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Books and Reports
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BOLD MOVES - A PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
Year of Publication : 2008
No. of Pages : 62
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Based on "Be Bold" campaign which was an intensive State-wide multimedia campaign
launched on
1st December, 2006 in Andhra Pradesh. And also it aimed to translate awareness into action
and behavioural-change; reduce stigma associated with HIV; improve health service
uptake by infected people; mainstream fight against HIV/AIDS by making it a people's
movement.
The aim at one level was
to raise awareness on HIV; increased uptake of services such as testing, PPTCT,
ART; reduce stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV.
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PROMISING ON PAPER, DECELARATED IN PRACTICE
Year of Publication : 2007
No. of Pages : 30
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CFAR is engaged in doing media advocacy on development
issues. CFAR is working with poor women in six slums in Pune since last two years.
Women’s collectives have been formed at the community level, which strongly speak
about issues such as liquor, health and domestic violence. We have been sharing
information on PWDVA with women ever since the Act came into force.
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Since the Act provides immediate relief, women perceive it as helpful to them. However,
since the implementing mechanism is not in place, the Act still remains on paper.
This report includes the need and purpose of the Act in protecting women from domestic
violence, significant provisions of the Act and status of its implementation in Maharashtra. The report is meant to help all stakeholders; women’s groups, NGOs, media, lawyers,
POs and other, to get a complete picture of what is being done and not done for effective
implementation of the Act in the state. The report is primarily based on interviews
with various stakeholders and expected to be useful in our efforts for effective
implementation of the Act.
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HEAR THE PEOPLE
Year of Publication : 2006
No. of Pages : 75
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Hear The People is a community response
to television. It is an account of the women’s main concerns regarding TV, often
in their own words. CFAR being a media research organization conducted content analysis
of television programming and analysed public responses to it. In this connection
a public platform – Viewers’s Forum - a community based views initiative was set
up in 1998. The Forum consists of women from different socio-economic backgrounds
based in Delhi , Guwahati and Ahmedabad who have been actively concerned about the
influence of TV explosion on their families and society at large.
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The Viewers’ Forum has provided invaluable
feedback on a wide variety of subjects ranging from the depiction of women in TV
fiction to TV advertising and TV news coverage. This feedback has enriched CFAR’s
media research and seen CFAR/Viewers’ Forum advocate with the government, TV channels
with regard to TV norms.
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A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
Year of Publication : 2006
No. of Pages : 46
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As the HIV/AIDS epidemic progresses, its impact on the workplace and workforce has
been increasingly felt, affecting businesses and national economies. In India alone,
89 percent of the reported infections are in the economically productive age group
of 15-45 years. Its impact on the economy of the nation in the years to come cannot
be underestimated.
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Several HIV/AIDS prevention and care and support strategies have
been employed in the sector, including targeted
interventions by the corporate sector
to increase awareness of STIs and HIV/AIDS and encourage health and treatment seeking
behaviour.
Targeted interventions have been extensively used within the trucking sector since
it has been viewed as a vulnerable population. It is clear that such interventions
can be initiated and sustained where partnerships with the workforce and the community
are forged early and built on throughout the intervention.
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ADVOCATING HIV/AIDS PREVENTION & CARE IN THE TRUCKING SECTOR - FACILITATOR GUIDE
Year of Publication
: 2006
No. of Pages : 33
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The package has been designed as an
interactive product to stimulate discussions amongst the workforce of the trucking
sector (truck drivers/ truck owners/ associations) and provide them information
and options to proactively respond and take part in reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS.
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The central element
is the presentation Reaching Out – Participating in an HIV/AIDS Response.
The other elements of the package have been designed to complement this presentation.
Any individual with
a basic understanding of HIV/AIDS and workplace and having skills of communication
can facilitate a group interaction using this package. All the elements are provided
to support the facilitator during interactive sessions.
The facilitator can
also leave behind a CD of the package so that the target audience can access information
from the presentations on their own.
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HAATH SE HAATH MILAO
Year of Publication : 2006
No. of Pages : 69
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This Flip chart creates numerous areas for discussion and resolution through an
interpersonal or group approach in the workplace or community to bring positive
behaviour change. Efficacy of solutions that are worked out or reached by the community
(truck population or any other specific community) whether as an individual or a
group, based on their local dilemmas and support structures are most often likely
to be implemented. Towards that this flip chart creates numerous avenues for discussion
between the outreach worker and the truck driver/helper; community woman.
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DEMOCRACY AT WORK?-TV COVERAGE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS 1998-2004
Year of Publication : 2006
No. of Pages : 90
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The study relates to media coverage of General Elections held in 1998, 1999 and
2004. Media coverage of the General Elections is an important case study since an
election campaign is the occasion when development issues and public concerns
should receive more space in the media than any other time. It is the one time when
politicians must face the people and ask for votes on the basis of what they have
to offer civil society. By monitoring the media coverage of General Elections, one
can form an idea of how the media treats issues of primary concerns to the people.
This study evaluates media coverage of development issues during election campaigns
in a monitoring exercise that covers over 600 hours TV news and current affairs
programming.
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RAPE OF THE FAMILY
Year of Publication : 2006
No. of Pages : 134
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Rape of the Family examines domestic violence in Indian TV soaps in the context
of female rights and patriarchal institutions. A quantitative and qualitative research
study, it seeks to understand how sexual violence in the form of rape is framed
and treated in a population culture form. Are TV soaps making a breakthrough in
stereotypical depictions and reflecting contemporary sensitivities to gender concerns
regarding violence? This study attempts to answer such questions.
In the present study on domestic violence in the popular TV serial, Kahani Ghar
Ghar Ki, we look at the issue of rape within a family. This is a quantitative and
qualitative research study that seeks to understand how this form of violence against
women is treated in a family soap. By way of comparison, we have looked at rape
in other serials as well as the treatment of rape in popular Hindi cinema.
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SHAPING A NEW REALITY
Year of Publication : 2005
No. of Pages : 49
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A report on the four day “National Consultation on Women
Living with HIV” held in New Delhi from 6-9 December 2004. The National Consultation
was organized by Positive Women Network (PWM+) in partnership with National AIDS
Control Organization (NACO) and Indian Network of Positive People (INP+) and supported
by UNIFEM, UNAIDS, UNICEF. This Consultation encouraged dialogue and gave space
for HIV+ women to share their concerns on various issues. Over 120 women living
with HIV/AIDS from across India came together.
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- Reaching a common understanding of the challenges faced by women living
with HIV/AIDS in various circumstances across India.
- Discussing strategies implemented by networks in
partnerships with state governments and NGOs to ensure a social and economic livelihood
for women.
- Developing a cohesive plan to partner with Government
Ministries and departments in mainstreaming the concerns of women living with HIV/AIDS
into existing policies and programmes.
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Developing a plan of action based on commitments made by ministries at the centre
level to pursue similar initiatives at the state level.
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POSITIVE SPEAKING - VOICES OF WOMEN LIVING WITH
HIV/AIDS
Year of Publication : 2004
No. of Pages : 177
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Positive Women’s Network, Chennai and
CFAR undertook a UNIFEM supported study in three states – Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
and Kerala – on women’s rights, the gender inequalities and impact of HIV/AIDS.
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As part of this initiative, CFAR facilitated a National Convention. Capacity-building
was conducted with Positive Women’s Network who would conduct the situational assessments
using CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) to enable
them to assess the relevance and potential of various legal documents in changing
their lives.
A CFAR team facilitated the Positive Women’s Network in the documentation work,
which has since been published by UNIFEM under the title, Positive Speaking: Voices
of Women Living with HIV/AIDS.
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WHO PAYS FOR TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT?
Year of Publication : 2003
No. of Pages : 49
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A booklet on television technology and options
available to viewers. This booklet gives an overview of the commercial structures
of television and a reader-friendly introduction to the modes of delivery
and also seeks to address the concern of viewers and provide information about existing
and future options.
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INJECTING DRUG USERS AND THEIR SEXUAL PARTNERS
Year of Publication : 2003
No. of Pages : 46
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It’s a CFAR document containing the experiences and
the approach undertaken by three Swedish International Development Co-operation
Agency (SIDA), Centre for Social Development, Lifeline Foundation and Institute
for Social Disease in tackling the drug use and HIV/AIDS among the young men
and women of Manipur.
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Ironically, this particular small state in the north east
and bordering Myanmar, has less than 0.2 per cent of the total population of India
but accounts for almost 8 per cent of the total HIV/AIDS people living in the country.
Playing the role of a catalyst to counter the qualitative
and quantitative development setbacks to the state due to drug use, SIDA emphasized
a process of social transformation by supporting the grassroot organizations who
understood the social environment better and could effectively implement an inclusive
and more humane process of de-addiction from conventional rehabilitation to harm
reduction approach and capacity building.
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THE AUDIENCE SPEAKS
Year of Publication : 2003
No. of Pages : 46
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Women, sexuality and gender differences
in TV portrayals are the focus of this study.
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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS OF DOORDARSHAN AND
ALL INDIA RADIO
Year of Publication : 1994
No. of Pages : 53
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In India the focus of communication research has centered
primarily on analyzing the negative portrayal of women. Women’s participation in
the media workforce has remained a neglected area of research. On the basis of an
analysis of statistical information on the workforce in Doordarshan (the Directorate
General and seven centres) and All India Radio (AIR), this study gives an overview
of gender differences in employment.
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WOMEN AND MEN IN NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES
Year of Publication : 1994
No. of Pages : 44
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The spurt of growth in media has tremendous impact
in shaping development values as it informs, educates and entertains. Yet there
continues to be an inequitable and unrealistic representation of women in print
on the screen. This study assesses the representation of women in the news and news
coverage. It is an analysis of gender differences in TV news coverage. The focus
of this study is to assess the representation of women in the news and newsmagazines,
as compared to men.
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