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WATCH: "Let's Raise Our Voices"

webmaster — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:46:16 +0000

On June 3rd, ICRW co-hosted "Let's Raise Our Voices," an event held in London that brought together leading experts to discuss strategies for preventing violence against women. View video here.

Radio Interview: Gender Equality in India (Segment 4)

hfreitag — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:32:16 +0000

Final installment of ICRW's Nandita Bhatla's interview on the Indian radio show "Have a Heart". Bhatla discusses ICRW's research with young children and the possibility of changing attitudes and behavior.

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Radio Interview: Gender Equality in India (Segment 3)

hfreitag — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:15:26 +0000

ICRW's Nandita Bhatla continues talking about gender equality in India on "Have a Heart." In this segment, Nandita talks about the specific roles Indian women have in society, the dos and donts that they are supposed to abide by, and her research showing that young girls and boys (11-12) already have formed attitudes about these gender roles.

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Radio Interview: Gender Equality in India (Segment 2)

hfreitag — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:13:14 +0000

ICRW's Nandita Bhatla, on Indian radio program Have a Heart, says that while conflict is natural, using violence to resolve conflict is not. She continues to discuss violence and equality and says that violence starts with name-calling and teasing as children. Bhatla says that we have to shun violence in all forms.

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Radio Interview: Gender Equality in India (Segment 1)

hfreitag — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:02:08 +0000

ICRW's Senior Technical Specialist Nandita Bhatla joins Have a Heart, an Indian radio program, to discuss how attitudes and everyday actions, even unconscious ones, can influence gender equality in India.

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In Her Own Words: Kavita Ramdas on Violence Against Women in India

hfreitag — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:37:24 +0000

Kavita Ramdas, serving India, Nepal and Sri Lanka as the Ford Foundation’s New Delhi Representative, addresses the audience at the National Press Club during an ICRW event marking International Women’s Day that explored the causes and solutions to tackling the global epidemic of violence against young women and girls. Ramdas discusses the response to the brutal gang rape and subsequent death of Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old university student, in Delhi last December. Importantly, she also proposes ways to end violence against women in her country and beyond - which Ramdas says is the world’s greatest public health threat.

Passports to Progress: Rude Awakening: The Complex Epidemic of Violence Young Women & Girls Face in India and Beyond

hfreitag — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:11:38 +0000

Watch Rude Awakening, ICRW's first Passports to Progress event linked to the Turning Point campaign. Held at the National Press Club on March 7 to mark International Women’s Day, the panel discussion explored the complex epidemic of violence against young women and girls in India and beyond – and ways to begin reversing the dangerous trend. Participants included MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell; Christy Turlington Burns, Founder of Every Mother Counts; and Michael Elliott, CEO of the ONE Campaign.

Blueprint for Reducing HIV-related Stigma in India

hfreitag — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:00:51 +0000

ICRW researchers worked in partnership with five organizations in three states in India to carry out a variety of activities aimed at decreasing HIV-related stigma and discrimination. The project took place among university faculty, female sex workers living with HIV, local government members, hospital workers and leadership teams in workplaces. ICRW spoke with some of the participants about how the project has changed their attitudes.

Jeff Edmeades discusses child marriage on BBC Radio

smarfil — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:16:18 +0000

Jeff Edmeades discusses the situation of child marriage in Ethiopia and Afghanistan. His 5-minute live interview with BBC Radio 5 begins at mark 3:20

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