| The Drum Beat – 636 – Communication and Change News and Issues |
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| STRATEGIC THINKING |
| 1. Emerging Voices in ICT and Agriculture |
| Many young people are ready to strengthen their involvement in agriculture and are using information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as mobile phones and computers to do so, according to this ARDYIS (Agriculture Rural Development and Youth in the Information Society) booklet. Featuring 20 young people and 3 organisations and highlighting their perspectives on youth involvement in agriculture using ICTs, the document presents summaries of essays submitted for a 2010 contest. [Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)-European Union (EU), Oct 2012] |
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| 2. Baseline Assessment of the Readiness of Health Facilities to Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Guinea |
| Amongst the recommendations in this assessment, conducted to inform a project working to provide support and services to survivors of sexual violence (SV) which occurred amidst political violence in Guinea: Train providers to offer information on the rights and services available to SV survivors, conduct safety planning with SV survivors through role plays, and develop lists of services for referrals available to SV survivors – sharing these lists with providers during the training. [The RESPOND Project, Jan 2012] |
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3. Country Case Study: Bangladesh – Support to Media Where Media Freedoms and Rights are Constrained
by Francis Rolt |
| This document describes the media market in Bangladesh, including 10 years of growth: a large range of reportedly profitable newspapers and satellite TV channels dominated by large corporations; new web-based initiatives going to the village level; and high mobile phone penetration with potential to stimulate public debate and generate change. «There are signs that the tradition of policy decisions being made by the administration without reference to the people, and then passed downwards for implementation, is starting to change.» [BBC Media Action, Aug 2012] |
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4. Inclusive Education Environments from the Teachers’ Perspective: An Inquiry in a Turkish Primary School
by Selen Durak and Mualla Erkiliç |
| This article describes a spatial analysis of architecture and inclusive education (the practice of integrating students with disabilities and special educational needs into general education) in a Turkish primary school. Teachers said they wanted to share their experiences of special needs education with architects during school design, building, or renovation in order to close the gap between the Turkish legislation and practice of inclusive education. [Children, Youth and Environments (CYE), Jan 2012] |
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5. Community Radio: Eliminating Voice Poverty
by Kanchan K. Malik |
| «Free speech and freedom of expression are the raison d’être of CR anywhere in the world and they are going well beyond their mandates to do so in India, but it is imperative they are given a boost…» This article explores the state of and strategies developed by community radio (CR) in India. [Feb 2012] |
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| ANNOUNCING: New Open-Source Global Health Journal |
| Launched in March 2013, Global Health: Science and Practice is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal that aims to improve health practice, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Issued 4 times a year, the journal will include articles on all global health topics, covering diverse programming models and a wide range of cross-cutting issues that impact and support health systems, such as health communication/healthy behaviour. |
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| EXPERIENCES |
| 6. SMS for Life |
| This public-private partnership draws on mobile phones, SMS technologies, and websites to eliminate antimalarial stock-outs and improve access to essential medicines in sub-Saharan Africa. Healthcare staff located at local public clinics receive automated SMS messages each week that prompt them to check the remaining stock of antimalarial medicines. Using toll-free numbers, staff can reply with an SMS to a central database system providing details of stock levels. Electronic maps are used to provide a geographic overview of medicine stock status and needs. [IBM, Vodafone, Novartis, and the Roll Back Malaria Partnership] |
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| 7. Gender Justice Video Advocacy Project |
| With a plan to create documentaries on woman’s justice issues through local participation, this initiative is producing 6 films highlighting gender issues in armed conflicts, fragile states, and post-conflict environments. For example, «Our Plea» features the testimonies of 2 young women who were abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the South-Eastern provinces of the Central African Republic (CAR). This video is filmed as a call to action. [Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and WITNESS] |
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| 8. The Rough Season |
| This audio soap opera seeks to raise awareness on disaster risk among the most vulnerable communities in the English-speaking Caribbean. It features what are meant to be catchy tunes and engaging, culturally appropriate characters. [ARTS-in-ACTION, Centre for Creative and Festival Arts, University of the West Indies (UWI) – with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies, and Association of Caribbean States (ACS)] |
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| 9. Consejo de Redacción (CdR) – The Editorial Board |
| In July 2012, the organisation launched the «Monitor de Corrupción» (or «Corruption Monitor»), which provides journalists and citizens with a platform to submit reports that will expose and map incidents of corruption in Colombia. The CdR also conducts online debates, discussions, and conversation under the name «Talks with the Masters». It produces materials in print, such as records of its events and pamphlets with recommendations to facilitate investigative journalism. As a tool to facilitate investigation, the CdR designed ZoomOnline, a member-accessible database of public information, compiled from official sources. |
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| 10. Pamoja Mtaani (Together in the Hood) |
| This multi-player computer video game is designed to educate young people in Kenya about HIV prevention. It focuses on 5 key HIV prevention behaviours: delaying sexual debut, abstinence, avoiding multiple partners, correct and consistent condom use, and uptake of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). Players assume the identity of 1 of 5 characters and then are put into situations where the decisions they make can either put them at risk of contracting HIV or help to prevent it. [Virtual Heroes for Warner Bros Entertainment in partnership with the United States (US) President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)] |
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| MATERIALS |
11. Interactive Radio for Agricultural Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners
by Josh Woodard |
| This toolkit is designed to provide practitioners with a foundational understanding of what is needed to create compelling radio programming, as well as how to develop a more systematic approach to using interactive radio as one medium through which they share information with farmers. [Fostering Agriculture Competitiveness Employing Information Communication Technologies (FACET) project, Dec 2012] |
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| 12. The Arab World in Revolution(s) |
| This resource of ARTE, a European public-service cultural television channel, intends to capture the change in Arab countries, often called the «Arab Spring», as «a unique moment in history» and give Arab people a voice. It is a long-term cross-media project in which all ARTE media group’s radio, television, and web programme units contribute to a common effort to create a platform with different linear and non-linear media outputs. [Mar 2012] |
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| 13. Global Guidelines: Independent Monitoring of Polio Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIA) |
| This guide is designed for polio eradication programme managers who are involved in the planning and operations of supplementary immunisation activities (SIA). It explains how to establish a system of independent and credible monitoring of SIAs in an effort to provide reliable and timely data to monitor progress and take corrective action. [Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), Oct 2010] |
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14. Glocal Times: The Communication for Development Journal No. 17/18 2012
by Florencia Enghel, ed. and Karin Wilkins, ed. |
| The publication’s theme is «Mobilizing Communication Globally: For What and for Whom?» For example, in one article, Rosa María Alfaro Moreno of Peru «discusses the possibility of generating equitable national development through communication initiatives. Alfaro argues for the importance of promoting dialogue between ordinary citizens, the state, media enterprises and the business sector, and raises critical questions about the role of organized civil society in that process.» [Malmö University and the Nordicom Review, Sep 2012] |
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15. Factors Related to Children’s Successful Transitions Between Age 3 and Grade 3 in Low-Income Countries: An Annotated Bibliography
by Sheridan Bartlett |
| This annotated bibliography focuses on work that contributes to an understanding of factors that are relevant to children’s transition to school in the majority world. For example, a section designed for teachers includes resources on: paedegogy, curriculum, and classroom interaction; learning materials; school governance, school improvement plans, and community involvement; and policy. [Consultative Group on ECCD (Early Childhood Care and Development), Jun 2011] |
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| This issue of The Drum Beat was written by Kier Olsen DeVries. |
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