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 environmental degradation have contributed to a steep drop in the native fish population—from more than 80% of the lake’s fish biomass to less than 1%.
Could access to sexual and reproductive health services—including contraception—turn this around?
Read moreWe 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.
Read moreThe “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.
Read moreSome 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 a new era – and potentially the end of this world.
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