Category: Evidence
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HIV/AIDS is Gender-based Violence
Part 7 for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence December 1, 2018 – World AIDS Day: In the 1980s, the first cases of AIDS were a shock to everyone. It took months for top researchers to understand it. In Africa, where the pandemic became most widespread, the campaign to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS…
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The Journey to Self-Reliance starts with Community-led Development
USAID is undergoing a major transformation under the theme “Journey to Self Reliance.” Extensive field experience shows that this journey begins in communities, and that aid strategies should be designed from the community upwards. In the past 50 years, countries as diverse as Korea, Philippines, Brazil and most recently Kenya have achieved broad-based economic growth,…
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10 Ways to #ShiftThePower
July 10, 2017 began the second UN High Level Political Forum on progress in achieving the SDGs. The key is to shift the power from top-down to bottom up.
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New Evidence from Bangladesh
Researchers at Princeton, Columbia, Cambridge and BRAC — working in communities mobilized by The Hunger Project — have demonstrated the value of building strong communities.