Academy for Educational Development

Development

Succeeding at SCALE®:
A New Direction for Development

Professionals working in developing countries around the world struggle with a common challenge: how do we scale up successful activities so that they reach thousands of women instead of dozens, tens of thousands of farmers instead of hundreds, and millions of babies instead of thousands?

READ MORE about AED's System-wide Collaborative Action for Livelihoods and the Environment, or SCALE, approach.

Peace-Building

Peace, Education, and Media Explored at AED Conference

At a conference titled Peace Education in Action earlier this month, a panel of experts explored the power of education and media to influence peaceful behavior at the individual and societal levels. READ MORE

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Divided Societies

Fighting Stigma and Discrimination in the U.S.

It has been nearly three decades since the AIDS epidemic began. In that time, new treatments have changed the impact of the disease – making it possible for individuals with HIV/AIDS to live longer, more productive lives.

However, despite the advances in medicine, HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination continue to form a barrier between life-saving treatment and the 1.1 million Americans who need it.

"People living with HIV/AIDS face stigma and discrimination every day," said Frank Beadle de Palomo, senior vice president and director of Global HIV/AIDS Programs and the AED Center on AIDS & Community Health. Stigma, he said, may prevent individuals from getting the diagnosis and medical care they need to lead healthier lives and stop spreading the disease.   Read More

Youth

AED is made up of 2,000 passionate people working in different disciplines to create lasting social change. To illustrate how we bring our collective expertise together, we've focused this issue of AEDConnections on a single topic: youth.  The stories discuss youth from five different perspectives: social change; education; workforce development; leadership; and health. 
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