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Agali Malawi digital stories


Monday, November 4, 2013 : 5:00 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.

Lorena gomez-Barris, AGALI Program Adminstrator / Film Co-Producer and Co-Director, Editor, AGALI Program, Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA
In September 2012, AGALI Fellows in Malawi participated in a Digital Storytelling Workshop where they learned how to use digital media as an advocacy tool to benefit adolescent girls. During the workshop, each AGALI Fellow produced a short video highlighting the challenges facing adolescent girls in Malawi. The following stories are powerful illuminating the tragic realities of many adolescent girls in Malawi and the need for continued advocacy to ignite positive change for girls.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Diversity and culture
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe issues facing adolescent girls in Malawi. Discuss the impact that these personal stories had on you and your vision of adolescent girls in Malawi. Explain the impact these issues have on health. Discuss the ways AGALI Fellows and local communities are finding solutions to these issues. Evaluate the need for advocacy in Malawi for adolescent girls.

Keyword(s): Advocacy, Adolescent Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been working with AGALI and producing video for our program for over two years. In September 2012, I traveled to Malawi and facilitated the digital storytelling workshop. We produced 4 personal stories about what issues adolescent girls face in Malawi and how advocacy can bring these issues to light.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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