This document outlines the 'Building Voices from the South' peer review project funded by the Ford Foundation, which aims to increase the representation of voices from the Global South in international peer-reviewed journals related to sexual and reproductive health. It discusses the project's objectives, workshops, challenges, and strategies for capacity building, emphasizing the need for standards to include more emerging researchers in global academic discussions. Various workshops and courses were held across multiple countries to engage researchers and address barriers in writing and publishing their work.

1. PEER REVIEW PROJECTFunded by the Ford FoundationSECOND EDITORS’ MEETINGBUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTHStandards and indicators for the inclusion of voices from the “South” in international peer reviewed journals in SRHR IASSCS ConferenceMadrid, July 7th 2011

2. AgendaBUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTHWelcome, objectives, expectedresultsBrief personal introductionsPeer Review Project resultsChallenges: patterns of exclusionOpportunities: definingstandards and indicatorsfortheinclusion of voicesfromthe South in internationalacademicjournals in SRHR.

3. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTHMeeting objectives and expected outcomesSharing and creating knowledge about exclusion from knowledge dissemination in SRHR: defining and describing the problemSharing resultsDiscussing challenges and opportunities for interventionDefining standards and indicators to address the problem and evaluate capacity building initiativesArticulating expertise vis-à-vis the problem

4. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTHESE:O’s work (2005 - 2011)

5. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTHProject results

6. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTHCall for participation strategies:3 pilots explore different profiles, partnerships and writing contexts all participants have research results ready for write-upCourse 1(Pilot): postdoctoral junior researchers through ESE:O and FF contactsCourse 2 (Pilot): All HSRC researchers (partnership)Course 3 (Pilot): Mixed researcher profile: field-based / academiaSwiss Tropical Institute and Bern University, Switzerland; Wits, University of Fort Hare, University of Pretoria and CSVR, South Africa; University of Lagos, Nigeria; Liverpool VCT and University of Nairobi, Kenya; Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso and the Population Secretariat at the Ministry of Finance, Uganda.Course 4: All academia (Wits, Fort Hare University, UKZN and University of the Western Cape, South Africa; St. Paul’s University, Kenya; and University of Sao Paulo, Brazil )Course 5: All academia

7. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTHResearchers from…CountriesOrganizationsSwiss Tropical Institute

8. APHRC, Kenya

9. University of Nairobi, Kenya

10. Liverpool VCT, Kenya

11. CSVR, South Africa

12. ZAMBART, Zambia

13. University of Zambia

14. Universidad de Chile

15. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

16. CADRE, South Africa

17. Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso

18. Ministry of Finance, Uganda

19. Universidad Autónoma de México

20. Wits, South Africa

21. UKZN, South Africa

22. University of Fort Hare, South Africa