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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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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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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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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 (
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 (
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 (
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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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 (
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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Research Report (
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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 (
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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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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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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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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