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Wed, 12/19/2012
Child Marriage Policy Briefs Released in Nepal

ICRW policy and advocacy briefs that provide recommendations for preventing child marriage in Southern Asian countries were released in Nepal this week. The briefs will help policymakers develop a regional plan to end child marriage.

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Tue, 12/18/2012
Innovative ICRW Sports Program to Expand

Parivartan is a signature ICRW program that uses the medium of sports to engage youth in discussions about gender equality and preventing violence against women in India. Now, in two separate efforts, ICRW is gearing up to expand the reach of this innovative program, its participants and its curriculum.

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Tue, 12/11/2012
Youth Set Vision for Their Future

Delegates at the recent Global Youth Forum in Bali, Indonesia, established the first-ever set of recommendations outlining a vision for young people's future around the world.

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Tue, 12/11/2012
ICRW Finds Intel Technology Program Valuable for Girls

In a new report, ICRW concludes that the Intel Learn technology education program proves valuable to girls, equipping them with essential digital literacy, collaboration and problem-solving skills to compete in a global economy. Intel tapped ICRW to assess the program's impact on girls.

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Tue, 12/04/2012
Commentary: The Power and Promise of Youth

ICRW's Suzanne Petroni argues that young people must continue to take leadership roles and become agents of change in driving the international public health and development agenda. Not only is this their right, but experience shows that the most effective programs and policies targeting youth are designed, implemented and evaluated with meaningful youth engagement. 

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Thu, 11/29/2012
Commentary: The End of AIDS - Almost

In this commentary to mark World AIDS Day, ICRW's Katherine Fritz praises the significant progress made in the more than 30-year fight against the epidemic. But she also suggests that the world must be realistic about what it takes to reach the "end of AIDS." 

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Wed, 11/21/2012
ICRW Experts Participate in Panels on Gender Violence

ICRW experts Stella Mukasa and Ann Warner on Dec. 5 and 6, respectively, will participate in panel discussions about violence against women. The events commemorate the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign taking place worldwide.

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Tue, 11/20/2012
Giving Back After Thanksgiving

November 27 will mark the first "Giving Tuesday," a national day for giving back - which will come on the heels of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two days devoted to getting deals. ICRW invites you to give back by viewing the video "Voices from Ethiopia," and asking as many of your friends and family to do the same. 

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Tue, 10/30/2012
Yin and Yang: Fertility decline and the rise of women

The ICRW-led Fertility Empowerment Network has just released the latest three installments of its 12-part series of working papers exploring the transformative power of fertility decline around the world. Find out how lower birth rates in China and beyond are positively impacting women’s lives.

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Wed, 10/10/2012
Out of the Shadows: Child Marriage in Ethiopia

Almaz and Wube-Alem are 10 years old. They're neighbors and classmates. And last year, they almost became brides. Had it not been for an intervention by a handful of adults in an innovative ICRW program, Almaz and Wube-Alem would have joined the hundreds of thousands of girls forced to marry in Ethiopia's Amhara region. Learn more about the outcomes of ICRW's work to support child brides in this final installment of our four-part series in honor of International Day of the Girl.

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