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John Liebhardt

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I am a Librarian at an academic library in the United States.

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3 February 2010

A ‘climate of fear' at the Thai-Burma border

Written by John Liebhardt · East Asia, North America

Between 1.5-2 million Burmese refugees live in Thailand. For many reasons, this young, traumatized population knows little about reproductive health, which underscores the need for peer health educators and improvements in access to health care.

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As Liberia stabilizes, youth begin to talk about sex

Written by John Liebhardt · Sub-Saharan Africa

As Liberia continues to emerge from its horrific civil war, many fear the combination of extreme poverty and risky sexual decisions will increase the country's HIV/AIDS rate and the number of unplanned pregnancies.

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2 February 2010

India: Bridging the information gap on sexuality

Written by John Liebhardt · South Asia

YP Foundation in India is working online and offline to help inform young people about often hush-hush topics like gender, sexuality, reproductive rights and HIV/AIDS.

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13 January 2010

Kenya: During severe drought, a role model emerges

Written by John Liebhardt · Sub-Saharan Africa

People, crops and animals throughout Kenya are suffering from a prolonged drought. One young woman's thoughts are to the future and how to better build her community.

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24 November 2009

Can ICTs aid small-scale farmers?

Written by John Liebhardt · North America

The world's small-scale farmers grow a large amount of food and provide many important jobs in rural areas. However, they do their work at great economic and environmental risk. How can ICTs make the jobs and lives easier for the world's farmers?

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9 November 2009

Uganda & Kenya: In Search of e-Governance

Written by John Liebhardt · Sub-Saharan Africa

Good governance has been linked to gains in economic and human development. Governments have begun using technologies to offer more citizen services, expand transparency and make information more accessible. We look at how Kenya and Uganda use ICTs to create better governance.

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3 November 2009

The future of ICT4D: How soon is now?

Written by John Liebhardt · Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia

In the final of three posts on the future of ICTs for development, we examine a few projects that could change the way people leverage technology in rural areas.

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20 October 2009

ICT4D: When mobile phones link with computers

Written by John Liebhardt · Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

In the second of three posts, we ask: How are new technologies changing the field of ICT4D? Will linking computers to portable phones benefit human development in the developing world?

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12 October 2009

What future for ICT4D?

Written by John Liebhardt · South Asia, Western Europe

We know the capacity of mobile phones to affect human development. But that is last year's news. Some thinkers argue that we are on the verge of another round of technological changes that will force ICTs to evolve. What will ICTs for development look like in the next few years?

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5 October 2009

ICTs and the spread of indigenous knowledge

Written by John Liebhardt · Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia

Practitioners of indigenous knowledge increasingly use the media to exchange ideas and publicize traditional learning to the larger world. What happens when such local practices go global?

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