The Communication Initiative Network

The world is the closest it’s ever been to eradicating a disease for only the second time in history. If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from ...

The world is the closest it’s ever been to eradicating a disease for only the second time in history. If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from ...

This educational package includes an 18-minute special episode of Sexto Sentido, a Nicaraguan TV programme produced by Puntos de Encuentro that provides sexual and reproductive health education in the accessible format of a soap opera. This ...

"...this is where Cinema Corner has a part to play by creating a forum for the often-unheard voices of women and girls whose lives are being devastated by sexual violence or illegal abortion or human trafficking."

This article from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, describes a study done in Mexico City on the feasibility of reducing HIV risk behaviours using a conditional cash transfer programme that encourages HIV prevention ...

"In the case of our experience, the involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS prompted us to develop this study as one of the local HIV resource organization, as our unit of identity, told us that 'given the discrepancy between the demographics ...

This Tanzanian study is part of a situation analysis to understand the attitudes of policy makers and other key community and health authority decision makers towards male circumcision (MC), the policy and regulatory environment, and the ...

This research evaluates the effectiveness of a programme created for HIV-infected African-American and Latino young men who have sex with men (YMSM), located in North Carolina, United States, called STYLE (Strength Through Youth Livin’ ...

This paper investigates whether exposure to "edutainment" (education/entertainment) radio leads to improved women's status and primary school participation. Specifically, the author examines a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in ...

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance supports community action on HIV, health and human rights to end AIDS.  Our vision is a world in which communities have brought an end to HIV transmission, and secured their health and human rights.  ...

"Study Question: Can a poverty targeted social cash transfer influence HIV risk behavior?"

The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Regional Programme, involving partner organisations in Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, conducted qualitative formative audience research to explore ...

Below is some of the evidence on the use of communication strategies to tackle violence against women from Puntos de Encuentro, a Nicaraguan feminist organisation that works with young and adult women in developing their capacities to exercise ...

Broadcast in the Dioula language, this Burkina Faso radio drama focuses on education of girls, fistula, domestic violence, and gender equality. In April 2012, Population Media Center (PMC), with funding from the United Nations Population Fund ...

The main focus of this 35-page report is to review the risk factors for HIV among sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa and the interventions that have been successfully implemented in this region. The report, its findings, and recommendations are ...

Adolescent female sex workers (FSWs) who accessed sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention services, including peer-education-based health promotion and condom access, reported improved sexual behaviour. This is one of the findings of a ...

"I feel more confident than ever that the empowered and enlightened mothers of our time will continue to be the change agents in our societies with continued resilience in initiatives such as vaccination, family planning and basic education." ...

To respond to the problem of violence against women in Latin America, in 2011, PCI Media Impact, together with Swedish partner Diakonia, began overseeing production of 3 radio dramas addressing crucial human rights issues for women: Cusco, Peru's ...

Running from December 2011 to May 2012 and designed primarily for youth aged 15 to 24, the Wize Up Youth Radio Talk Show programmes in Namibia were designed to raise awareness and discussion on youth sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR). ...

"The decision to produce this report was born from the need to expose the numerous cases of violence and murders unjustly suffered by transgender women in Latin America....Although this report focuses on physical violence, transgender women ...

The COMMUNICATIONS X-CHANGE is an online library of materials contributed by organisations and individuals around the world who are working to end violence against women and children. Contents of the searchable database highlight the ...

Emerging from Egypt's January 2013 revolution, this radical street art collective seeks to spark awareness of the struggles that Egypt's female population endures regularly. Women on Walls (WOW), or Sit El 7eta (in Arabic), was launched by ...

"Although there is arguably much to be gained by disclosing [HIV status], there is also much at stake, including issues of individual and family honour and the possibility of living a 'normal' life." Starting with the question, Faidha gani? or ...

This impact evaluation in Spanish of the violence against women (VAW) campaign “A Disaster that We Men Can Avoid” from Puntos de Encuentro, Nicaragua, is directed to the men and women of nearly 250 organisations, women's groups, youth groups, ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multimedia library on the issue of the commercial sexual exploitation of adolescents as an internationally recognised act of violence. "It affects the integral development of children and teens, ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multimedia library on the issue of reproductive rights. The multimedia library is a compilation of 78 documents in audio, video and text including theoretical analysis, investigations, tools and ...

This International HIV/AIDS Alliance (The Alliance) report summarises the results of site assessments on HIV and drug use in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Malaysia. The assessments were conducted by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and ...

"If I knew what would happen I would have kept it to myself..."

This video documents the work of one former Rotarian (Rotary Club, Peshawar District 3270, Pakistan) to contribute to the global effort to eradicate polio. Syed Feroz Shah talks the viewer through his journey to remote, rural areas of Area ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multi-media library on the issue of sexuality, HIV, and violence because "sexuality is an essential part of one’s wellbeing and development..., yet in the 21st Century violence against women, ...

"I argue that young people's silences and respectful speech in family settings reflect a local moral world in which parents authorise and acknowledge sexual engagements of young people only when the latter have achieved the necessary spending ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multi-media library on the issue of sexual and reproductive rights because of an increase in adolescent pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS, and other sexual and ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multi-media library on the issue of sexual abuse because "sexual abuse is one of the worst human rights violations committed against women and children, a type of aggression against the integrity ...

"... testing for STIs and HIV can now be conducted in a variety of non-healthcare settings without the need for access to microscopy or interaction with healthcare professionals. "

"The objective of this article is to describe a program of research involving Familias Unidas, a Hispanic-specific, parent-centered intervention, aimed at reducing substance use and HIV health disparities among Hispanic youth."

"We undertook a systematic review, and a meta-analysis when appropriate, to assess effectiveness of interventions to reduce sexual risk behaviours, and consequent HIV infection, among young people (10-25 years) in sub-Saharan Africa." This study ...

"In countries where HIV prevalence has declined at population level, sexual behaviour change among young people has been cited as an important contributing factor. Yet, questions remain regarding how to achieve - and maintain - the ...

As part of Foundation Puntos de Encuentro's strategy against commercial sexual exploitation of adolescents (CSEA) (2011-2013), Alerta y Pilas Puestas ("Alert and Be Ready") was launched in 2012 in an effort to build the capacity of adolescents as ...

Freelance cameramen and camerawomen from around the world are invited to submit entries for the Rory Peck Awards, which honour the best freelance footage in news and current affairs, especially in regions where it is difficult to operate as a ...

"At a time when media landscapes are rapidly changing, journalism today needs to clearly show its added value for public interest."

This Oxfam India policy paper summarises the outcomes of consultations and studies around this question: What new framework will make a difference for groups in India that face acute poverty and social exclusion? It considers: addressing ...

"Polio eradication can be our generation's legacy to all future generations. Only working together can we make history and end polio." - Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication

From a meeting for journalists to assess the importance of media in shaping and influencing public perceptions of migration, this document contains recommendations for reporting, involving migrants, media actions, and governmental and ...

"The worldwide trend toward smaller families - average family size has declined by half since 1950 - is linked to advances in education and health care and increased opportunities for women. This great global success story can continue only if ...

This research explores why individuals in the United States (US) who are Deaf  are disproportionately vulnerable to HIV infection. "An analysis of the social, political, and attitudinal environments surrounding people who are Deaf reveals ...

"In order to provide an enabling environment for preventing HIV and drug abuse, it is important to have an educated population, one that does not hold misconceptions or is discriminatory towards PLHIV [people living with HIV] and key affected ...

"Even in countries with the highest HIV rates, there are relatively few examples of scaled-up, sustainable programmes within educational curricula."

"There is a lot of conflicting information out there, we want to present the facts in a simple way allowing people to make their own decision" - Dr. Mike Evans This animated talk (8:47 minutes in length) by Dr. Evans, illustrated by Liisa Sorsa, ...

"Deployment of the most appropriate insecticide based vector control interventions including nets and IRS [indoor residual spraying] needs to be informed by up-to-date data on insecticide resistance in the malaria vector species...." - Dr. Nabie ...

The Partnership for Child Development (PCD) and partners are co-organising the 9th African SHN Course, June 10-20 2013, focusing on Nutrition in the School-Age Child and Adolescents. For ten days, attendees will engage in both classroom and ...