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New Report About the Impact of the Global Gag Rule

Devex International Development Jun 6, 2018
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• New reports analyzing the effects of the global gag rule are coming out relaying the fear and confusion that it has caused within the global development world. 

• How can philanthropists and the private sector work towards filling the funding gaps that exist because of this new rule?

• Read about ‘She Decides’, a movement against the global gag rule. 


A lack of communication and conflicting information about the implementation of the Mexico City policy, also known as the “global gag rule,” persists even as the funding restrictions have led to shrinking programs, shuttered clinics, and disrupted advocacy efforts, according to a new report from the Center for Health and Gender Equity, or CHANGE.

“This gag rule is prescribing chaos in our countries,” said Edinah Masiyiwa, the executive director of the Women’s Action Group in Zimbabwe. “I want to reiterate — abortions, you cannot stop them, once a woman decides she doesn’t want a pregnancy she finds ways of dealing with the issue, so the gag rule is really not helping in any way.”

The CHANGE report released Tuesday at an event in Washington, D.C., is titled “Prescribing Chaos in Global Health,” and outlines a history of impacts of the “global gag rule” and some of the adverse effects seen since Trump reinstated the policy — including for some countries a clash between local law and the gag rule, and in some cases, a lack of ability to work with the best partners.

And while there have been efforts to fill the gaps left by a lack of U.S. funding in these areas, several people said it was insufficient, unsustainable, and often came with strings attached.

For many organizations, the confusion that existed and still exists about the policy means that they have taken an overly cautious approach. According to CHANGE, confusion surrounding the rule has led organizations “to over-interpret” the policy for fear of being found noncompliant.

The most vulnerable in developing countries — including women and girls, sex workers, LGBT populations, and people living with a disability — are bearing the brunt of the changes, according to the report.

Read the full article about global gag rule by Adva Saldinger and Lisa Cornish at Devex International Development

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    D.A.R.E. and Scared Straight Don’t Work. Why Fund Them?

    Giving Compass' Take: · D.A.R.E. and Scared Straight have proven to be ineffective. Governing Magazine discusses the few places that continue to fund these preventative programs and the results they produce. · How can philanthropists make an impact on the drug crisis? What do young people need to avoid prison?  · Read about social programs and impact evaluations. In early April, the fifth graders at West Side Elementary School in Worland, Wyo., celebrated their graduation from the school’s D.A.R.E. program -- short for Drug Abuse Resistance Education -- with certificates and T-shirts. County Sheriff Deputy Colleen McClain was proud of the program. “It’s giving them ways to help them not do drugs,” she said. Efforts like McClain’s have a big fan in Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who told a D.A.R.E. conference last year that he firmly believes the program saves lives. “Your efforts work,” he said. D.A.R.E. programs date back to the 1980s, and at one point, three-fourths of the nation’s school districts had them. A generation of school kids can repeat back D.A.R.E.’s central message: Just say no. But there’s one problem. Study after study has shown that D.A.R.E. doesn’t work. Most analyses have found that it has little to no impact on reducing drug use -- and one study even showed that use increased. “I don’t get it,” one D.A.R.E. executive director said of the findings. “It’s like kicking Santa Claus to me.” Another favorite program, Scared Straight, which pulls at-risk kids off the streets and puts them in prison for a day, has also been found to be ineffective. The idea behind the program is to show kids what life behind bars would be like -- to, in effect, scare them straight. It seemed like such a good idea. A 1979 documentary on the program won both an Emmy and an Oscar. It spawned programs across the country, as well as a long-running television show on A&E. But despite the program’s popularity, the evidence is clear: The program did prove effective -- in producing more criminals. Efforts to scare kids straight not only failed to keep them out of jail, but it also, in some cases, increased the odds they’d end up behind bars. Read the full article about ineffective preventative programs by Donald F. Kettl at Governing Magazine.


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