Programs
CEDPA is an international leader in designing and implementing programs to improve the lives of women and girls in developing countries. CEDPA's programs:
- increase educational opportunities for girls and youth;
- ensure access to lifesaving reproductive health and HIV/AIDS information and services; and
- strengthen governance and women’s leadership.
To ensure that women have the skills to advance development in their nations, CEDPA also sponsors global training programs to build leadership abilities, technical expertise and program management skills on a range of critical issues.
CEDPA programs and projects are funded and supported by individual donors, US government grants from agencies including the US Agency for International Development and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, private foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Ford Foundation, and international agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme.
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