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Radio Waves and Zambia Speaks! How support to local radio stations empowers social change (BBC Media Action case study, 2019)

May 3, 2019

BBC Media Action has been supporting 15 local radio stations across Zambia to cover local governance issues and improve accountability in the delivery of critical services including education, sanitation and access to water through two projects: Radio Waves (since 2014) and Zambia Speaks! (since 2016).

This case study shows how the programmes helped to improve engagement between citizens and local authorities, resulting in examples of governance issues being addressed, as verified by listeners, station staff and local stakeholders.

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Filed Under: *BROADCAST MEDIA, *MASS MEDIA ROUTES, Case Studies, Education, Governance, Media Development, Voice and Accountability, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), Zambia Tagged With: Engagement, Evaluation

Critical Choices: Assessing the Effects of Education and Civic Engagement on Somali Youths’ Propensity Towards Violence (Mercy Corps, 2016)

February 12, 2019

Understanding what works to reduce violence, including violent extremism, is a key priority for many policymakers. Despite this need, to date there is very little research evaluating the effects of development programs on violence reduction. To address this knowledge gap, Mercy Corps undertook a rigorous impact evaluation of a 5-year stability-focused youth program in Somalia known as the Somali Youth Leaders Initiative (SYLI).

The research compared the impact of two components of the SYLI program on youth propensity towards political violence: formal secondary education and civic engagement activities. Using survey data from Somaliland–where the program has been implemented the longest—the authors compared attitudes and reported violent behaviors among youth in the program and outside of it. In addition, they conducted in-depth interviews with teachers, community leaders, government officials and youth.

The study found that although the provision of secondary education through the SYLI program reduced the likelihood of youth participating in violence by 16%, it increased support for political violence by 11%. However, the combination of both secondary formal education and civic engagement through the SYLI program reduced the likelihood of youth both participating in (by 13%) and supporting (by 20%) political violence.

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Filed Under: Advocacy, Children, Civic Education, Education, Participation, Peace & Social Cohesion, Publications (published in print and/or online), Somalia

From national laws and policies to local programmes: obstacles and opportunities in communications for adolescent girls’ empowerment in Uganda (Routledge, 2018, Chapter 5)

February 12, 2019

This chapter examines action for gender norm change within the broader institutional context in Uganda, which has relatively strong national legislative frameworks and policies to support gender equality and adolescent girls. Despite this, change on the ground is slow and in some places appears non-existent. To examine action for change in this context, the chapter considers selected communications initiatives that aim to shift discriminatory norms around adolescent girls in rural communities. The analysis is set against the backdrop of the country’s national legal, policy and programme environment for gender empowerment and adolescent girls, highlighting both the enabling aspects of progressive laws and policies along with some of the ambiguities around adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights and the reform of marriage legislation, as well as significant gaps between policy promises at national level and action on the ground.

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Filed Under: Advocacy, Children, Education, Gender, Publications (published in print and/or online), Rural Development, Social Norms Analysis, Uganda Tagged With: Adolescents, Early Marriage, Girls, SRH

Effectiveness of a community based intervention to delay early marriage, early pregnancy and improve school retention among adolescents in India (BMC Public Health 2018 18:732)

February 12, 2019

Child marriage is being increasingly recognized globally as a fundamental violation of human rights. Child marriages occur globally in varying degrees across countries and regions. South Asia alone accounted for almost half of the total number of child marriages that have occurred globally. Early marriage can lead to serious ramifications such as school drop-out, early pregnancy, maternal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a multi-pronged community-based intervention and the role of access to mass media on early marriage, early pregnancy and school retention among young people in two states of India.

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Filed Under: *INTER-PERSONAL ROUTES, *MASS MEDIA ROUTES, Awareness Raising, Behaviour Change Communication, Children, Education, India, Research Papers Tagged With: Early Marriage, School Dropouts, Teenage Pregnancy

UNICEF C4D for Education paper series (2016)

February 12, 2019

A Global Evidence Review of Communication for Development (C4D) in support of inclusive and quality education demonstrated the contribution C4D to education outcomes, specifically in the areas of inclusion, equity and gender. The three briefs presented here summarize key findings of the evidence review, discuss key principles in applying and strengthening C4D for Education, and provide recommendations for policy and programming in support of education outcomes, while emphasising regional context and priorities.

Programme brief: Addressing social norms and gender in support of equity in education [PDF]

Programme brief: A social and behaviour change agenda for inclusion and equity in education [PDF]

Programme brief: Investing in Communication for Development to enhance quality education and learning outcomes [PDF]

 

Source: https://www.unicef.org/esaro/5481_c4d-education-briefs.html

Filed Under: Behaviour Change Communication, Children, Education, Gender, Publications (published in print and/or online), Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), Social Norms Analysis Tagged With: Inclusion

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