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The ICRW Asia Regional Office in New Delhi applies ICRW's mission to the needs of women in the region, and produces new research evidence to inform ICRW's policy recommendations both in the region and globally.
The ICRW Asia Regional Office works collaboratively with local and regional partners to conduct research, provide technical support, build capacity and use research evidence to engage in policy dialogue.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
Youth Reproductive Health in South Asia
Key Stakeholders Move Research Findings Forward
ICRW’s Asia Regional Office hosted a series of dissemination meetings in India to share research findings from the Development Initiative Supporting Healthy Adolescents (DISHA) project.
The Hindu recently interviewed ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta on how HIV affects women differently than men. “The more you stigmatize, the more infected people go underground and that is more likely to fuel the spread of HIV,” says Rao Gupta. “Women are dependent and therefore, more vulnerable.”
Annie George Named Group Director, Health and Development for ICRW’s Asia Regional Office
Annie George will join ICRW’s Asia Regional Office as group director for health and development on July 14. As director, George will serve as the technical lead for ICRW’s research portfolio on HIV and AIDS, gender-based violence, and maternal health and nutrition. She also will help design and implement a global program strategy to expand ICRW’s health and development agenda worldwide.
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The best, most innovative ideas to reduce HIV stigma will be implemented thanks to a competitive small grants program. Twenty-six civil society organizations won grants at the South Asia Regional Development Marketplace in Mumbai, India.
ICRW experts helped select the winners and conducted workshops to equip grantees with the tools to measure and evaluate the impact of their programs.
ICRW's Asia Regional Office recently launched its school-based initiative, Gender Equity Movement in Schools (GEMS), a comprehensive program to educate young men and women on issues of gender equity.
The April 11 event in New Delhi was the culmination of a two-day strategic planning meeting for practitioners, funders, international nongovernmental organizations and U.N. representatives from several countries in South Asia working on issues of gender equity and violence prevention with men and boys. The launch was hosted by ICRW's Asia Regional Office, UNDP - Asia Pacific Regional Center, and Save the Children Sweden Regional Office for South and Central Asia.
ICRW in collaboration with local partners and the Indian states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Goa, launched a comprehensive gender equality program to teach boys about the importance of girls' education and the harmful practice of female feticide and dowries.
A review and analysis of evidence on the issue of son preference in India found that son preference is strong but not universal and can be significantly reduced through women's education. It also found that if parents already have sons, they are more likely to nurture a daughter.
To learn more, read ICRW's briefing report, which addresses son preference ideology and discrimination against girls, and identifies questions for future research.
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