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Job: Jhpiego Website Designer
by Yaw Anokwa 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

Jhpiego—It’s a tongue twister without a little help. Pronounced "ja-pie-go," Jhpiego is no longer an acronym. Founded as The Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, the organization was known around the world as JHPIEGO (all caps). But as Jhpiego grew and its areas of expertise expanded, the original founding name became obsolete. A decision was made to officially change the organization’s name to Jhpiego (without caps). It still may not roll off your tongue, but everyone knows what it represents—the gold standard in improving the lives of women and families. The Website Designer works as a part of the External Affairs and Communications team to manage the design and oversee the development of Jhpiego’s corporate web site projects. This includes developing user interface features, wire framing, creating functional and non-functional prototypes, and other technical requirements. Web Designer also provides ongoing design, creative solutions and products to Jhpiego’s web pages and sites, banners and e-mail marketing materials, videos and slideshows, special fund-raising campaigns and other initiatives. https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/1505/job

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Job: Sr. Project Manager in mHealth at Pathfinder International
by Yaw Anokwa 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

Pathfinder seeks to expand and institutionalize mHealth beyond individual projects into an organizational capacity for the use of appropriate mobile technology to improve health outcomes, foster innovation and contribute to scalable, cost-effective programs. The project will focus first on direct staff training and putting in-place a program of capacity-building within the organization and second, on a direct project in Nigeria for mHealth activities in family planning and adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health services. To achieve the first objective, a range of activities will need to be defined that will build Pathfinder’s strategic organizational ability to assess and deliver appropriate mHealth support to future programs in the countries where Pathfinder works. Activities at headquarters will be established in alignment with development of a “Pathfinder approach” to mHealth. The second focus of the program is to initiate, implement and evaluate a mHealth capacity-building project in Nigeria that will utilize mobile technology as a tool for improving access to information and services. Utilizing lessons learned from Pathfinder mHealth pilot projects in Vietnam, India and Tanzania. This position requires a full understanding of mHealth programming and implementation. Manages both components of the projects in close collaboration with Technical Services Unit (TSU) Behavior Change Senior Advisor and Information Systems Unit (ISU). Supports the Nigeria team to develop and implement the mHealth initiative in the country. As part of the Country Management Team (CMT) at HQ, works very closely with the other Units of the Programs Department as well as those countries who have gained experience in implementing mHealth programs. Maintains high standards of professionalism, efficiency, operational excellence and independent judgment. http://www.candidatemanager.net/cm/Micro/JobDetails.aspx?&mid=YDUB&sid=WUCX…

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Job: ICT Senior Technical Advisor, Carter Center, DR Congo
by Yaw Anokwa 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

The Carter Center seeks a highly-qualified, motivated and energetic consultant with extensive experience developing and/or administering training materials to serve as a ICT Senior Technical Advisor in the DRC to aid in conducting a series of trainings and providing ongoing technical support to CSOs. S/he will administer training materials previously developed and tailored for the CSO audiences, but may be tasked with updating materials as needed. This position will be based out of Kinshasa with travel to the provinces required throughout the contracted period. http://www.idealist.org/view/job/G44WD6g22k5P/

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MIT Media Lab Design+Innovation workshop in New Delhi
by Yaw Anokwa 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mihir Sarkar <mihir(a)MIT.EDU> To: ict4dev(a)lists.csail.mit.edu, tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu Subject: [Ict4dev] MIT Media Lab Design+Innovation workshop in New Delhi, India, March 26-30, 2012 Message-ID: <789D79FD-C0B1-4A9F-B2C4-0DFDA7C48B5D(a)mit.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, We are pleased to announce the 2nd MIT Media Lab Design+Innovation workshop & conference/exhibition that will take place on March 26-30, 2012 in New Delhi, India in collaboration with Apeejay Stya University. Workshop: March 26-29, 2012 *** Applications are now open to college students in engineering, design, business, arts, humanities, and industry participants from sponsoring organizations. *** Conference/exhibition: March 30, 2012 *** Registration is open to any students and faculty members, industry representatives, and the press. *** Please find additional details at: http://india.media.mit.edu Kindly forward to your networks (and please excuse cross-postings). Warm regards, Mihir on behalf of the MIT Media Lab India Initiatives team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
by Brian DeRenzi 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

Forwarding from the child2015 mailing list. The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World Many best wishes. This note introduces you, as a valued member of The Communication Initiative network, to a just-released report by one of our Partners, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). "The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World" focuses mainly on those children in urban settings all over the world who face a particularly complex set of challenges to their development and the fulfilment of their rights. It covers issues as diverse as sanitation, gangs, and governance, incorporating global trends and focusing on individual, concrete examples of positive practices in specific urban neighbourhoods. It outlines a variety of strategies being used to fulfill the needs and rights of children in these contexts, such as identifying and removing barriers to inclusion, ensuring children's participation, and fostering partnerships and networking. Excerpts from "The State of the World's Children 2012", with an emphasis on communication-related elements, follow. This report and additional online content are available at: http://www.comminit.com/clickthru/58603a073745cfb33c55e8b8e3a68fad?node= For direct access to the report in PDF format: http://www.comminit.com/clickthru/2c7b54549286e290b1f544508f67ac3c?node= For direct access to the executive summary in PDF format: http://www.comminit.com/clickthru/937559a6f80ee9d45219af28448ae6aa?node= === Excerpts from "The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World" (UNICEF, February 28 2012): Chapter 1: Children in an Increasingly Urban World (pages 1-12) "...[A] focus on equity is needed - one in which priority is given to the most disadvantaged children, wherever they live. * The first requirement is to improve understanding of the scale and nature of urban poverty and exclusion affecting children. This will entail not only sound statistical work...but also solid research and evaluation of interventions intended to advance the rights of children to survival, health, development, sanitation, education and protection in urban areas. * Second, development solutions must identify and remove the barriers to inclusion that prevent marginalized children and families from using services, expose them to violence and exploitation, and bar them from taking part in decision-making.... * Third, a sharp focus on the particular needs and priorities of children must be maintained in urban planning, infrastructure development, service delivery and broader efforts to reduce poverty and disparity. The international Child-Friendly Cities Initiative provides an example of the type of consideration that must be given children in every facet of urban governance. * Fourth, policy and practice must promote partnership between the urban poor and government at all its levels. Urban initiatives that foster such participation - and in particular those that involve children and young people - report better results not only for children but also for their communities. * Finally, everyone must work together to achieve results for children." Chapter 2: Children's Rights in Urban Settings (pages 13-33) * "One of the core principles of the Convention [on the Rights of the Child] is respect for and consideration of the views of children. The document recognizes children's right to freely express their views in all matters affecting them and insists that these views be given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the children voicing them (Article 12). It further proclaims children's right to freedom of all forms of expression (Article 13). Children are entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 14), to privacy and protection from unlawful attack or interference (Article 16) and to freedom of association and peaceful assembly (Article 15)." * Perspective: "Out of Sight, out of Reach", by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, UNICEF Eminent Advocate (page 15) "In a few Arab countries, the fates of disadvantaged urban children are being rewritten....Amman is one of the region's leading child-friendly cities, with over 28,000 students participating in children's municipal councils to prioritize their needs, rights and interests. The results have been impressive: parks, libraries, community spaces, educational support for children who dropped out of school, campaigns against violence and abuse, and information and communication technology centres for the deaf. Yet for Arab children - for all children - to thrive, nations have to work together." * Focus on: Mapping Urban Disparities to Secure Child Rights (pages 26-27) "Gathering accessible, accurate and disaggregated data is an essential step in the process of recognizing and improving the situation of children in urban areas. Innovative visual representations of information can help identify gaps, prompting action from local decision-makers....Today's computer technology makes it possible to compile simple interactive maps and correlations to show complex information traditionally displayed in columns and tables." Chapter 3: Urban Challenges (pages 34-47) * "While child labour is too often premature, exploitative, dangerous and abusive, it is important to recognize that, especially for older children, appropriate work can make a significant contribution to development by building self-esteem, teaching skills and helping children cope with poverty. The Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes that children should have increasing autonomy, in line with their evolving capacities." * "...there is growing recognition of the role children have in helping themselves and their communities to be safe. In the Philippines, for example, school children made a video of the risks in their community and presented it to the local authorities. This resulted in dialogue between adults and children, the planting of trees to reduce the risk of landslides, and the relocation of a school to facilities built to minimize vulnerability to flood damage....Indeed, inclusive approaches often prove to be highly effective in solving all sorts of problems." Chapter 4: Towards Cities Fit for Children (pages 48-65) * "'Bottom-up' approaches are prevalent in many cities. Civil society organizations and community institutions - including, among others, houses of worship - are often closest to the issues of greatest importance to the most excluded communities. These issues may include water and sanitation, housing, health, education and childcare. In urban settings lacking effective formal Means of participatory decision-making, community organizations can enable citizens, including young people, to express their concerns. The challenge is to align the efforts of groups that work to alleviate the plight of the urban poor with those that focus on protecting the rights of the most vulnerable children." * "In some cities, young slum residents are involved in surveying, documenting and mapping their urban surroundings, generating essential information for both their communities and municipal authorities. Such initiatives have helped build partnerships with official agencies in ways that enable young people to play a part in influencing the planning, finance and management of urban infrastructure. Children's community mapping has proved successful in pinpointing local needs and resources in places as diverse as Kolkata, India; Nairobi, Kenya; Karachi, Pakistan; and Cape Town, South Africa. Participatory approaches are not without their challenges. It may be difficult to ensure that the most marginalized children are adequately represented, and careful planning is needed to ensure that participation is not tokenistic." * Focus on: Urban HEART - Measuring and Responding to Health Inequity (pages 52-53) "The Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) helps urban policymakers, communities and other stakeholders better understand the local socio-economic factors that influence health outcomes. The tool is based on three essential elements: [i] Sound evidence...[ii] Intersectoral action for health: building relationships beyond the health sector in order to influence a broad range of health determinants... [iii] Community participation: involving community members in all aspects of the process, from planning, designing and implementing interventions to helping ensure that these efforts are learned from and sustained beyond the initial phase." * Perspective: "Trafficked Children in Our Cities: Protecting the Exploited in the Americas", by Ricky Martin, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador (page 54) "I was moved to join the fight against trafficking when I visited India in 2002. In 2006 I launched Llama y Vive (Call and Live), a campaign that established and promoted prevention and victim-protection hotlines....Effective anti-trafficking laws must be passed in conjunction with work done by local protection offices. In order to do this, we urgently need governments, non-governmental organizations and multilateral agencies to work in concert to raise awareness, implement holistic training and guidance programmes for enforcement agencies and build effective systems to protect children and prosecute and punish perpetrators. Finally...[w]e must endeavour to create a safe environment that allows survivors to come forward despite the inherent difficulties." * Focus on: The Child-Friendly: Cities Initiative - Fifteen years of trailblazing Work (page 56) "The Child-Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) - launched by UNICEF and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in 1996...taps into the wider acceptance of community participation in decision-making to promote local accountability for children's rights. The International Secretariat of CFCI has identified nine principal building blocks for local administrations aiming to become 'child-friendly'..." * Focus on: Upgrading Informal Settlements in Jeddah (pages 64-65) "One way to facilitate children's participation as stakeholders is to ask them to collect information about their surroundings. Again, differing preferences must be considered. Some girls may be reluctant or unable to voice their opinions in a meeting where boys, men or even older women are present, for example. Children and their families can also be included in core planning groups, where those most interested in the development of their area can represent their community and take part in decision-making." Chapter 5: Uniting for Children in an Urban World (pages 66-75) * "This chapter explores five key areas in which action is required if the needs and rights of nearly half of the world's children - namely, those who reside in urban areas - are to be fulfilled. These are: understanding the scale and nature of urban poverty and exclusion; identifying and removing the barriers to inclusion; putting children first within a broader pursuit of equity in urban planning, infrastructure development, governance and service delivery; promoting partnerships between the urban poor and their governments; and ensuring that everyone works together to achieve results for children." === This report and additional online content are available at: http://www.comminit.com/clickthru/58603a073745cfb33c55e8b8e3a68fad?node= For direct access to the report in PDF format: http://www.comminit.com/clickthru/2c7b54549286e290b1f544508f67ac3c?node= For direct access to the executive summary in PDF format: http://www.comminit.com/clickthru/937559a6f80ee9d45219af28448ae6aa?node= For questions or comments on the publication, please contact: Abid Aslam Editor, The State of the World's Children UNICEF 3 UN Plaza New York, NY 10017 United States abaslam(a)unicef.org Please note: Permission to reproduce any part of this publication is required. Contact: Division of Communication, UNICEF 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 United States Tel: 212 326 7434 nyhqdoc.permit(a)unicef.org

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Position for Data Scientist
by Peter Speyer 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Hi Change team, We have a great open position for a data visualization expert to work as Data Scientist<http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/about-ihme/job-posting/data-scien…> at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)<healthmetricsandevaluation.org>. IHME is an independent global health research center at the University of Washington that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world's most important health problems. We are looking for a highly motivated individual to create innovative and engaging ways to visually explore and interact with our research results. Visualizations will be used to present data on IHME's website and in mobile applications, for presentations and events, as well as internally for exploration and validation of preliminary and final analysis results. The Data Scientist will be responsible for design, development, testing, and user support of visualizations; he or she will combine a deep understanding of audience needs with substantial knowledge of innovative ways to visualize data and making data interactive. You should be passionate about how to make data useful, engaging and fun. The Data Scientist will report to the Director of Data Development. Details on the IHME website<http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/about-ihme/job-posting/data-scien…>. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. Cheers, Peter Peter Speyer | Director of Data Development Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation | University of Washington Tel +1 206 897 2864 | Cell +1 206 388 9186 | Skype peterspeyer | @peterspeyer<http://twitter.com/#!/PeterSpeyer> speyer(a)uw.edu<speyer(a)u.washington.edu> | http://ghdx.org<http://ghdx.org/> | http://healthmetricsandevaluation.org<http://healthmetricsandevaluation.org/>

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Fwd: Hesperian launches Digital Commons!!
by Tapan Parikh 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Publishers of Where There Is No Doctor launch “Digital Commons” Hesperian Health Guides, publisher of the landmark book Where There Is No Doctor, is launching a new suite of digital tools designed especially for community health workers and trainers. The Hesperian Digital Commons provides free access to life-saving health information in 26 languages, and empowers communities to become producers of health materials that meet their needs rather than consumers of one-size-fits-all content. Responding to and leveraging the explosion of digital technology – particularly mobile phone technology – even in the world’s most remote areas, the Digital Commons features an interactive Safe Pregnancy and Birth iPhone app in Hesperian’s friendly, accessible style, along with a HealthWiki well-suited for slow or intermittent internet connections. And, after decades of hearing stories of health workers cutting and pasting text from the health guides and tracing illustrations to create posters and flyers, Hesperian has made thousands of line drawings available in a searchable online image library and developed a free on- or off-line layout program. All tools and resources are available through Hesperian’s website: www.hesperian.org/digital-commons/ and the iTunes Apple Store: http://tinyurl.com/6toftv6. -- Zena Herman Project Coordinator | The New Where There Is No Doctor Hesperian Health Guides Knowledge for action. Action for health. 1919 Addison Street- Suite 304, Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: 510-845-1447 ext. 238 | Fax: 510-845-9141

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Brian Glaister on Cadence Biomedical
by Nicola Dell 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

This Thursday at Change Brian Glaister will speak about his research on low cost prosthetics for resource-poor countries, and present the work of his startup Cadence Biomedical and their device to help people with severe disabilities walk. Brian is the President and CEO of Cadence Biomedical which is a Seattle-based startup that offers a wearable medical device to help people with severe disabilities walk. Prior to Cadence, Brian was a Mary Switzer Fellow with the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research, a Technology Commercialization Fellow with the University of Washington Center for Commercialization, and a Research Assistant at the VA Puget Sound. He has a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University and a master's degree in Bioengineering from Arizona State University. Some day he may finish his doctorate from the University of Washington. What: Brian Glaister on Cadence Biomedical. Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203. When: Thursday, March 1st at 12 noon.

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Tapan Parikh - What It Means To Represent
by Yaw Anokwa 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Tapan Parikh (Berkeley prof, former UW grad) gave a good talk on the motivations behind his work. It's a great story about how early experiences in rural India manifested in his recent work on IVR forums with Neil Patel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emQNfA9dihU

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FW: Jobs at Royal Holloway, University of London
by Chris Coward 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

From: Kleine, Dorothea [mailto:Dorothea.Kleine@rhul.ac.uk] Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 9:37 AM To: Unwin, Tim; a.berardi(a)open.ac.uk; Abdullahi Hussein; Abs Dumbuya; Afifa Aza; Alasdair Unwin; Loftus, Alex; Alex Robinson; Aman Grewal; Andrea Goetzke; Chadwick, Andrew; Anna Lowe; Anne Augustine; astrid(a)spidercenter.org; Avril McIntyre; awyeo(a)acm.org; Barnes, David; Betty Ogange; Boubakar Barry; Brasilina Passarelli; caitlin.bentley(a)gmail.com; Cantoni Lorenzo; Christian.Stracke(a)icb.uni-due.de; Cid, Carlos; claude.luttgens(a)hotmail.fr; cmuhoma(a)yahoo.com; Coles-Kemp, Lizzie; David Grimshaw; David Hollow; david.mandiyanike(a)mopipi.ub.bw; dharme(a)shu.ac.uk; Dom Graveson; eclallana(a)ideacorpphil.org; Edward Scotcher; elfneh bariso; Kromidha, Endrit (2009); eric(a)ericbaber.com; Erkki Sutinen; eshercliff(a)worldcomputerexchange.org; f.khan(a)unesco.org; feliciana eduardo; Fionn Murtagh; Harindranath, G; Gavin Dykes; Geraldine De Bastion; gerloff(a)fsfeurope.org; Gibbs, Laura; Godfred Bonnah Nkansah; gudrun.wicander(a)gmail.com; Harsha Liyanage; ict4d.tim(a)ntlworld.com; ilariaamerise(a)libero.it; inovasco(a)zebra.uem.mz; j.gregson(a)ids.ac.uk; j.m.harvey(a)lboro.ac.uk; Cordoba-Pachon, J R; jalwala(a)yahoo.co.uk; jamiesingleton(a)lifelinenetwork.org; jo.tacchi(a)rmit.edu.au; John M Traxler; Johnson, Philip; Jophus Anamuah-Mensah; Joshua Underwood; Joyojeet(a)gmail.com; k.morsink(a)utwente.nl; Karim Toledano; Katrin Verclas; ken.banks(a)kiwanja.net; khalid abu arja; Kim Hyeon-a; Lee, Yenn; Leonard Oloo; Lidia Oshlyansky; Lisa M Cespedes; ljalexander(a)telus.net; Luciano Floridi; Luke Fantaye; King, M; Maria Jose Montero; Maria-Teresa Lepeley; mdmcpalm; Meng, X; mgeldof(a)d-tree.org; Michael Riggs (OEKC); Michelle Selinger; Mukul Srivastava; mzennaro(a)ictp.it; Natalia Grincheva; Niall Winters; P Clint Rogers; p.a.v.hall(a)btinternet.com; Paula Morais; paula(a)spidercenter.org; Peter (NSN - DE/Muenich); Peter Dell'Osa; R.S.Johnson(a)massey.ac.nz; rave.peter(a)gmail.com; rebekka.campbell(a)illumina.co.uk; Rega Isabella; Regina.Valiullina(a)itu.int; Richard Duncombe; Bernardi, Roberta; rose.luckin(a)gmail.com; s.lusignan(a)surrey.ac.uk; shahid.akbar(a)biid.org.bd; Simon, D; Simon Taylor; Simone Sala; Ståle Angen Rye; stuart(a)purpletoucan.com; Sugata Mitra; swatantra gupta; tgrazian(a)dau.unict.it; Nguyen, Thao; Thomas Smyth; Timothy Anderson; Tun, Win; VANESSA FRIAS MARTINEZ; vashkar79(a)hotmail.com; vgathara(a)gmail.com; Visara Urovi; Wang, Weili; Willis, Katie; Xavier Justino Muianga; Xiaolan Fu; Yamandu Ploskonka; Yingqin Zheng; Yutaka Sato; zelmira(a)zelmira.com; Tony Roberts; Poveda, Sammia (2011); Azra Naseem; Madya Dr. Razamin Bt. Ramli; Burris, Andrea (2007); Bentley, Caitlin (2010); David Crespo; Scur, Fernanda (2006); Xu, Man (2006); Kocsev, Marton (2009); Paolo Brunello; Abbasi, Salma (2005); Vallauri, Ugo (2007); Sadeghi, Saeid (2010) Cc: Ilaria Amerise; joemertz(a)cmu.edu; Chris Coward; ann.light(a)gmail.com; s.madon(a)lse.ac.uk; evillan(a)pucp.pe; E.T.Oosterlaken(a)tudelft.nl Subject: Jobs at Royal Holloway, University of London Dear all, the deadlines are approaching fast on the following job opportunities in the Department of Management and the Department of Computer Science - do feel free to distribute in your networks and encourage interested ICT4D colleagues to apply. Many Thanks, Dorothea Professor in Management Information Systems School of Management Royal Holloway, University of London http://jobs.ac.uk/job/ADZ830/ Lecturer in Computer Science https://rhul.engageats.co.uk/ViewVacancy.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmG4GZ… Reader/Senior Lecturer in Computer Science https://rhul.engageats.co.uk/ViewVacancy.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmFTsW… Professor of Computer Science https://rhul.engageats.co.uk/ViewVacancy.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmMiei… Dr Dorothea Kleine Director, MSc Practising Sustainable Development (ICT4D specialism) http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/PSD/ICT4D/ at the UNESCO Chair/Centre in ICT4D Department of Geography Royal Holloway, University of London

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