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This edition of the Gender and Media Diversity Journal contains a selection of articles exploring youth, children, and the media. Specifially, it looks at issues including the participation of youth and children in creating programmes, learning media literacy, and bringing children's issues into the public eye for dialogue.

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Mobilising communities on young people's health and rights: an advocacy training guide: ( K. McFarland / Family Care International , 2008); The international community and many national governments have endorsed young people’s rights to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services. SRH laws, strategies, an...
Community advocacy for young people's health and rights: a toolkit for programme managers: ( K. McFarland / Family Care International , 2008); The international community and many national governments have endorsed young people’s rights to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services. SRH laws, strategies, and policies...
Progress made in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother to child transmission of HIV: ( World Health Organization , 2008); This United Nations report shows progress in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, but urges greater efforts to stem the tide of the global epidemic. ...
Young people and children in the media: ( D. Walter / Gender and Media Diversity Centre , 2008); This section of the fourth edition of the Gender and Media Diversity Journal contains a selection of articles exploring youth, children, and the media. Specifially, it looks at issues including ...
How to address school development issues through activities and training: ( Educational Quality Improvement Program, USAID , 2008); This toolkit outlines activities and training methods to address problems that affect school attendance and development in Cambodia. The toolkit is organised into a website developed to engage scho...
Combating commercial sexual exploitation of children: ( International Labour Organization , 2007); These guidelines offer a project planning tool for designing strategies of an International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) action programme to combat commercial sexua...
What impact do natural disasters brought about by climate change have on children?: ( International Save the Children Alliance , 2008); Climate change is likely to lead to an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, and it will be the people in the poorest countries, especially children, who will bear the brunt. T...
A policy guide to ending girl child marriage: ( International Center for Research on Women, USA , 2007); Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula....
Tackling child malnourishment in India: an analysis of inter-regional disparities: ( K. R. G. Nair / Right to Food Campaign, New Delhi , 2007); In spite of recent economic growth, India maintains one of the highest proportions of undernourished children in the world, partly owing to the highly uneven nature of its development. This paper prov...
HIV and hunger: community perspectives from Kitwe, Zambia: ( N. Duck;S. Hauenstein Swan / Action Against Hunger , 2008); This report documents the findings of Local Voices, a six month qualitative research project that provided HIV orphans, vulnerable children and their carers with the opportunity to discuss and docu...