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LINKS LISTINGStion project empowers disabled youth and theirparents across Russia and Central Asia to advocatefor increased awareness of disability issues in theircommunities and increased access to schools. Theorganization’s employment projects led to thedevelopment of a job placement model for disabledyouth. Perspektiva also conducts public awarenessand advocacy campaigns to re-educate a public misinformedabout disability issues and publishes quarterlynewsletters that facilitate information sharingbetween Russia’s NGOs focusing on disabled issues.AIDS by reaching young people in a variety of settings.Prevention methods are broken down on thebasis of their effectiveness in reaching young peopleand are evaluated on their intervention types,studies reviewed and outcomes measured. Thereport concludes by making recommendations forpolicymakers, program development, delivery staffand researchers on how to best reach youth in thefollowing settings: general, schools, health services,mass media, geographically defined communities,and young people most at risk.Poverty, Gender, and Youth WorkingPapershttp://www.popcouncil.org/publications/wp/index.htmlPublished by Population Council, Poverty, Gender,and Youth Working Papers explore topics such asgender and family dynamics, fertility and reproductivebehavior, policy development, transitionsto adulthood, and urban poverty and health. Forexample, Guhman and Lloyd’s article, “Teacherabsence as a factor in gender inequalities in accessto primary schooling in rural Pakistan,” examinesthe effect of absent teachers on the gender gap,particularly as Pakistani schools are frequentlysingle sex, and absent rates for female teachersfar outnumber those of male teachers. In “Termsof marriage and time-use patterns of young wives:Evidence from rural Bangladesh,” Amin and Surandiscuss the relationship between adolescent wives’marriage arrangements and daily activities.Preventing HIV/AIDS in Young People:Evidence from Developing Countrieson What Workshttp://www.unfpa.org/publications/detail.cfm?ID=307&filterListType=1In effort to guide decision makers about how tobest achieve the UN global goals on HIV/AIDS andyoung people, this report reviews and categorizes80 studies of interventions used to prevent HIV/Proyecto Accesohttp://www.proyectoacceso.com/web/guest/homehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB121010759340771687.html?mod=ONLX(Shoeshine article)American law professor James Cooper broughtlessons on the law, and some superhero garments,to 30 shoeshine boys in La Paz, Bolivia. Cooper’snonprofit, Proyecto Acceso, specializes in findingcreative methods of introducing legal rights awarenessin Latin America. The boys, who ranged from 8to 17 years old, participated in a know-your-rightsseminar offered by a former shoeshine boy whonow serves as a Supreme Court justice in Bolivia,and each lustrabotas received a pair of superheroemblazonedpants for his participation. The boysare encouraged to continue attending Accesoseminars, with clothing incentives (next time withhuman rights slogans) if they learn enough to holdconversations with their customers about the law.Proyecto Acceso conducts other educational activitiesusing finger puppets, music and video.Putting Young People into NationalPoverty Reduction Strategieshttp://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/751_filename_poverty.pdfBecause many national poverty reduction strategiesdo not adequately address the needs of youngpeople, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) com-40 | YCoP Links: The First 50 Issues