Category: blog
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In Their Voices: The Ripple Effect of Sexual Health & Rights
Lake Victoria is our planet’s largest tropical lake—stretching for more than 200 miles. On its shores, 8 out of 10 people rely on fishing and agriculture for their survival and income. But families are struggling.People here are among the poorest and most food insecure in all of East Africa. To make matters worse, overfishing and…
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Gender-Based Violence Stops Here
We recently conducted a survey of community leaders and health providers in Mozambique. We asked them about their knowledge and attitudes around sexual and reproductive health and rights and violence against women. Here are some results we thought you’d want to see.
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Global Gag Rule 101
The “global gag rule,” also known as the Mexico City Policy, is a harmful US foreign policy that forces health providers to choose between receiving US global health funds and providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care—at the risk of women’s health and lives.
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Bak’tun Route Celebrates Mayan History
Some people are preparing for the world to end Dec. 21, but communities in Guatemala are preparing in other ways: developing and marketing tourism routes that celebrate Mayan history.Dec. 21 marks the end of the 13th Bak’tun Cycle of the Mayan calendar. The end of one cycle, according to Mayan tradition, means the beginning of…
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Taking Coffee, Talking HIV in Ethiopia
Sheikh Hammad Hadji Muhammad is treating the spread of HIV and AIDS in his Ethiopian village with coffee. And the treatment is working.As an elder and an imam, Sheikh Hammad holds a place of honor in his village and at the coffee ceremonies that are central to its social life.He is using that level of…
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Local Pop Culture Encourages Youth Vote in Chad
“Chadians let’s stand upChadians we stand upAnd build our countryLet’s go and build our countryLet’s go and vote the right person to lead”In the United States, it’s “Rock the Vote” – a national effort to engage and build political power for young people through celebrity endorsements and mainstream media. Or it’s the many visits politicians take…