The New York Times
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Distributing, promoting and lending continuing support to good ideas for fixing the world’s woes is as critical a task as thinking them up in the first place.
Bitch Media
11 August 2016
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Scope of Response:
Patna, Bihar, India
Cultural stigmas, a lack of information, and shortages of qualified providers mean that - despite being a legal process - millions of women in India still suffer and die from botched and back-ally abortions each year. The Ipas Development Foundation is working to change perceptions and save lives by providing training and certifications to healthcare workers, passing out free contraception, helping break social taboos, and distributing informational resources communicating women's rights to reproductive healthcare.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/dont-just-solve-a-problem-go-tell-the-world?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
29 February 2016
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Distributing, promoting and lending continuing support to good ideas for fixing the world’s woes is as critical a task as thinking them up in the first place.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/women-make-change/2015/09/papua-guinea-family-matter-150908120847706.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Alex Finn
Al Jazeera
25 October 2015
Broadcast TV News / Over 15 Minutes
A doctor in Papua New Guinea finds that involving men in family planning is the key to reducing maternal mortality.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/07/globalpost-indian-menstration-period/21383475?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Ankita Rao
USA Today
10 January 2016
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More than 300 million women and girls don't have access to the hygiene products they need because of taboos and a lack of resources. Education is helping change that, as are organizations that provide sanitary pads.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/india/141024/teaching-billion-bashful-people-about-sex?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Ankita Rao
Global Post
29 October 2014
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Sex ed is surprisingly awkward in the land of the Kama Sutra, but one foundation is trying to change that with a modern version of the program, all in an effort to stop gang rape.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/opinion/sunday/abortion-and-birth-together.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Alissa Quart
The New York Times
14 June 2014
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Abortion rights are in jeopardy, and finding doctors that will perform the procedure in addition to other prenatal care is difficult. A Buffalo, New York clinic provides a space for both abortions and natural births.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a49379/midwives-abortion-indian?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Jill Filipovic
Cosmopolitan
17 November 2015
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In rural areas in India, lack of physicians is a big barrier to safe abortions, leading women to undergo deadly procedures. A proposed law by the Indian government would allow midwives and mid-level providers to perform abortions.
http://nationswell.com/one-in-four-university-of-virginia-reform-campus-culture?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Chris Peak
NationSwell
24 March 2016
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At the University of Virginia, the all-male peer education group One in Four works to create new standards surrounding sexual violence against women.
http://www.voanews.com/content/in-bangladesh-grassroots-efforts-to-end-violence-against-women/2793800.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Amy Yee
Voa News
28 May 2015
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A non-profit in Bangladesh is fighting domestic violence by having female and especially male Bangladeshi volunteers give sexual education and women's rights classes.
http://www.vqronline.org/indias-golden-chance?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Meera Subramanian
Virginia Quarterly Review
6 January 2014
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Pathfinder International is a global organization that educates the poor in more than twenty countries on matters of reproductive health. In India, where many girls are forced into marriage and early motherhood, this education could be a key step toward freedom and equality.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/30/when-a-boys-life-is-worth-more-than-his-sisters-sex-ratio?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Valerie Hudson
Andrew Den Boer
Foreign Policy
30 July 2015
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Due to patrilineality, sons are highly favored over daughters in many countries, with serious consequence. South Korea, the only country to have returned to normal sex ratios after having a highly abnormal ratio of boys:girls, has lessons for other countries.
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