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| Beyond the Classroom: Empowering Girls This Idea Book, generated from Volunteer experiences, provides practical advice for empowering young women through every day activities. It promotes the use of workshops, camps, clubs, special events, and friendly conversations, which present opportunities to encourage goal-setting, positive decision-making skills, build confidence, and help girls change their lives for the better. Download PDF (file size: 1,353 KB) A New Beginning: The Child Health Manual This extensive manual offers specific information on developing knowledge and skills to address common community-related health problems, carry out appropriate activities, and complete training in the promotion of child health and well-being. It also discusses how specific health conditions can be addressed effectively, with an emphasis on community involvement. Download PDF (file size: 2,751 KB) Camp Glow: Girls Leading Our World This handbook documents how to plan and conduct a Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) leadership camp. Camp GLOW helps young women define and prepare for their futures by building self-esteem and confidence, and developing skills in goal setting, assertiveness, and career and life planning. Details about organizing the camps, creating schedules, and lessons learned are shared from Volunteer experiences. The content of many camp sessions may be found in Choices: A Teen Woman's Journal for Self-Awareness and Planning by Mindy Bingham, et al, Advocacy Press, Santa Barbara, CA. 1993. Download PDF (file size: 2,909 KB) The New Project Design and Management Workshop Training Manual This manual uses an assets-based approach to project design and describes the process of helping communities identify existing resources and collectively prioritize their needs. Interactive training exercises show how to engage different groups within communities in the planning, design, and implementation of local development projects. Download PDF (file size: 1,986 KB) Gender and Development Training Booklet 2: Training Designs (1.5 MB) Booklet 3: Basic Knowledge About WID, GAD, and PACA (3,211 KB) Booklet 4: Skills Training (1.2 MB) Booklet 5: PACA Tools (2.1 MB) Booklet 6: Community Field Work with PACA (1.1 MB) Booklet 8: Field Insights (1.9 MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| From: Peace Corps Romania (2005) GLOW Camp ...This August, 3 female Peace Corps Volunteers will lead a GLOW camp with 15 high school girls (15-17 years old) from 3 different communities in Romania. We are also training a young Romanian woman to conduct future camps. The camp offers a unique opportunity for the girls to learn about leadership, self-confidence and teamwork. We will also discuss issues like body image, healthy relationships, safe sex practices, domestic violence, and drugs/alcohol use…. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From: Peace Corps Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GLOW and TOBE Camps Camps GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) and TOBE (Teaching Our Boys to Excel) are five day summer camps held in Kolomiya, Ukraine, where students and Volunteers meet for sessions on leadership, human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, the environment, decision making, future planning, and healthy lifestyles. Participants also visited the Shepherd's Valley and Kolomiya Youth Centers and climbed Mt. Hoverla, Ukraine's highest mountain. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Essay Contest In 2006, 75 adults and youth from all parts of Ukraine participated in the GAD Essay Contest. Entrants wrote about gender equality in Ukraine. There were two categories (English and Ukrainian/Russian language) and two age groups (under 17 and over 17). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From: Peace Corps Vanuatu (2004) First Female Construction Teacher in Vanuatu- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| …As part of the coordination efforts, VRDTCA is selecting Rural Training Centers who are qualified and willing to accept the responsibly of girl students. WID/GAD is assisting by identifying donors to support the project and searching for girl applicants…. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ThaiNGO.org - A database of Thai NGOs Language(s): Thai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USAID- Regional Program in Asia
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| http://www.ppat.or.th/main.php?menu=home&lang=en Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand (PPAT) Offers clinical support for women's health, familiy planning counseling, sexual reproductive education, health and hygiene education, family life education, etc. Hotline Numbers for health clinics, counseling, and emergancies. http://www.ppat.or.th/main.php?menu=links&s=2&lang=en Languages: English and Thai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Human Trafficking Related http://www.womenthai.org/eng/index.php The Foundation for Women (FFW) Offers emergancy assistance to women affected by domestic or sexual violence. Offers direct legal help for women victims of human trafficking (Thai or international). Languages: English and Thai http://www.humantrafficking.org/countries/thailand HumanTrafficking.org A website for combating human trafficking. Gives an overview of the situation in Thailand; includes best practices, government information, NGOs, and informational links. Language(s): English Links to International Organizations and Useful Links | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The World Bank United Nations Women's Empowerment Gender and Development Oxfam Asian Development Bank Development Gateway The GAD Network OECD- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development JICA- Japan International Cooperation Agency JSTOR AusAID - Australian Government Overseas Aid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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