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The main aim of this operational study was to assess the baseline situation prior to the Champions of Change (CoC) intervention, focused on gender equality and girls’ rights, in Chadiza District, Zambia. The study sought to assess the challenges and opportunities that young people faced during the establishment of a youth movement to influence social norms on gender equality and girls’ rights. It also explored the local context regarding the promotion of and engagement around gender equality and girls’ rights; including community leaders, civil society organizations and government institutions. Lastly, it assessed young people’s attitudes regarding gender equality and women’s rights.

The purpose of this project was To map current active networks on sustainable procurement and waste management in the health sector with a focus on LMICs.

The purpose of this project is to map the current major supply networks and players for Sexual and Reproductive Health supplies with a main focus on contraception and/or safe abortion commodities and supplies.

Seed enterprises would prefer to use public varieties as exclusively as possible for marketing reasons, while the public sector would like to distribute its public good varieties to many seed enterprises.These diverging interests of the public and private sectors require agreements on how public varieties can be accessed (as early generation seed) and used (with different levels of exclusivity). This study focuses on agreements between public plant breeders/research organizations and private seed producers, and hence concentrates on public-private partnership arrangements involving the transfer of released varieties.

የ የስ አይ ዱ (YES I do) ፕሮግራም በአማራ ክልል በባህርዳር ዙሪያና በቀወት ወረዳዎች ባደረገው ጥናት የታቀዱ/ የተፈጸሙ ያለዕድሜ ጋብቻዎች እንደሚቋረጡ ለማወቅ ተችሏል፡፡ ይሁን እንጅ ያለእድሜ ጋብቻ በሚቋረጥበት ጊዜ በታዳጊ ልጃገረዶች ህይወት ላይ የሚያመጣውን ተፅዕኖ ለማወቅ የሚያስችል በጥናት የተደገፈ ውስን መረጃ ነው ያለው፡፡

ይህ አጭር ፖሊሲ ተኮር ጽሁፍ በ የስ አይ ዱ ፕሮግራም በተካሄደ ጥናት የተገኙትን የጥናቱን ዋና ዋና ጭብጦች የሚያሳይ ሲሆን ትኩረቱም ጋብቻቸው በተቋረጠባቸው ልጃገረዶች የህይወት ልምድ ዙሪያ ይሆናል፡፡ ፁሁፍ ፖሊሲ አውጭዎችና ፕሮግራም ተግባሪዎች ትኩረት ሊሰጧቸው የሚገባቸውን ዋና ዋና ነጥቦችን በመለየት ታዳጊ ልጃገረዶች ያለዕድሜ ጋብቻን ለማቋረጥ በሚያደርጉት ውጣውረድ የሚያስፈልጋቸውን ድጋፍ ከየትና እንዴት ያገኛሉ የሚለውን ለመጠቆም ታስቦ የተዘጋጀ ነው፡፡

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Feeding a growing population and responding to changing markets requires innovation in agriculture. The expectations of the contribution of agricultural research to innovation are high. This paper looks at the process of agricultural innovation and the realistic contribution agricultural research can make.

YES I DO. is a strategic alliance of five Dutch organizations which main aim is to enhance the decision making space of young women about if, when and whom to marry as well as if, when and with whom to have children

South Sudan has one of the worst health and maternal health situations in the world. Across South Sudan, while maternal health services at the primary care level are not well developed, even where they exist, many women do not use them. Developing location specific understanding of what hinders women from using services is key to developing and implementing locally appropriate public health interventions.

The development potential of conflict-free mineral supply chains is now firmly recognised, however, for this potential to be fully realised, men and women need to benefit equally from mineral production and trade. Women’s critical role – and the unique risks and challenges they face – need to be made visible to support more equitable development gains. In this publication are 10 strategies to strengthen risk mitigation strategies during OECD Due Diligence Implementation

Research integrity and research fairness have gained considerable momentum in the past decade and have direct implications for global health epidemiology. Research integrity and research fairness principles should be equally nurtured to produce high-quality impactful research—but bridging the two can lead to practical and ethical dilemmas.

Afin d’inciter les décideurs politiques et les acteurs de terrain à reconnaître l’innovation paysanne en matière de recherchedéveloppement agricole (RDA), les partenaires du réseau Prolinnova ont développé et utilisé différents méthodes et outils de plaidoyer et de lobbying. La foire de l’innovation paysanne est l’un d’entre eux. Les lignes directrices proposées
ici témoignent de l’expérience du réseau en termes d’organisation et d’accueil de telles foires. Elles s’appuient notamment sur l’expérience accumulée lors de la foire de l’innovation paysanne ouest-africaine qui s’est tenue à Ouagadougou en mai 2015, à l’initiative de l’Inades Formation Burkina et de la plate-forme multi-acteurs PROFEIS (Promouvoir l’expérimentation et l’innovation paysannes au Sahel) au Burkina Faso

Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized as an integral component of the health workforce needed to achieve public health goals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many factors intersect to influence CHW performance. A systematic review with a narrative analysis was conducted to identify contextual factors influencing performance of CHWs.