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Many community-based groups around the world shared stories about their work with us. Here is a list of the stories we included, with contact information for the groups.

====Chapter 3: Gender and Health====
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'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Gender_is_not_biology#red|Red Thread unites women in Guyana]]''', <br>
Email: [mailto:red_thread@gol.net.gy red_thread@gol.net.gy]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Men_working_for_gender_equality#unite|Young men against machismo in Ecuador]]''', from [https://twitter.com/CascosRosaec Cascos Rosa (Pink Helmets)]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Men_working_for_gender_equality#hasik|The Gender Seminar for Men]]''', HASIK (Harnessing Self-reliant Initiatives and Knowledge), Quezon City, Philippines (no website or email available)

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Raising_boys_and_girls_as_equals#leaders|Girls become leaders in Zimbabwe]]''', from [http://www.girlchildnetworkworldwide.org The Girl Child Network]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Using_laws_for_gender_justice#widows|Rights of widows in Kenya]]''', GROOTS (Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood),<br> Email: [mailto:grootsk@grootskenya.org grootsk@grootskenya.org]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Using_laws_for_gender_justice#child|Ending child marriage in Malawi]]''', Girls Empowerment Network (GENET), <br>Email:  [mailto:info@genetmalawi.org info@genetmalawi.org]

====Chapter 4: Sexuality and Sexual Health====

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Teaching_and_learning_about_sexuality#time|Accepting new ideas about sexuality in Nepal]]''', from [http://www.rhest.org.np/ RHEST]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Teaching_and_learning_about_sexuality#end|Ending discrimination to promote health in Guyana]]''',  SASOD, the Society against Sexual Orientation Discrimination,<br> Email: [mailto:manager@sasod.org.gy manager@sasod.org.gy]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Teaching_and_learning_about_sexuality#stella|Dear Auntie Stella in Zimbabwe]]''', from [http://www.auntiestella.org Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC)]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Pleasure_matters#helping|Helping couples have healthier sexual relationships in Nigeria]]''', from [http://www.increse-increse.org INCRESE (International Centre for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights)] 

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Communicating_for_healthier_relationships|Group discussion to understand differences in sexuality in Malawi and Zambia]]''', from [http://www.stratshope.org Strategies for Hope, UK]<br>Email: [mailto:sfh@stratshope.org sfh@stratshope.org]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Communicating_for_healthier_relationships#women|Women build confidence to discuss sex in Pakistan]]''', from [http://www.fpapak.org/about-us.html Rahnuma, Planned Parenthood],<br> Youth Helpline: 0800-44488

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Communicating_for_healthier_relationships#stepping|Stepping Stones method]]''', from [http://www.stratshope.org/resources/stepping_stones_item/what-is-stepping-stones Strategies for Hope]

====Chapter 5: Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)====
'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Learn_how_STIs_spread_to_help_prevent_them#wellness|Wellness check-ups for STI testing in Papua New Guinea]]''',  from [http://www.mariestopes.org Marie Stopes International]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Women's_equality_prevents_STIs#puppet|Puppet theater in Lucknow, India]]''', from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTPmNm491aM Breakthrough’s Rights Advocates]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Men_share_responsibility_for_STI_prevention#men|Men and HIV prevention in Tanzania]]''', from [http://www.engenderhealth.org/our-work/major-projects/champion.php The CHAMPION Project, Engender Health]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Men_share_responsibility_for_STI_prevention#map|Men as Partners (MAP)]]''', from [http://www.engenderhealth.org/our-work/gender/men-as-partners.php Engender Health, South Africa]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Community_strategies_for_STI_prevention#sisters|Sisters for Life microfinance project in South Africa]]''', from [http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/health/publichealth/radar/socialinterventions/10453/intervention_with_microfinance_for_aids_gender_equity.html University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Community_strategies_for_STI_prevention#straight|Straight Talk media and sexual health in Uganda]]''', from [http://straighttalkfoundation.org Straight Talk] <br>E-mail: [mailto:strtalk@straight-talk.or.ug trtalk@straight-talk.or.ug]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Community_strategies_for_STI_prevention#school|School-based programs promote sexual health in Colombia]]''', from [http://www.profamilia.org.co PROFAMILIA]

====Chapter 6: Ending Gender-based Violence====
'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Men_can_help_stop_violence#oakland|Lessons from the Oakland Men’s Project]]''', from [http://www.paulkivel.com www.paulkivel.com]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Men_can_help_stop_violence#critical|Critical thinking helps boys question gender injustice in Nigeria]]''', from 
[http://www.asksource.info/fr/node/61952 Conscientizing Male Adolescents (CMA)]
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'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Men_can_help_stop_violence#The White Ribbon Campaign|The White Ribbon Campaign]]''', from Canada: [http://www.whiteribbon.ca White Ribbon Canada], South Africa: [http://www.whiteribbon.co.za White Ribbon South Africa], India: [http://www.ektamadurai.org/white-ribbon-campaign EKTA]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Art_and_media_break_silence_about_violence#india|Breakthrough India]]''', from [http://www.breakthrough.tv Breakthrough TV]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Art_and_media_break_silence_about_violence#puntos|Puntos de Encuentro in Nicaragua]]''', from [https://es-la.facebook.com/SextoSentidoTV SextoSentido TV]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Art_and_media_break_silence_about_violence#raising|Raising Voices, Uganda]]''',  [http://raisingvoices.org Raising Voices]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Art_and_media_break_silence_about_violence#ambush|Ambush Theatre in South Africa]]''', from [http://www.genderjustice.org.za Sonke Gender Justice Network], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9APzGdoQVOY About Ambush Theatre]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Art_and_media_break_silence_about_violence#eyes|"Through Our Eyes" videos about violence and rape in Liberia]]''', from [http://www.comminit.com/community-radio-africa/content/through-our-eyes Africa - Community Radio]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Organize_to_prevent_violence#workers|Workers organize for safer streets in Sri Lanka]]''',  Katunayake Free Trade Zone Workers Union (KFTZWU)<br> Email: [mailto:ftzunion@wow.lk ftzunion@wow.lk]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Organize_to_prevent_violence#trans|Transgender women prevent violence in Colombia]]''', from [http://www.sfcolombia.org Santamaría Fundación]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Organize_to_prevent_violence#school|A school program to stop the cycle of violence in Nairobi, Kenya]]''', from [http://www.rehmataallah.org Rehma Ta Allah Community Development Group]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Make_judicial_systems_work_to_stop_violence#protests|Independent court systems in India]]''', from [http://bmmaindia.blogspot.com/ Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA)]

====Chapter 7: Protecting Women's Health with Family Planning====
'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Starting_conversations_about_family_planning#nepal|Women’s group changes men’s opinions in Nepal]]''', from [http://cedpa.org/files/691_file_nepal_reward.pdf Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) ]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Change_attitudes_about_family_planning#integrate|Family planning and indigenous culture and traditions in Ecuador]]''', Jambi Huasi (House of Health), GlobeMed at Loyola University,<br> Email: [mailto:loyola@globemed.org loyola@globemed.org]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Change_attitudes_about_family_planning#ghana|Working with community leaders supports family planning in Ghana, West Africa]]''',  The Navrongo Community-based Health Planning and Service.<br> Email: Fred Binka: [mailto:fred.binka@gmail.com fred.binka@gmail.com], James Phillips: [mailto:jfp2113@columbia.edu jfp2113@columbia.edu]

====Chapter 8: Healthy Pregnancies and Safe Births====
'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Involve_men_in_safe_motherhood#men|Men learn about birth and danger signs in Afghanistan]]''', from [http://www.mercy.se/projects/afghanistan/bliss-national-program Birth Life Saving Skills (BLiSS)]

====Chapter 9: Preventing Deaths from Unsafe Abortion====
'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Chapter_9:_Preventing_Deaths_from_Unsafe_Abortion#nepal|Maternal deaths and the struggle for safe abortion in Nepal]]''', and [[Health_Actions_for_Women:Organizing_to_make_safe_abortion_available#long|The long struggle for legal and safe abortion in Nepal]], from [http://www.rhest.org.np/ Rural Health Education Services Trust (RHEST)]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Organizing_to_make_safe_abortion_available#maria|Helping women who need abortions in Mexico]]''', from [http://www.fundabortionnow.org/funds/maria-fondo-de-aborto-y-justicia-social MARIA Fund for Social Justice],<br>  Email: [mailto:maria.balance@gmail.com maria.balance@gmail.com]

====Chapter 10: Building a Women's Health Movement====
'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Women_mobilize_to_meet_their_health_needs#kamla|Women mobilize to meet their health needs in India]]''', from [http://www.sewa.org Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)]<br> Email: [mailto:mail@sewa.org mail@sewa.org]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Creating_a_communication_strategy#kurd|Kurd Men for Equality]]''', from [http://www.facebook.com/KurdMenForEquality Kurd Men For Equality]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Creating_a_communication_strategy#using|Social media to create safe zones for women in Egypt]]''', from [http://harassmap.org/en HarrassMap]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Building_a_movement_for_the_right_to_health#disable|Disability activists design a more accessible city]]''', from [http://www.disabilityworld.org/01-03_02/access/russia.shtml Freedom of Movement Society ]

'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Building_a_movement_for_the_right_to_health#people|People’s Health Tribunals improve health services in India]]''', from [http://www.phmovement.org/en/india Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA)]

====Appendix A: Advocate for Women's Rights Using International Law====
'''[[Health_Actions_for_Women:Appendix_A:_Advocate_for_Women's_Rights_Using_International_Law#cedaw|Protecting Women and Children's Rights in Nepal]]''', from  [http://www.fwld.org Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD)]


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