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Annual Report (
19 November 2007 )
 In 2006, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) worked hand-in-hand with over 130 community organizations and other partners who shared our belief that women and girls are critical for advancing global development, democracy and progress. Together, we reached more than one million women and girls—and supportive men and boys—to give them the knowledge and tools to improve their lives and strengthen their communities. Read more about our work and financial information in our 2006 Annual Report.
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Annual Report (
15 August 2010 )
 In 2009, CEDPA headquarters and its four field offices—India, Nepal, Nigeria and South Africa—worked with 87 local partner organizations to implement projects in five priority areas: reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, girls’ education and youth development, gender and governance, policy and advocacy, and leadership and capacity building. In total, 684,905 individuals received direct services in these priority areas, with an additional 486,181 individuals participating in trainings and community mobilization events. Read more about our work in 2009.
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Annual Report (
14 November 2011 )
 For over three decades now, CEDPA has transformed lives and empowered women, and men, to take ownership of their lives and determine the outcome of the future for their families, organizations, communities and nations. In 2010, CEDPA's programs directly touched more than 314,000 individuals with services; built the capacity of and mobilized in excess of 300,000 people; and strengthened and partnered with over 30 organizations. Read more about our successful programs in 2010 and about some of the women and girls who participated in them.Note: Save file onto your computer to download publication. Opening directly in your internet browser will result in an unreadable file.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 September 2005 )
Overview of CEDPA/India's projects.
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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 (
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 (
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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Project Report (
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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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
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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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
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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Research Report (
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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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
17 March 2006 )
This two-page fact sheet describes CEDPA’s Towards New Horizons and New Visions programs in Egypt. New Horizons, an innovative, non-formal education programs for girls, was developed to reach the underserved population of girls and young women who had limited access to education, little knowledge of reproductive health, few life skills to make healthy choices for themselves and their families, and limited options to fully develop their own abilities and shape their futures. The New Visions program for boys was added to increase gender sensitivity and reproductive health knowledge of young men and to encourage the development of important life skills. The project’s initial focus on individual change evolved over time to a broader emphasis on organizational and, ultimately, community change. The program was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development from 1994-2004, and during this time it was implemented in 21 governorates and provided education and training to 125,000. Work continues through CEDPA’s local partners and with support from foundations and other organizations.
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Briefs & Fact Sheets (
1 May 2005 )
CEDPA/Egypt’s New 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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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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Annual Report (
30 October 2006 )
 This publication details 30 years of CEDPA's experience in advancing girls' education and youth development, increasing access to lifesaving reproductive health and HIV/AIDS services, and building women's leadership worldwide. It includes detailed descriptions of successful strategies and approaches to improve the lives of women and girls.
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Training Manual (
1 January 2003 )
 Reproductive Health Awareness is a holistic approach to reproductive health incorporating many important aspects such as body awareness, self-care, gender, sexuality, and interpersonal communication. The two-volume RHA manual consists of 14 modules, which cover these topics in depth and explain how these issues affect people throughout the lifecycle. The modules are adaptable to a variety of settings and audiences and are designed to allow trainers flexibility. Each module can be used independently, allowing for one specific topic to be integrated into an existing training program, or the manual can be used in its entirety to create an RHA workshop. The activities highlighted will help providers increase knowledge, examine attitudes, and practice skills to address the broad range of clients and community members they serve.
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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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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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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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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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