'Policy makers lament women’s vulnerablity to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves. The female condom is the only female-initiated method which provides protection from HIV infection; it also prevents unwanted pregnancy.
Studies have shown it is acceptable to users, increases the proportion of protected sex acts, and is cost-effective when provided in addition to male condoms. Yet most women cannot ac more...
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Gender norms are an important constraint to increasing agricultural productivity. Inequality in the distribution of resources between men and women is linked with production inefficiency, yet interventions targeting smallholder farmers often fail to redress women's lack of access to, and control of, important agricultural resources.
This brief focuses on key agricultural resources needed by poor female farmers to generate incomes and ensure their families' food security. It is organized arou more...
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'This program would contribute substantially to the country’s long-term PRSP objective of human capital development for sustaining economic growth and poverty reduction, while making better use of scarce resources. The World Bank is honored to be a partner of the Government in this important endeavor,' says Vinaya Swaroop, Acting Country Director, World Bank Bangladesh during launching of 'Bangladesh Secondary School Quality and Access Enhancement Project.'
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By Heather L. Kirkorian, Ellen A. Wartella, and Daniel R. Anderson. Summary - Electronic media, particularly television, have long been criticized for their potential impact on children. One area for concern is how early media exposure influences cognitive development and academic achievement. The authors summarize the relevant research and provide suggestions for maximizing the positive effects of media and minimizing the negative effects. One focus is the seemingly unique effect of telev more...
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Grant Amount: $1,015,000 over three years
Award Year: 2008- SASE Awards/Skoll Foundation. As a child in the Philippines, Cecilia Flores-Oebanda helped her family survive by selling fish and scavenging garbage. As freedom-fighters against the Marcos dictatorship, she and her husband were imprisoned for four years and separated from their oldest son. Their two other children were born in detention. After democracy prevailed, Cecilia founded the Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF) in 1991 to eliminate more...
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Visayan Forum Foundation is a non-profit, non-stock and tax-exempt non-government organization in the Philippines established in 1991. VF works for the welfare of marginalized migrants, especially those working in the invisible and informal sectors, like domestic workers, and trafficked women and children. It is licensed and accredited by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide 'residential care and community-based programs and services for women and children in espec more...
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For UNDP, the right to information is a key underpinning for work in democratic governance and is vital for promoting ‘open governance’ and the accountability of public decision makers as well as for strengthening transparency, participation and the rule of law. The right to information is not only fundamental for an open and democratic society but is a key weapon in the fight against poverty and in accelerating human development. In 2006, over 68 countries had comprehensive laws to facilita more...
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