Category Archives: In The News

U.S. Dept of State Highlights Equal Access Youth in Yemen

The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) recently highlighted Equal Access’ national youth theater competition in Yemen on the MEPI website. Under the project, six theater groups from Yemen’s governorates of Sana’a, Aden, Taiz, Hadramout, Hodiedah, and Lahej gathered at the Cultural Center in Sana’a in December 2012 for a competition of performances that address issues of…

EA M&E Toolkit Available to Public

Equal Access is proud to announce that its Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit is now available free of charge for use by development NGOs and the general public. The toolkit was designed to help communication for development (C4D) organizations to demonstrate the impacts and outcomes of their initiatives, learn from their listeners, and feed this…

Equal Access CEO reappointed as UNESCO Commissioner

Washington D.C. (Jan 31, 2013)- As one of her last acts as Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton honored Equal Access CEO Ronni Goldfarb with a reappointment to the National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Under this appointment, Ms. Goldfarb will represent non-governmental organizations to UNESCO over a three-year…

EA Nepal Receives Avon Global Communications Award

On March 7, 2013 Equal Access Nepal was honored with an Avon Communications Award: Speaking Out About Violence Against Women  for their work on VOICES- Samajhdari. Actress and Avon Foundation for Women Ambassador Salma Hayek Pinault presented the award during an adjunct event to the 57th  session of the Commission of the Status of Women…

Inspiring Young Artists in Afghanistan

Sesame Workshop recently highlighted Equal Access’ Baghch-e-Simsim, the Afghan radio-based version of Sesame Street, on their blog, along with original artwork produced by the show’s enthusiastic young listeners . In a country where many children are without television, Baghch-e-Simsim ensures that lessons about literacy, numeracy and cultural understanding reach as many young Afghans as possible….

New Human Rights Videos from Yemen and Afghanistan

Learn about Youth ChangeMaker Naween Hashim’s inspiring commitment to women’s rights in at the Nangarhar Afghan Women’s Business Center… …and join our finalist Yemeni youth acting troupes as they face off for the final round of the RIGHTS Youth Theater Contest in the capital city of Sana’a. If you like what you see, be sure…

Using Radio to Affect Change in Chad and Niger

Equal Access’ work in Chad and Niger was recently highlighted by USAID PDEV II Project Leader IRD. Equal Access is a USAID PDev II Implementing Partner. Visit IRD’s website to learn more about the project and read the full article text below. Youth and governance radio dramas, produced with the input of local youth, community…

Partnership with Global Apps to Empower

Equal Access international is pleased to partner with Global Apps to Empower to support the development of mobile apps that inform, educate and inspire women across the developing world. Co-sponsored by Agnite Education, American Digital University, Applications for Good, BluWorld, Datawind, Equal Access International and the United Nations Office for Partnerships, the Global Apps to…

Equal Access Afghanistan in Canadian Film Festival

A Documentary entitled Photographer of an Image-less City (Akkas-E-Shahr-E-Bi Taswir) about an Equal Access Afghanistan Youth ChangeMaker has been selected for a screening at the SAFF Canada 2012 South Asian Film Festival, which will take place in Vancouver, Abbotsford and Surrey from October 31st to November 4th, 2012. The documentary tells the story of Abdul…

Radio programming in the Sahel featured in article on new approaches to counter violent extremism

Equal Access’s work on the USAID funded Peace through Development (PDEV) program in Chad and Niger is featured in Daniel P. Aldrich’s article on new approaches to countering violent extremism. Our radio programming in the Sahel is noted as an effective method to achieving the spread of information to developing — and therefore more inaccessible…