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  • Posted by Ravi Verma on Friday, March 15, 2013
    Ending Violence Against Women: Start Young Before It's Too Late
    ICRW's Ravi Verma explains why engaging young men and boys is essential

    ICRW was one of 30 civil society organizations selected to address the 57th Commission on the Status of Women at UN headquarters in New York last week. ICRW’s Asia Regional Director Ravi Verma travelled from his home base in New Delhi to make the following presentation on the importance of working with young men and boys to eradicate violence against women and girls:

  • Posted by Jennifer Abrahamson on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
    CSW Feature: Engaging Young Men in the Battle Against Gender-based Violence
    Innovative program in the Balkans challenging harmful behaviors, gender norms

    Natko Geres and Vojislav Arsic have a lot in common. Both 28, the two young men share a taste for popular urban culture. Some of their earliest memories are also the same. They were both six-years-old when war erupted in the former Yugoslavia. On opposing sides of the frontline in those dark days – Natko in Croatia and Vojislav in Serbia – the two have come together in the post-conflict era to fight a new battle.

  • Posted by Suzanne Petroni on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
    Stronger Policies for Youth
    Better policies are needed to respond to young people's complex needs

    ICRW's Suzanne Petroni discusses why stronger policies are needed to respond to the complex and varied issues faced by today's youth, who comprise 43 percent of the world's population. 

  • Posted by Winnie Byanyima on Friday, October 12, 2012
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    Luck and Education
    Winnie Byanyima reflects on how education can make a difference in girls' lives

    Former ICRW board member Winnie Byanyima writes about how her mother, a school teacher in Uganda, used what little she had to create opportunities for her children. Today, Byanyima directs the gender team in the Bureau for Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

  • Posted by Lyric Thompson on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
    A New Model for Social Change
    ICRW launches new initiative in urban slums

    A new ICRW initiative aims to foster deeper collaboration among organizations working in Mumbai’s slum communities. The goal is to promote shared learning and create lasting social change.

  • Posted by Roxanne Stachowski and Ann Warner on Friday, November 4, 2011
    Leadership at All Levels
    Congresswoman reintroduces legislation to prevent child marriage

    U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)  on Nov. 3 on Nov.oon Nov. 3 reintroduced the Child Marriage Violates the Human Rights of Girls Act of 2011. The legislation has been introduced - but not yet passed - in every session of Congress since 2006.

  • Posted by Ann Warner on Thursday, April 14, 2011
    Research Shows More is Needed to Safeguard Adolescent Health

    A recent article in the medical journal The Lancet, starkly illustrates that investments in global health and development are failing to meet the needs of adolescents. While significant progress has been made in the survival rate of young children over the past 50 years – mostly due to funding for vaccines and declines in infectious diseases – we have barely made a dent in the mortality of adolescent girls and boys over the same time period.

  • Posted by Jennifer McCleary-Sills on Monday, October 4, 2010
    Girl Power in Tanzania
    A Journey from Shy to Confident

    I first met the young women on a sunny Monday morning as they sat under a tree in front of a teachers' training center in Newala, a town so far south in Tanzania that if you stand at its highest point, you can see Mozambique.