| The Drum Beat – 633 – Communication and Change News and Issues |
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| EXPERIENCES |
| 1. No Papers No Fear: The UndocuBus Campaign |
| In the summer of 2012, immigration activists of the organisation No Papers No Fear publicly planned to present the situation of undocumented workers in the United States (US) through a campaign that culminated with a bus ride through states in the southern part of the US, in order, as stated on the website, «to confront power with the stories, voices, and actions of those directly affected by…immigration policies.» |
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| 2. Malaria: Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| This exhibition uses art in an effort enhance science and help reach a larger audience with information about malaria. It incorporates a variety of media, including photographs, stamps, illustration, and 3-dimensional objects such as mosquito nets, to create dialogue on the history, science, and global impact of malaria. [Photographer Adam Nadel in collaboration with the Malaria Consortium]. |
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| 3. Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves |
| This initiative supports large-scale adoption of clean and safe household cooking solutions as a way to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and reduce climate change emissions. One of the Alliance’s communication-related strategic areas is advocacy – raising awareness of the benefits of clean cookstoves and advocating for their inclusion on public health, gender, energy access, and climate action agendas. [United Nations (UN) Foundation] |
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| 4. South-South Learning Gateway on Social Protection |
| This is an online collaborative platform for policy dialogue and knowledge-sharing amongst social protection practitioners in the Global South. The website has been set up as a «virtual bookcase» with a searchable database of social protection materials from across the world. The collection includes tools, case studies, policy papers, and research. In addition to the library, there is a section featuring a social protection mapping of developing countries. [United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG)] |
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| 5. Involving TV in Fighting TB-associated Stigma |
| In November 2010, the Azerbaijan Health Communication Association (AHCA) launched a 2-month media campaign to fight tuberculosis (TB)-associated stigma by spreading the message «TB is not shameful. Get treated» through national and regional television (TV) channels, as well as print and video materials. |
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| Call for Innovative Health Technologies |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a call for the Second Compendium of innovative health technologies: medical devices and eHealth solutions 2013. The health technologies included are particularly suitable for use in low-resource settings. |
| Submissions are invited from all sectors; the closing date is March 15 2013. The 2013 Call and required submission forms are available here. For questions, contact: Ranjan Dwivedi ranjandwivedi@gmail.com |
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| EVALUATIONS |
6. An Evaluation of the «Called to Care» Toolkit Project: Assessing Achievement Made Towards Project Goals Over the Period 2005-2011
by Kate Welch |
| This report shares findings of an assessment of the «Called to Care» toolkit, a collection of 10 workbooks published by the Strategies for Hope (SFH) Trust covering topics such as the basic facts about HIV and AIDS, pastoral care, community initiatives, systematic planning of community-based projects, theological issues, food security, parenting, and the relevance of the Bible to the AIDS epidemic. According to the evaluation, the toolkit is helping pastors, priests, and lay church leaders to better understand the spiritual, medical, moral, and practical implications of the AIDS epidemic. The assessment also found that although designed primarily for use by churches, the workbooks have also been used by many secular development organisations. |
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7. Youth and Digital Mapping in Urban Informal Settlements: Lessons Learned from Participatory Mapping Processes in Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya
by Jamie Lundine, Primož Kovacic, and Lisa Poggiali |
| This field report documents experiences of working with youth to map their community in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, in order to describe the connection between in-depth field work with youth, new technology, and community development. Youth created the first open data map of Mathare through transfer of peer-to-peer skills and knowledge, including training mappers in interpersonal skills, such as project management and facilitation, in addition to technical skills, in order to increase employment opportunities and maximise the effectiveness of the project. One recommendation is to pursue policy advocacy capacity building to integrate the community-generated data into official government systems. [Dec 2012] |
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8. Broadening the Range of Designs and Methods for Impact Evaluations
by Elliot Stern, Nicoletta Stam, John Mayne, Kim Forss, Rick Davies, and Barbara Befani |
| This report brings together the findings and conclusions of a study on impact evaluation (IE), commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID). The study concludes that «most development interventions are ‘contributory causes’. They ‘work’ as part of a causal package in combination with other ‘helping factors’ such as stakeholder behaviour, related programmes and policies, institutional capacities, cultural factors or socio-economic trends. Designs and methods for IE need to be able to unpick these causal packages.» A chart on page 126 summarises several of the arguments presented in this paper. [Apr 2012] |
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9. Addressing Gender Dynamics and Engaging Men in HIV Programs: Lessons Learned from Horizons Research
by Julie Pulerwitz, Annie Michaelis, Ravi Verma, and Ellen Weiss |
| «This article highlights findings from more than 10 studies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America – conducted from 1997 through 2007 as part of the Horizons program – that have contributed to understanding the relationship between gender and men’s behaviors, developing useful measurement tools for gender norms, and designing and evaluating the impact of gender-focused program strategies. Studies showed significant associations between support for inequitable norms and risk, such as more partner violence and less condom use. Programmatic lessons learned ranged from insights into appropriate media messages, to strategies to engage men in critically reflecting upon gender inequality, to the qualities of successful program facilitators.» [Mar 2010] |
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10. Continuing Education in Disaster-Affected Schools in Bangladesh: An Evaluation of the Education in Emergencies Project
by Owasim Akramm, Jefarson Chakma, and Amina Mahbub |
| «This field report describes the Education in Emergencies (EiE) pilot project, [funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)]. EiE was implemented in 1,000 primary schools in ten districts in Bangladesh and designed to address the fact that project schools had been unable to continue providing education during previous natural disasters. Through the EiE project, however, school stakeholders participated in trainings and workshops, developed participatory contingency plans, and implemented various preparedness activities.» Research identified project successes and recommendations. [Dec 2012] |
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| MATERIALS |
11. People’s Action in Practice: ActionAid’s Human Rights Based Approach 2.0
by David Archer |
| This resource explores a human-rights-based approach (HRBA) to development as developed by ActionAid, a global federation working to end poverty and injustice through the strategy of transforming power relations. [Jul 2012] |
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| 12. Urban Family Planning: Lives Changed |
| Intended as an advocacy tool, this video highlights the importance of securing access of high-quality voluntary family planning (FP) products and increasing client demand for FP services in urban settings. It points to communication-related priorities, such as fostering learning in the area of FP, using peer-to-peer channels as well as radio, television, and social media that are culturally appropriate and, in some cases, entertaining. [Measurement, Learning & Evaluation Project (MLE) for the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, Jul 2012] |
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| 13. Social Media in Development Cooperation |
| In this volume, participants in the Ørecomm Festival 2011 share their experiences in using social media in development cooperation. This event was organised Ørecomm, which works to strengthen research in the interdisciplinary field of media, communication, and social change. |
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| 14. Resource Centre on Child Protection and Child Rights Governance |
| This online resource centre provides access to what Save the Children describes as quality-assured information and tools on child protection and child rights governance. |
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15. Environment Toolkit for the Media
by Hailemariam Mesfin |
| This toolkit is designed to support media coverage on environmental issues in Ethiopia by providing a quick reference on contemporary environmental issues. It is not intended to be all-inclusive, but seeks to assist journalists to know the facts and figures for reporting on the environment. [Panos Ethiopia, 2010] |
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| This issue of The Drum Beat was written by Kier Olsen DeVries. |
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