Communication for Development (C4D) contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals

23 February 2023 14:00 – 15:30 CET
Virtual

By UNICEF

The UNICEF/IAMCR Communication for Development (C4D) Research Fund, established in 2019, supports small research initiatives that advance our understanding of how C4D contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Projects supported by the Fund feed into the work of Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change (GA4SBC). 

In this webinar, after a brief overview of the IAMCR/UNICEF C4D Research Fund and the work of the GA4SBC, the 2021 UNICEF/IAMCR C4D Research Fund awardees will present their research, which will be responded to by academics and practitioners. The awarded projects are:

  • ‘Empowering adolescent girls through digital interventions in rural Rajasthan: A case study of Girls Effect’s Chhaa Jaa (Go Forth and Shine) programme’ by Sneh Gupta and Kulveen Trehan, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India.
  • ‘Trust and mistrust in a pandemic: evaluation of acceptance of COVID-19 communication tools in use in Nigeria’ by Solomon Oyeleye and Ifedolapo Ademosu, Caleb University, Nigeria.

Convenors: 

  • IAMCR Task Force on the Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change: Elske van de Fliert (Vice-Chair) and Tom Jacobson (Chair)
  • GA4SBC: Luca Uguzzoni (Co-Chair Policy Cluster) and Debora B. Freitas Lopez (GA4SBC Chair)
  • UNICEF: Gaia Chiti Strigelli (Chief Communication for Development) and Vincent Petit (Global Lead, Social and Behaviour Change)

Moderator: Luca Uguzzoni, Co-Chair GA4SBC Policy Cluster

Responses by:

  • Sohini Bhattacharya, CEO, Breakthrough / GA4SBC
  • Wajiha Raza Rizvi, Beaconhouse National University Lahore, Pakistan / IAMCR Gender Section
  • Antje Becker-Benton, Department of Global Health / GA4SBC
  • Eliza Govender, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / IAMCR Health Communication WG

Location: The meeting will take place on Zoom. Pre-registered participants will receive personal invitations 24 hours before the webinar begins.

Who can participate: IAMCR members and non-members, as well as GA4SBC members/affiliates are invited to participate. The event is free but space is limited.

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