The Drum Beat 50 - Strategic Ideas

5 New VACANCIES - see below

This Drum Beat focusses on resources that highlight strategic ideas that can help guide communication interventions addressing development issues. 

Gender and Violence 

1. Conveying Concerns - Report on Gender Based Violence - sections include Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, Female Genital Cutting, Laws and Policies, The Role of the Media. A short concise booklet. Highlights myths and facts. Outlines a global overview and a strategic approach. Insights from Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, India, Romania, USA. Produced by Measure Communication measure@prb.org 

2. South African sexual violence report - CIETafrica (Community Information Empowerment and Transparency) - the role of the police in cases of sexual violence, and shows how only one rapist is convicted for every 400 women raped in south Johannesburg. "...the largest and most detailed body of evidence on sexual violence in Africa," said Dr Natalie Mayet. The findings about the police and judiciary provide an important backdrop for efforts to prevent sexual violence. A summary can be downloaded here. Contact Marietjie Myburg, Information Officer, CIETafrica e-mail: cietafrica@ciet.org 

Equality 

3. "Unfulfilled Promises: Women's Rights in Egypt - Population Council - explores the recent history of Egyptian women's efforts to win full participation in society. The authors find that women's status has been slow to change, despite the promise of equality with men enshrined in the 1956 constitution. Suggests that women's progress has been impeded by larger political conflicts, and that women often find themselves caught between the state and religious conservatism. "Recent public discourse on women in Egypt, which is dominated by the conservative polemics of Islamists, has subordinated women's issues to concerns for security and legitimacy." Edited by Nemat Guenena and Nadia Wassef Contact: Maram Hassan pcouncil@pccairo.org 

Environment 

4. Toolkit for documenting plant knowledge - Natural resource owners in the Pacific now have access to a toolkit to help them document their local ecological knowledge and to revitalise community interest in conserving their forests and wetlands. It draws heavily on experiences such as those of the Fijian women of Vanua Levu who have documented and helped protect the habitat of their weaving plant, kuta. Offers practical tips on training people to revitalise local plant knowledge, save significant plants and encourage resource owners to make decisions confidently. For copies email: ktabunakawai@wwfpacific.org.fj 

5. Communicating Nature Conservation - The European Centre for Nature Conservation - a manual that provides practical, down-to-earth information about communication and partnership building for nature conservation. It introduces basic concepts in communication, explains how and when communication can play a role in policy making, lists instruments and methods for developing communication activities and building partnerships. Illustrated with practical examples and case studies. Website. Contact: Sandra Rientjes rientjes@ecnc.nl 

6. Green Politics - Centre for Science and Environment(CSE) - the first report in a new series on global environmental negotiations, presenting the southern perspective. CSE is a a public interest research and advocacy organisation which promotes environmentally sound and equitable development strategies. Website 1. Website 2. Contact Usha Sekhar anju@cseindia.org 

Health 

7. Health and Disability - Healthlink Worldwide - a manual designed for training and information with poor communities around the world. Written in simple, accessible English, it is is comprehensive and practical and includes examples, tips, illustrations, check and resource lists.It can be used for reference, training, or to aid information service development. email publications@healthlink.org.uk Website. 

8. The Journal of Health Communication - most recent issue includes an article on "Predicting the Potential for Risky Behavior Among Those 'Too Young' to Drink as the Result of Appeal Advertising" by Austin and Knaus; and a debate between Barry McAffrey [Office of National Drug Control Policy - USA], and William DeJong [Harvard] and Lawrence Wallack [Portland State] over the USA's antidrug media campaigns. Contact the Editor Scott Ratzan sratzan@aed.org 

The Communication Chat Fora - strategy, evaluation and much more -

culture? manipulation? IEC? 

Rural Development 

9. Voices for Change - FAO - communication can play a decisive role in promoting food security and rural development, enabling men and women to take decisions concerning their own livelihoods and thereby increase their overall involvement in development. Gender-sensitive communication processes and access to media can give rural women a voice to advocate changes in policies, attitudes and social behaviour or customs that negatively affect them. The publication is available in English, Spanish, French and Arabic. Website. Contact: Riccardo de Castello Riccardo.DelCastello@fao.org 

Management 

10. Development and Management: Experiences in Value-Based Conflict - a collection of papers draws on The Open University's work in the field of development management. It includes in-depth accounts by academics and development managers, describing the experiences of civil-society organisations in Brazil, NGO workers in Egypt, government departments in Tanzania and Poland, donor agencies in Bangladesh, and black feminist activists in the UK. Co-edited by Eade, Hewitt, Johnson, introduction by Tina Wallace Contact publish@oxfam.org.uk 

HIV/AIDS 

11. Mothers and children confronting HIV - European Union - describes progress made in research and interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV, examines obstacles and presents options for policymakers and affected women: difficulties for women of childbearing age to protect themselves from HIV and subsequently to protect their offspring from becoming HIV infected; difficulties for policymakers, governments and donors to create enabling environments and support initiatives in public health to decrease this risk and vulnerability; priorities for future research and resource allocation; choices to be created for women (and men) by health care providers, governments and society at large. For copies contact Chris Willott chris@editinfodesign.co.uk 

12. Stepping Stones - Strategies for Hope - training package - designed for use with community members on gender, HIV, communication and relationship skills, with a focus on gender equity. Web site includes various articles about how the package has been locally adapted and translated for many different contexts in Africa, Asia and Russia. www.stratshope.org Contact Dr Alice Welbourn Padbourn@aol.com 

13. HealthNet News-AIDS - SatelLife - newsletter published twice a month featuring literature summaries of articles, abstracts, full text articles, clinical guidelines, Web sites, and other relevant information. Health professionals who live and work in the developing world may subscribe to the newsletter free of charge. SATELLIFE has been granted permission by several medical publishers to use copyrighted journal information in this newsletter for distribution in the developing world only. Contact Roye A. Bourke rbourke@usa.healthnet.org Website. 

Safe Motherhood

14. Focus on Safe Motherhood: Making Pregnancy & Childbirth Safer - Inter-Agency Group for Safe Motherhood (FCI), published by ComNet - addresses issues contributing to safe motherhood such as the provision of maternal health services, training of traditional birth attendants as well as the role of women's restricted decision making and rights with regard to reproductive health in general and maternal and child health in particular. As a new regular feature, the fact sheet also contains two project boxes on Bangladesh (Bangladesh Red Crescent Society) and Pakistan (Marie Stopes Society/Marie Stopes International). Contact Caroline Jane Kent caroline.kent@dsw-hannover.de and provide full postal address. Website. 

Children 

15. Immunisation: a Child Rights and a Programmatic Priority - lead article in Feedback, magasine of the Gender and Public Participation section in UNICEF. Other contributions include: a poll "The Voices of Children and Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean"; Involving journalists in community based activities in Mozambique; and addressing the needs of Eritrean children. Contact Waithira Gikonyo wgikonyo@unicef.org 

VACANCIES
see more details on these and other Vacancies on the web site

16. Management Sciences for Health

1. Performance and Results Monitoring Technical Officer - Washington DC, USA
    
2. Regional Program Officer for Latin America / Caribbean - Washington DC, USA
    
3. Budget/Contract Analyst - Boston MA, USA
    

Contact jobs@msh.org or fax 1-617-524-2825

17. One World International - Programme and Partnership Manager - contact Peter Armstrong peter@oneworld.net 

18. Nordic-SADC Journalism Centre - Co-ordinator of the Centre's tailor-made Training and Consulting Services - contact John Mukela mukela@sortmoz.com 

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