. It explains the term "sustainability" and accompanies readers through a process of transforming that understanding into organizational action. Although it can stand alone, users of the guide may find it useful to explore the sustainability concepts in a workshop setting.
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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 2002 )
CEDPA's global Better Life Options Program was established to promote opportunities for girls and young women to make better life choices concerning their health, economic status, civic participation, education, employment, decision making abilities and family planning. The need for a similar empowerment program for adolescent boys, to effectively challenge gender inequalities, was expressed by the communities and by the boys themselves in the areas that Better Life Options Program was implemented. This booklet describes how this program was developed in India, the implementation process used and the impact felt within the participating communities.
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Project Report (
1 January 2001 )
 The "CAP" is a gender analysis tool designed to guide the development of gender-sensitive reproductive health communication activities that actively promote gender equity and equality. The tool facilitates the internalization of a gender approach, enabling the user to view the world through a gender lens. It consists of three broad components and associated questions designed to promote dialogue on gender issues. The CAP components are: Change, Accessiblity/Control, and Perception. This booklet describes how CAP is used, who should use it, the examples of each of the three components.
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Handbook (
1 January 2003 )
 The Gender Guide for Health Communication Programs is a tool designed to encourage the incorporation of gender-based roles and responsibilities in the design, implementation, and evaluation of health communication programs. The guide provides key questions to help program managers determine how gender roles for both women and men, may impede access to health information, restrict use of health services, or limit beneficial health outcomes. By identifying this information, health communication programs can encourage individuals and communities to pay attention to resolving gender inequities.
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Research Report (
1 January 2001 )
 This report comprises an overview of the South Africa YMCA Adolescent Reproductive Health Program, as well as key evaluation findings, a detailed narrative of the evaluation methodology, the achievements and challenges, and future directions of the program. CEDPA provided support to the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of to implement adolescent reproductive health programs in Gauteng/North West, Kwa Zulu Natal, Western Cape and
Eastern Cape provinces. This was the first national program to be implemented by the YMCA in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Research Report (
27 October 2008 )
 In northern Nigeria, low female literacy, cultural norms, and high rates of polygamy and early marriage have contributed to high total fertility rates and very high maternal mortality (WHO, 2008). Since 2001, CEDPA has implemented a community-based family planning (FP) project with 11 local NGOs, CBOs, and FBOs in northern Nigeria. Between December 2007 and May 2008, CEDPA conducted an operations research that compared the three models of community-based distribution of contraceptives used in its family planning programs in Northern Nigeria. This report summarizes those findings.
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Project Report (
9 March 2012 )
 Despite being a signatory of the Millennium Development Goals, Swaziland still struggles in achieving results related to social development outcomes. According to the United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Human Development Index, Swaziland ranks 140 out of 187 countries. With a life expectancy of less than 49 years of age, an estimated adult HIV/AIDS prevalence rate (ages 15-49) hovering around 26 percent and net secondary school enrollment ratios for boys and girls corresponding to 31 and 26 percent respectively, Swaziland’s youth face formidable challenges in attaining success during their adult lives.
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Project Report (
5 May 2011 )
 Across the globe, adolescent boys have a higher risk of dying prematurely than their female counterparts – in some places several times higher. In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of Disability Adjusted Years of Life (DALYs) lost for adolescent boys due to violence and suicide is twice as high as those in south Asia and ten times the amount of adolescent boys in the Middle East and north Africa. The leading causes of death for males are frequently related to their upbringing and lifestyles – the kinds of social and health behaviors adopted primarily during adolescence.
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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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Training Manual (
1 October 1995 )
 A six-day, 12-session curriculum for conducting a workshop on participatory training techniques. This manual prepares trainers to use interactive, learner-centered methods and to design, implement and evaluate participatory, competency-based training. Adult educators, community organizations, groups working with youth and organizations that wish to strengthen in-house training skills will find this manual practical, effective and easy to use. Also available in French and Spanish.
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Research Report (
27 October 2009 )
 In 2006, CEDPA was invited by the government of India to provide the technical assistance and develop systems to effectively implement and monitor the Adolescent Education Program, a key initiative of the government to reach out to young people through a school-based program across the country. The health policy of the state of Jharkhand requires that “family life education” be introduced at appropriate levels in schools and colleges. Jharkhand government initiated a “School AIDS Education Program” (SAEP) through the Jharkhand State AIDS Control Society (JSACS) in June 2003. Recently, CEDPA presented this poster describing the program at the fifth Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights.
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Research Report (
1 January 2003 )
 This study, conducted in Ghana in 1998, tested two approaches to providing reproductive health information to youth through community peer educators. One approach used a hierarchical structure in which more experienced peer educators supervised 10–20 peer educators, who formed youth groups that gathered for weekly discussion. The other approach used the traditional model in which the peer educators made informal contacts with friends. The hierarchical structure approach was more effective than the traditional model in increasing accurate knowledge about HIV/AIDS, although both models led to knowledge gain.
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Special Booklet (
28 May 2010 )
 The PAHEL: Towards Empowering Women project builds the leadership and advocacy skills of women elected to panchayats (local councils) in the Patna district of India, to improve reproductive health services in their communities. The project, implemented by CEDPA India in partnership with many community organizations, educates these political officials about sexual and reproductive health and their role in promoting effective policies surrounding these issues. Almost 300 women panchayat members have been trained under PAHEL. The stories in this book reflect the personal journeys of women leaders who have been an integral part of PAHEL, and their reflections on their work as change makers in their communities.
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Project Report (
1 January 2003 )
CEDPA/Nigeria developed the Vulnerable Children Project in response to the growing problem of children affected by HIV/AIDS, with the goal to improve the quality of life for children aged 0–15 years. The project's impact in the first 36 months includes: 1) increased enrollment and lower school dropout rates for the orphans involved in the project; 2) reduction in the level of stigmatization of orphans and their families; 3) enhancement of the self-esteem of the orphans; 4) enhanced capacity of caregivers and implementing partners; and 5) improved access to medical care for the very poor. Next steps focus on modifying the project, by refining its objectives to ensure longer-term sustainability through strengthening existing community and government structures to provide for orphans and vulnerable children and families affected by HIV/AIDS.
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Research Report (
1 January 2000 )
 Under CEDPA's ENABLE project, the Family Planning Association of Nepal supported community-based distributors called Adarsha Byakti ("ideal persons"). These women were specially trained to supervise community-based distributors. Both types of workers provide an expanded range of reproductive health and child survival services, forge links with complementary health partners and mobilize communities in support of improved reproductive health. This case study describes the work of these volunteer community workers and identifies the factors that contribute to their effectiveness.
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Special Booklet (
17 March 2008 )
 AIDS has taken a devastating toll on families and communities worldwide. But in every corner of the world, effective strategies are within reach to turn the tide against the epidemic. Meet six remarkable women who, through education and empowerment, have become a powerful force in the fight against AIDS. These inspiring women participated in the Advancing Women's Leadership and Advocacy for AIDS Action workshop, an initiative that equips and empowers a growing cadre of women worldwide with the knowledge and skills to advance the global response to AIDS.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
13 February 2012 )
 In September 2009, the USAID Health Policy Initiative brought together 26 family planning providers, researchers, and government officials in Washington, D.C., for a three-week program to reinvigorate their leadership and advocacy around family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH). Representing eight countries with some of the world's highest rates of maternal death and unmet need for family planning services - Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Uganda - these women leaders work in environments that challenge their ability to provide basic family planning and reproductive health services and advocate for change.
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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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Handbook (
23 May 2006 )
 Read the stories of a dynamic group of women who are on the front lines in the fight against AIDS. These 12 leaders came together for CEDPA’s WomenLead in the Fight Against AIDS workshop, held Sept. 12 – Oct. 7, 2005 in Washington, DC. Each has a powerful story to tell about AIDS in her country. Their stories help us understand how the pandemic affects the lives of women and their families, and the way forward.
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Special Booklet (
1 March 1997 )
 Young women from 28 countries discuss their visions for the future and how they will achieve them. Also available in French and Spanish.
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Research Report (
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1 January 2002 )
 The Youth for Each Other project, conducted by the Nepal Red Cross Society with CEDPA/ENABLE funding, was designed to educate young men aged 15–24 about the risks of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. In this six-month youth-led project, young men participated in Youth Action Groups, which organized public awareness events such as street drama, distributed condoms, and educated peers and community members about HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. A 2002 rapid impact assessment found that young men were better informed about HIV/AIDS and reproductive health and that a more supportive environment had been created in the community for discussion of HIV/AIDS prevention. Young men said that they were more likely to seek health care than before, although no changes in service use were detected. The study concluded that the project duration was too short to achieve major changes, although this approach was thought to show great promise.
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