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When people starve they do things they know are bad for them

May 17, 2012 | Kaidia Samaké | Voices from the Ground | Leave a comment

Kaidia holds some néré pods - Soumaila T Diarra | Panos London

“We know we are destroying our environment… but we don’t have any choice.”

Change comes when we break the silence

May 16, 2012 | Bhan Sahu | Voices from the Ground | Leave a comment

Bhan recording a woman's story - Stella Paul | Panos London

Citizen journalism and knowledge-sharing can make an impact, and Bhan’s work shows it. She blogs about how she helps people in remote conflict areas, who often can’t read or write, use the internet and mobile phones to make themselves heard.

Primary schooling in Kenya – a parent’s dilemma

May 15, 2012 | Audrey Wabwire | Print feature | 1 Comment

Margret Mukoma helps her daughter Michelle with homework - Adrian Gathu | Panos London

This from-the-ground feature explores the impact of corruption on the education system in Kenya, hearing local perspectives from home, from school and from the NGO sector.

The human cost of displacement

May 14, 2012 | Olivia Bennett | Panos London Blog | 1 Comment

Lipholo Bosielo, one of the narrators in the Molika-liko valley - Kitty Warnock | Panos London

Olivia Bennett talks about her recent pubication, Displaced: The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement, based on learning and oral testimonies from a Panos London project.

Being jailed made me into a leader

May 11, 2012 | Mary Madiga | Voices from the Ground | 1 Comment

A meeting of the Telengana Mahila Mahajena Samakhya (All Dalit Women’s Association of Telengana) - Stella Paul | Panos London

Looking back over how she became the activist she is today, Mary Madiga is proud to be a Dalit – “people who are broken in body, but not in spirit”.

Communication: At the heart of change

Panos London believes that communication is at the very heart of development. So why isn't it on everyone's agenda? You can explore what a difference a communication can make here.

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Beyond consultation: a guide for commissioners

Bringing service users and health staff together to shape and improve services and to identify and test practical changes is no easy task, but it is a valuable process.

CoP 17: What will be achieved – and what to expect?

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) published its agenda for the COP 17 on 19th September 2011. The current agenda has changed little since the COP 16 in Cancun in 2010 and the COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009.

Hungry in the City

Hungry in the City is a collection of stories from people in developing countries around the world who explain how they are surviving in an era of higher food prices, inflation and hunger.

Reporting health research

This case study shares recommendations and details the lessons learned during a communications project to improve media reporting on tuberculosis (TB) in Zambia.

Our network

The Panos Network is a dynamic global partnership of eight independent institutes held together by a common mission and set of values.

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Our projects

Give Stigma the Index finger

Khanyisile Mlotsa and Thabsile Nzima listen back to their practice interview during the oral testimony workshop in Swaziland - Siobhan Warrington | Panos London

The Stigma Index is a tool to measure stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV.

Relay: Communicating research

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Academic research makes a crucial contribution to development but too often findings are kept within the research community. The media can play a part in communicating this knowledge.

Linking southern journalists

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The focus of this project is to increase the availability of original, high-quality articles and broadcasts about life in developing countries written by local journalists.

Climate Change Media Partnership

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The media has a key role to play in raising awareness about climate change at both global and local levels. The CCMP project is an exciting programme designed to ensure this will happen.

Beyond Consultation

A Beyond Consultation workshop - Andrew Testa | Panos London

The aim of Beyond Consultation is to involve young Africans in shaping Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS services in three London boroughs in order to help develop more effective services that respond to the needs of the community.

Our methods

Voice

Panos London ensures that poor and marginalised people have their voices heard. Read more

Dialogue

Exchange of ideas improves decision making and increases accountability. Read more

Media

We work to improve media in developing countries. Read more

ICT

We work to help increase participation, democracy and accountability through ICT. Read more

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