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To seriously tackle poverty, development needs to be informed
by the experiences and priorities of people living with poverty. It is
also essential to build on and strengthen communication at the grassroots
level in order to link with wider advocacy and social mobilisation, and
tackle inequity and the causes of poverty.
World
breastfeeding week
1 - 7 August 2005
Breastfeeding can save 1.3 million infant lives a year. WABA is mobilising
its network to improve local infant feeding practices...
Global
Health Watch calls for action to reduce health inequalities
20 July 2005
The Global Health Watch report, which aims to
stimulate dialogue and advocacy on a broad range of health issues, was
launched on 20 July 2005...
People’s
Health Movement: giving voice to people’s right to health
Evaluation report, December 2004
News of an evaluation of the People's Health Movement from its start at
the People's Health Assembly in 2000 through four years of struggle and
learning...
Communicating for
advocacy: lessons from a disabled people's organisation in Bangladesh
Exchange lunchtime discussion 9 September 2004
"What we need is rights and justice", said Shahidul Haque as
he shared lessons form SARPV's innovative advocacy work...
Engaging
culture in development
Culture needs to be more explicit in development policy and practice,
concludes new research by Creative Exchange...
Communication
for Social Change: a new approach to programming in Africa
People and communities acting as agents of their own change: this is the
essence of the Communication for Social Change approach. Rob Vincet of
Exchange explains how it is being applied in East and Southern Africa...
Building
community communication in response to HIV and AIDS through STAR (Stepping
Stones and Reflect)
Exchange lunchtime discussion 12 May 2004
Linnea Renton of ActionAid believes that STAR is an approach that will
enable communities to analyse and tackle issues that affect them, from
agriculture to war, in the context of HIV and AIDS...
Communication for social
change
Exchange lunchtime discussion 18 November 2003
Denise Gray-Felder presented the work of the new Communication
for Social Change Consortium, which aims to build communication capacity
and sustain change. Denise is CEO of the Consortium.
Linking local, regional and
international action: Health communication challenges
Exchange lunchtime discussion 19 February
2002
Maria Zuniga, Global Coordinator of the International People’s
Health Council (IPHC), introduced a debate on communication challenges
faced by people involved in local, regional and international advocacy.
The People’s Health Assembly:
Communication challenges
Exchange lunchtime discussion 19 September 2001
Globalisation does not benefit everyone, particularly not the poor. This
is the key message of a video about the People’s Health Assembly
(PHA) that was discussed by participants.
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